If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the ordinance shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the municipality. The publication of the ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of the adoption of the tax levy be submitted to the voters of the municipality; (2) the time within which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. Any taxpayer in such municipality may, within 30 days after such publication, file with the municipal clerk a petition signed by a number of the voters of the municipality equal to 10% or more of the registered voters of the municipality requesting the submission to a referendum of the following proposition: "Shall (insert name) be authorized to levy a tax for (state purpose) in excess of the rate for other municipal purposes but not in excess of .1%?" The municipal clerk shall certify the proposition for submission by the proper election authority at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor thereof or if no petition is filed pursuant to this Section 11-29.1-2, such tax levy shall be authorized. If a majority of the vote is against such proposition, such tax levy shall not be authorized.
65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-2
Whenever any municipality first levies the tax authorized in Section 11-29.1-1, it shall cause the ordinance levying the tax to be published in one or more newspapers published in the municipality within 10 days after the levy is made
P.A. 86-1253; 87-767.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.