Illinois Statutes Chapter 605. Roads and Bridges § 5/10-605. Special tax; referendum

§ 10-605. For the purposes specified in Section 10-604, such a municipality may levy and collect a special tax annually of not more than .25 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of taxable property situated in the municipality. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes that the municipality may be authorized by law to levy and shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided in Section 8-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended.  1 However, this tax shall not be levied in the municipality until the question of levying the tax has been submitted, in accordance with the general election laws of this State, to the electors of the municipality at an election and has been approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The corporate authorities of the municipality may initiate the submission of such proposition to referendum by ordinance.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

If a majority of the electors of the municipality voting thereon vote for the levy and collection of the tax provided for in this Section, the municipality has the power to levy and collect the tax.

The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.  2