55 ILCS 5/5-23006
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (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.)