Illinois Statutes Chapter 70. Special Districts § 1205/5-7. Tax for operation and maintenance of conservatory--Referendum

§ 5-7. Tax for operation and maintenance of conservatory--Referendum. Any park district may levy and collect annually, a tax of not to exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of all taxable property in the district for the purpose of establishing, acquiring, completing, enlarging, ornamenting, building, rebuilding, improving, operating, maintaining and caring for a conservatory on park district property, and for the purpose of ecological and horticultural programming, which tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes for such district. Such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in such district and shall not be included within any limitation of rate contained in this code or any other law, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto in excess thereof.

The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section shall be paid to the treasurer of the district and kept in a fund to be known as The Conservatory Fund. Such fund shall be used for establishing, acquiring, completing, enlarging, ornamenting, building, rebuilding, improving, operating, maintaining and caring for such conservatory, and for the purpose of ecological and horticultural programming, within the district.

No such tax shall be levied in any such district until the question of levying such tax has first been submitted to the voters of the district at an election held in the district and has been approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question. The board shall certify such question to the proper election officials, who shall submit such proposition to the voters of the district regardless of whether a petition, signed by electors of the district, requesting the submission thereof has been filed with the board. Notice of such referendum shall be given and such referendum shall be conducted in the manner provided by the general election law.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

If a majority of the voters of such district voting on the proposition vote for the levy and collection of the tax, the district may levy and collect such tax annually thereafter.