(55 ILCS 75/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2687)
Sec. 7. The electors of any county which shall have adopted this Act as provided by Section 6 thereof, may abandon and repeal this Act in the following manner: Whenever the legal voters of such county, to the number of 25% of the votes cast at the last general election in such county, or 1,000 legal voters of such county, whichever is less, shall petition the circuit court not less than 30 days before any regular election to submit the proposition whether or not the electors of such county shall abandon this Act, it shall be the duty of the court to certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit such proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition so to be voted for shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
To
abandon
an
Act
to
authorizecounty
authorities
to
establishand
maintain
a
detention
home
fordelinquent
minors
and
a
shelter
care
YEShome
for
minors
who
are
delinquent,neglected,
addicted,
abused,
dependentor
require
authoritative
intervention
-------------------and
to
discontinue
the
levy
andcollection
of
a
tax
of
not
exceeding.10
per
cent
of
the
value,
as
equalized
NOor
assessed
by
the
Department
of
Revenue,to
pay
the
cost
of
establishment
andmaintenance.--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast for and against such proposition shall be for such proposition to abandon this Act, the Act shall be deemed abandoned and the court shall enter of record an order declaring this Act abandoned in such county.
(Source: P.A. 85-637.)
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