Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-7002 – Election for tax levy
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When a county board passes a resolution asking that an annual tax may be levied for the purpose of maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals in the county, and so instructs the county clerk, the county board shall certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall…. County levy an
annual tax of not to exceed YES
.25 per cent for the purpose —————————-
of maintaining public NO
nonsectarian hospitals?
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If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are for the levy of such tax, the county board may thereafter annually levy such tax, and thereafter the county board shall, in the annual appropriation bill, appropriate from such fund such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray necessary expenses and liabilities of such hospitals.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-7002
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Shall…. County levy an
annual tax of not to exceed YES
.25 per cent for the purpose —————————-
of maintaining public NO
nonsectarian hospitals?
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If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are for the levy of such tax, the county board may thereafter annually levy such tax, and thereafter the county board shall, in the annual appropriation bill, appropriate from such fund such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray necessary expenses and liabilities of such hospitals.