(65 ILCS 5/11-58-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-3)
Sec. 11-58-3. No such tax shall be levied or collected by such a municipality unless the electors of the municipality have approved an ordinance providing therefor as provided in Section 2 of "An Act to enable cities, villages and incorporated towns having less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, to provide for defraying whatever portion may be imposed upon them by law of the costs and expenses of separation of the grades of railroads and of public streets and public places, and to provide for a direct annual tax therefor," approved June 17, 1929, as amended, or until the question of the adoption of the ordinance specified in Section 11-58-2 has been certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality at any election in the municipality designated in the ordinance and in accordance with the general election law.
The question shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
an
ordinance
of
the
City(Village
or
Incorporated
Town,
as
thecase
may
be)
of
....
passed
on
the....
day
of
....
providing
for
the
YESlevy
of
a
tax
of
....%
each
yearfor
the
term
of
....
years
on
alltaxable
property
in
the
city
for
thepurpose
of
providing
a
fund
to
pay
-----------------the
proportion
imposed
by
law
uponthe
city
of
the
costs
of
separatingthe
grades
of
the
roadbed
and
tracksof
the
....
Railroad
Company
frompublic
streets
and
public
places
in
NOthe
city
(village
or
incorporatedtown),
specified
in
the
ordinance,be
approved?--------------------------------------------------------------
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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