65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 8 - Finance

 (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1.1)Sec. 8-11-1.1. Non-home rule municipalities; imposition of taxes.(a) The corporate authorities of a non-home rule  municipality  may, upon approval of the electors of the municipality pursuant to  subsection (b) of this Section, impose by ordinance or resolution the tax authorized in Sections 8-11-1.3, 8-11-1.4 and 8-11-1.5 of this Act.(b) The corporate authorities of the municipality may by ordinance or  resolution call for the submission to the electors of the municipality  the question of whether the municipality shall impose such tax.  Such  question shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the election  authority in accordance with Section 28-5 of the Election Code and shall be  in a form in accordance with Section 16-7 of the Election Code.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if the proceeds of the tax may be used for municipal operations pursuant to Section 8-11-1.3, 8-11-1.4, or 8-11-1.5, then the election authority must submit the question in substantially the following form:Shall the corporate authorities of the municipality     be authorized to levy a tax at a rate of (rate)%  for expenditures on municipal operations, expenditures on public infrastructure, or property tax relief?If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the  question vote in the affirmative, such tax shall be imposed.Until January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing the tax of not more than 1% hereunder or  discontinuing the same shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof,  together with a certification that the ordinance or resolution received  referendum approval in the case of the imposition of such tax, filed with  the Department of Revenue, on or before the first day of June, whereupon  the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce  the additional tax or to discontinue the tax, as the case may be, as of the  first day of September next following such adoption and filing.Beginning January 1, 1992 and through December 31, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing  or discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy  thereof filed with the Department on or before the first day of July,  whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this  Section as of the first day of October next following such adoption and filing.Beginning January 1, 1993, and through September 30, 2002, an ordinance or resolution imposing or  discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy  thereof filed with the Department on or before the first day of October,  whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this  Section as of the first day of January next following such adoption and filing.Beginning October 1, 2002, and through December 31, 2013, an ordinance or resolution imposing or  discontinuing the tax  under this Section or effecting a change in the rate of tax must either (i) be  adopted  and a  certified copy of the ordinance or resolution filed with the Department on or  before the first day  of April,  whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section  as of the  first day of July next following the adoption and filing; or (ii) be adopted  and a certified  copy of the ordinance or resolution filed with the Department on or before the  first day  of October,  whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section  as of the  first day of January next following the adoption and filing.Beginning January 1, 2014, if an ordinance or resolution imposing the tax under this Section, discontinuing the tax under this Section, or effecting a change in the rate of tax under this Section is adopted, a certified copy thereof, together with a certification that the ordinance or resolution received referendum approval in the case of the imposition of or increase in the rate of such tax, shall be filed with the Department of Revenue, either (i) on or before the first day of May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of July next following the adoption and filing; or (ii) on or before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of January next following the adoption and filing.Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the contrary, if, in a non-home rule municipality with more than 150,000 but fewer than 200,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last preceding federal decennial census, an ordinance or resolution under this Section imposes or discontinues a tax or changes the tax rate as of July 1, 2007, then that ordinance or resolution, together with a certification that the  ordinance or resolution received referendum approval in the case of the  imposition of the tax, must be adopted and a certified copy of that ordinance or resolution must be filed with the Department on or before May 15, 2007, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of July 1, 2007.Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the contrary, if, in a non-home rule municipality with more than 6,500 but fewer than 7,000 inhabitants, as determined by the last preceding federal decennial census, an ordinance or resolution under this Section imposes or discontinues a tax or changes the tax rate on or before May  20, 2009, then that ordinance or resolution, together with a certification that the  ordinance or resolution received referendum approval in the case of the  imposition of the tax, must be adopted and a certified copy of that ordinance or resolution must be filed with the Department on or before May 20, 2009, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of July 1, 2009.A non-home rule municipality may file  a  certified copy of an ordinance or resolution, with a certification that the  ordinance or resolution received referendum approval in the case of the  imposition of the tax, with the  Department of Revenue, as required under this Section, only after October 2,  2000.The tax authorized by this Section may not be more than 1% and  may be imposed only in 1/4% increments.(Source: P.A. 98-584, eff. 8-27-13.)