(a) For the purpose of providing money to establish and replenish a library district working cash fund authorized by Section 30-95, the board may levy an annual tax not to exceed 0.05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the year in which each levy is made, of all taxable property in the district. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes by the county collector or collectors of the counties affected by the levy, but the collection of the tax shall not be anticipated by the issuance of any warrants drawn against the tax. The tax shall be known as the public library district working cash fund tax and shall be set apart in a special fund as prescribed in Sections 35-25 and 30-95.
     (b) Whenever a tax is first levied under this Section, any taxpayer in the district may, within 30 days after the levy is made, file with the board a petition signed by the voters of the district equal in number to 10% or more of the registered voters of the district requesting the submission of the proposition to the voters of the district at an election in accordance with the Election Code. The board shall certify the proposition to the proper election authority, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the Election Code. If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in the affirmative, the tax shall thereafter be authorized; if a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in the negative, the tax shall not be levied.
     (c) No public library district may levy a tax under this Section for more than 4 years, but the 4 years for which a district elects to levy the tax need not be consecutive.