(405 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 307)
Sec. 7. When the petition provided for in Section 6 is presented to
the clerk of the governmental unit requesting the establishment and
maintenance of such mental health facilities and services for residents
of the community and the levy of such an annual tax therefor, the clerk
of the governmental unit shall certify to the proper election officials
the proposition for the levy of such tax which shall be submitted at a regular
election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be
in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shall....................(governmental unit) establish andmaintain community mental health YESfacilities and services includingfacilities and services for the ----------------------------------------------------------------------person with a developmentaldisability or a substance NOuse disorder and levy therefor anannual tax of not to exceed .15%? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor
thereof, the governing
body of such governmental unit shall establish
and maintain such community mental health facilities and services and
shall annually levy such tax. Thereafter, the governing body shall in
the annual appropriation bill appropriate from such funds such sum or
sums of money as may be deemed necessary, based upon the community
mental health board's budget, the board's annual mental health report,
and the board's plan to defray necessary expenses and liabilities in
providing for such community mental health facilities and services.
(Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07.)
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