(405 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 307)
Sec. 7. When the petition provided for in Section 6 is presented to the clerk of the governmental unit requesting the establishment and maintenance of such mental health facilities and services for residents of the community and the levy of such an annual tax therefor, the clerk of the governmental unit shall certify to the proper election officials the proposition for the levy of such tax which shall be submitted at a regular election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall....................(governmental
unit)
establish
andmaintain
community
mental
health
YESfacilities
and
services
includingfacilities
and
services
for
the
-----------------------person
with
a
developmentaldisability
or
a
substance
NOuse
disorder
and
levy
therefor
anannual
tax
of
not
to
exceed
.15%? --------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor thereof, the governing body of such governmental unit shall establish and maintain such community mental health facilities and services and shall annually levy such tax. Thereafter, the governing body shall in the annual appropriation bill appropriate from such funds such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary, based upon the community mental health board's budget, the board's annual mental health report, and the board's plan to defray necessary expenses and liabilities in providing for such community mental health facilities and services.
(Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07.)
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