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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 



6    (405 ILCS 20/5)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 305)



7    Sec. 5. (a) When the governing body of a governmental unit 
8passes a
resolution as provided in Section 4 asking that an 
9annual tax may be
levied for the purpose of providing such 
10mental health facilities and
services, including facilities 
11and services for the person with a
developmental disability or 
12a substance  use disorder, in the community and so
instructs 
13the clerk of the governmental unit such clerk shall certify 
14the
proposition to the proper election officials for 
15submission at a regular
election in accordance with the 
16general election law. The proposition shall be
in the 
17following form:

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19    Shall............  (governmental

20unit) levy an annual tax of not to               YES

21(not more than .15%) exceed .15%

22for the purpose of providing

23community mental health facilities and        ---------------

 
 
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1services including facilities and services

2for the person with a developmental              NO

3disability or a substance use disorder?

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5    (b) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the 
6proposition are for the
levy of such tax, the governing
 body of 
7such governmental unit shall
thereafter annually levy a tax 
8not to exceed the rate set forth in
Section 4.  Thereafter, the 
9governing body shall in the annual
appropriation bill 
10appropriate from such funds such sum or sums of money
as may be 
11deemed necessary, based upon the community mental health

12board's budget, the board's annual mental health report, and 
13the local
mental health  plan to defray necessary expenses and 
14liabilities in
providing for such community mental health 
15facilities and services.

16    (c)  If the governing body of a governmental unit levies a 
17tax under Section 4 of this Act and the rate specified in the 
18proposition under subsection (a) of this Section is less than 
190.15%, then the governing body of the governmental unit may, 
20upon referendum approval,  increase that rate to not more than 
210.15%.   The governing body shall instruct the clerk of the 
22governmental unit to certify the
proposition to the proper 
23election officials for submission at a regular
election in 
24accordance with the general election law. The proposition 
25shall be
in the following form: 
26        "Shall the tax imposed by (governmental unit) for the 
 
 
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1    purpose of providing community mental health facilities 
2    and services, including facilities and services for 
3    persons with a developmental disability or substance use 
4    disorder be increased to (not more than 0.15%)?" 
5    If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition 
6are for the
increase of the tax, then the governing
 body of the 
7governmental unit may
thereafter annually levy a tax not to 
8exceed the rate set forth in the referendum question. 
9(Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07; 96-764, eff. 8-25-09.)

 

10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
112022.