Illinois Statutes Chapter 65. Municipalities § 5/8-11-1.8. Non-home rule municipal tax rescission

§ 8-11-1.8. Non-home rule municipal tax rescission. Whenever the corporate authorities of a non-home rule municipality with a population of more than 20,000 but less than 25,000 have imposed a municipal retailers occupation tax under Sec. 8-11-1.6 and a municipal service occupation tax under Section 8-11-1.7, the question of discontinuing the tax imposed under those Sections shall be submitted to the voters of the municipality at the next regularly scheduled election in accordance with the general election law upon a petition signed by not fewer than 10% of the registered voters in the municipality. The petition shall be filed with the clerk, of the municipality within one year of the passage of the ordinance imposing the tax; provided, the petition shall be filed not less than 60 days prior to the election at which the question is to be submitted to the voters of the municipality, and its validity shall be determined as provided by the general election law. The municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters.

Notice shall be given in the manner provided for in the general election law.

Referenda initiated under this Section shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of the general election law.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the additional Municipal Service Occupation Tax and Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax imposed within the municipal limits of (name of municipality) by Ordinance No. (state number) adopted on (date of adoption) be discontinued?

The votes shall be recorded as “Yes” or “No”.

If a majority of all ballots cast on the proposition shall be in favor of discontinuing the tax, within one month after approval of the referendum discontinuing the tax the corporate authorities shall certify the results of the referenda to the Department of Revenue and shall also file with the Department a certified copy of an ordinance discontinuing the tax. Thereupon, the Department shall discontinue collection of tax as of the first day of January next following the referendum.

Except as herein otherwise provided, the referenda authorized by the terms of this Section shall be conducted in all respects in the manner provided by the general election law.

This Section shall apply only to taxes that have been previously imposed under the provisions of Sections 8-11-1.6 and 8-11-1.7.