(75 ILCS 16/40-30)

Sec. 40-30.

Special tax rate; referendum.

(a) No board or district may
levy the special tax
provided for in Section 40-20 or 40-25 unless the ordinance
authorizing the special tax is submitted to and approved by a majority
of the voters voting on the question at an
election.

(b) The special tax shall be levied at a
rate of not more than 0.0833% of the value of all
taxable property in the district, as equalized
and assessed by the Department of Revenue in any one
year, and shall be in addition to the tax otherwise authorized to be levied
and collected for library purposes.  The special tax shall
not be levied for more
than the number of years into which the trustees have divided the cost
of the plan.

(c) Submission of the special tax levy to the voters of the
district shall be authorized by an
ordinance enacted by the board.  The ordinance shall
designate the election at which
the proposition is to be submitted, the total
cost of the project,
the amount of the annual levy to be certified, and the number of years
the levy is to be made.  The board shall certify the proposition to the
proper election authority, who shall submit the
proposition in accordance
with the Election Code.

(d) The proposition shall be substantially in
the following form:

Shall Ordinance No. (number of ordinance), dated (date of enactment), of (name of public