(70 ILCS 1815/28) (from Ch. 19, par. 828)
Sec. 28. The Board may, after referendum approval, levy a tax for corporate purposes of the District annually at the rate approved by referendum, but which rate may not exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property within the Port District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
If the Board desires to levy such a tax, it shall order that the proposition be submitted at a referendum to be held within the District. The Board shall certify its order and the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. The Board shall cause the results of the referendum to be upon the records of the Port District. If a majority of the vote on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the Board may thereafter levy a tax for corporate purposes at a rate not to exceed that approved by referendum but in no event to exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property within the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
the
Illinois
Valley
Regional
Port
District
levy
a
tax
for
corporate
YES
purposes
annually
at
a
rate
not
to
exceed
....%
of
the
value
of
taxable
-------------------
property
as
equalized
or
assessed
by
the
Department
of
Revenue?
NO--------------------------------------------------------------
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)
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