(55 ILCS 5/5-23006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23006)
Sec. 5-23006.
Referendum; joint facilities.
When 100 legal voters of any county
shall present a petition, to the County Board of such county asking that an
annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a county
tuberculosis sanitarium in such county, such County Board shall certify the
proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. At
such election every elector may vote for or
against the levy of a tax for the establishment and maintenance of a
county tuberculosis sanitarium. The
proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall an annual tax of not toexceed .075 % of the value as YESequalized or assessed by theDepartment of Revenue for the ------------------------establishment and maintenance ofa county tuberculosis sanitarium NObe levied?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition shall be for
the levy of a tax for a county tuberculosis sanitarium the County Board
of such county shall thereafter annually levy a tax of not to exceed
.075 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department
of Revenue, which tax shall be collected in like manner
with other general taxes in such county and shall be known as the
"Tuberculosis Sanitarium Fund", and thereafter the County Board of such
county shall in the annual appropriation bill, appropriate from such
fund such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all
necessary expenses and liabilities of such county tuberculosis
sanitarium.
If a county has adopted a proposition for the levy of a tax of not to
exceed one mill on the dollar for a county tuberculosis sanitarium such
tax shall after January 1, 1946 be extended at a rate not to exceed .05
per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, but may be increased to not to exceed .075 per
cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
by ordering the submission of the proposition to increase such tax
to the voters of such county at any regular
election in accordance with the general election law; provided that
if a county has adopted, prior to January 1, 1946, a proposition for
the levy of a tax of not to exceed 1 1/2 mills on the dollar for a
county tuberculosis sanitarium, such tax shall after January 1, 1946 be
extended at a rate not to exceed .075 per cent of the value, as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
The foregoing limitations upon tax rates, insofar as they are
applicable to counties of less than 1,000,000 population, may be
increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General
Revenue Law of Illinois.
The County boards of any 2 or more adjoining counties each having a
population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may hereafter by agreement
provide for the joint construction, maintenance and control of a
tuberculosis sanitarium. Such agreement shall specify the site of the
proposed sanitarium and the proportionate share of the cost of
construction and the cost of maintenance which shall be borne by each of
such counties. The proposition for such joint construction, maintenance
and control shall be submitted to the voters of each such county at the
next succeeding regular election in such county and shall state the
proposed site of such sanitarium and the proportionate share of the cost of
construction and maintenance to be borne by the respective counties
concerned. Each county board shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials who shall submit the proposition at said election in
accordance with the general election law. If such proposition is approved
by a majority of the voters in each of such counties voting upon the
proposition, the presiding officer of the county board of each county, with
the advice and consent of that county board, shall appoint 3 directors. The
qualifications, terms of office and removal of the directors appointed in
each such county shall be as provided in Sections 5-23007 and 5-23008 and
vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided in Section 5-23009. The directors so appointed by the several
counties shall constitute a joint board of directors for the control and
management of the tuberculosis sanitarium. The joint board of directors
shall exercise the powers and be subject to the duties prescribed in this
Division for boards of directors of tuberculosis sanitaria. The county
board of each of the counties shall annually levy the tax herein provided,
and may issue bonds as provided in this paragraph, for the purpose of
defraying its proportionate share of the cost of construction and
maintenance of the tuberculosis sanitarium.
If any county shall issue bonds as hereinafter provided, then so long
as taxes are required to be levied and extended to pay the principal of
and interest on such bonds, the rate extended in any year for the
benefit of the tuberculosis sanitarium fund shall be limited to the
amount by which .075 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue, exceeds the rate extended in
such year to pay such principal of and interest on such bonds.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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