(405 ILCS 20/9) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 309)
Sec. 9. Whenever electors, equal in number to at least 10% of the
total votes cast for the office on which the greatest total number of
votes were cast at the last preceding general governmental unit
election, of a governmental unit which has adopted the taxing provisions
of this Act, present a petition to the clerk of the governmental unit,
requesting that the levying of a tax annually in such governmental unit
for the purpose of providing community mental health facilities and
services be discontinued, the clerk shall certify the proposition to the
proper election officials for submission at a regular election in accordance
with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in
the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shall.... (governmental unit)discontinue the levying of an annual tax for YESthe purpose of providing community mentalhealth facilities and services including ---------------------------------------------------------------facilities and services for theperson with a developmental disability NOor a substance use disorder? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are for the
discontinuance of the levying of such tax, the governing body of the
governmental unit shall not thereafter levy such a tax unless a
proposition authorizing such levy again receives a majority of all the
votes cast upon the proposition as provided in Sections 5 and 7 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07.)
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