(70 ILCS 1815/28) (from Ch. 19, par. 828)
    Sec. 28. The Board may, after referendum approval, levy a tax for corporate purposes of the District annually at the rate approved by referendum, but which rate may not exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property within the Port District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
    If the Board desires to levy such a tax, it shall order that the proposition be submitted at a referendum to be held within the District. The Board shall certify its order and the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. The Board shall cause the results of the referendum to be upon the records of the Port District. If a majority of the vote on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the Board may thereafter levy a tax for corporate purposes at a rate not to exceed that approved by referendum but in no event to exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property within the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
    The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall the Illinois Valley Regional
 Port District levy a tax for corporate        YES
 purposes annually at a rate not to
 exceed ....% of the value of taxable      -----------------------------------------------------------------
 property as equalized or assessed
 by the Department of Revenue?                NO
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(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)