110 ILCS 805/3-14.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 110 - HIGHER EDUCATION|110 ILCS 805/ - Public Community College Act.|Article III - Community College Districts; Organization; Powers And Duties; Elections

 (from Ch. 122, par. 103-14.3)Sec. 3-14.3.   In addition to any other tax levies authorized by law,  the board of a community college district may levy an additional tax upon  the taxable property of the district in any year in which the State Board  issues a certificate of eligibility to do so.  The additional tax may be  used to increase the total taxing authority of the district to the most  recently reported statewide average actual levy rate in cents per $100 of  equalized assessed value for educational and operations and maintenance  purposes as certified by the State Board.In order to be eligible to levy the additional tax as provided herein,  the district shall have been eligible to receive equalization grants  pursuant to Section 2-16.02 in the year of  eligibility certification or in  the previous fiscal year.The additional amount certified by the State Board to be levied shall not  exceed the combined increases in the educational and operations and  maintenance purposes funds authorized in Section 3-14.  The State Board shall notify  the board of trustees of the community college district of its eligibility  to levy additional taxes as authorized in this Section and the amount of  such levy, by November 1 of each year.A resolution, adopted annually pursuant to the provisions of the Open  Meetings Act, which expresses the district's intent to levy such a tax, or  a portion thereof, when accompanied by the State Board certificate of  eligibility, shall be the authority for the county clerk or clerks to  extend such a tax.  Within 10 days after adoption of such resolution,  the district shall cause to be published the resolution in at least one or  more newspapers published in the district.  The publication of the  resolution shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of voters  required to sign a petition requesting that the proposition of the adoption  of the resolution be submitted to the voters of the district; (2) the time  in which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective  referendum.  The secretary shall provide a petition form to any individual  requesting one.If within 30 days of the annual adoption of such additional levy, a  petition is filed with the secretary of the board of trustees, signed by  not less than 10% of the registered voters of the district, requesting that  the proposition to levy such additional taxes as authorized by this Section  be submitted to the voters of the district, then the district shall not be  authorized to levy such additional taxes as permitted by this Section until  the proposition has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the  voters voting on the proposition at a regularly scheduled election in the  manner provided in the general election law.  The secretary shall certify  the proposition to the proper election authority for submission to the  voters.  If no such petition with the requisite number of signatures and  which is otherwise valid is filed within such 30 day period, then the  district shall be authorized to levy such additional taxes as provided for  the purposes expressed in this Section.  (Source: P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19.)