Sec. 40. (a) To defray the expenses of the county study, a county committee may prepare and submit a budgetary request to the county council on or before August 1 of each year during the life of the committee. The county council may, upon receipt of a request, establish a uniform ad valorem tax levy on all real and personal property within the county, in an amount sufficient to raise an amount of money not to exceed the amount of the budget request.
(b) The county committee may request from the county council sufficient sums of money necessary to defray legal expenses incident to placing the county plan in operation.