75 ILCS 16/35-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 35 - Taxation

Sec. 35-5.         Tax levy for establishment, maintenance, and support of  district library.(a) When a district has been organized  and established under  this Act, the board, upon its formation and qualification of the  trustees to serve, may levy an annual public library tax for the  establishment, maintenance, and  support of a public library or libraries within the district or for  contracting for library service.  The tax shall not  exceed 0.15% (or a greater amount  not to exceed 0.60% if the greater  amount was authorized by the referendum establishing the public library  district) of the value of all the taxable property within the  district, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue.  Any tax levied under  Section 35-35  shall be disregarded in applying the provisions of this Section.(b) The board may also levy an  additional tax of 0.02% of  the value of all the taxable property in the district, as equalized or  assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the purchase  of sites and buildings, the construction and equipment of buildings, the rental of buildings required for library purposes, and  maintenance, repairs, and alterations of library buildings and equipment.In any year in which the board proposes to levy the  additional 0.02% tax, the board  shall adopt an ordinance  determining to levy the tax.  The ordinance may be vacated  by the board before its publication.Within 15 days after the adoption of the  ordinance, it shall be published in accordance with  Section 1-30. The publication or posting of the resolution  shall include a notice of (i) the specific number of voters required to  sign a petition requesting that the question of the adoption of the resolution  be submitted to the electors of the district, (ii) the time in which the  petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the  prospective referendum.The secretary of the district shall provide a petition form to any individual  requesting one.If no petition is filed with the board within 30 days after publication or posting of the  ordinance, the district shall then be authorized to levy the tax. If, however, within the 30 day period a petition is filed with the  board, signed by electors of the  district equal in  number to 10% or more of the total number of registered voters in the  district, asking that the question of levying a 0.02% tax be submitted to the electors of the district, the  question shall be certified to the proper election authority, who shall  submit the question at an election in accordance with the Election   Code, unless the board vacates the ordinance within 7 days after the  petition is filed.  The proposition shall be in substantially the  following form:Shall the Board of Library Trustees of (name of     district) be authorized to levy an additional tax of (rate)% for the construction of buildings, provision of sites, etc., as determined by the board's ordinance of (date)?If a majority of votes cast upon the proposition are  in the affirmative, the board may levy the additional tax.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)