(65 ILCS 5/11-116-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)
Sec. 11-116-2. When the petition specified in this Division 116 is filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality specified in this Division 116, the question of erecting a monument or memorial shall be certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality. The question shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
a
monument
(or
memorial
be
erected
in
honor
of
YES
.......
(insert
for
whom
to
be
---------------------------
erected)
by
..........
(insert
name
of
the
municipality)
at
a
NO
cost
not
to
exceed
$....?--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial erected and, if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same manner as other general taxes are levied and collected, a tax sufficient to raise the amount specified in the petition, and to provide for the maintenance of the memorial.
(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)
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