Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 2005 Rescue Squad Districts Act. Section 4

    (70 ILCS 2005/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6854)

    Sec. 4. The determination of the court as to the necessity for the organization of the proposed rescue squad district, together with the description of the boundaries of the district as fixed by the court, shall be entered of record in the court. Thereupon the court shall certify the question of the organization of the territory included within the boundaries fixed by it as a rescue squad district to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question to the legal voters resident within the territory at an election to be held in the district. Notice of the referendum shall be given and the referendum conducted in the manner provided by the general election law. The notice of the election shall state the purpose of the referendum, describe the territory proposed to be organized as a rescue squad district, and state the time of the election.

    The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------

    Shall

 this

 territory

 (describingit)

 be

 organized

 as

 The

 ...........

               YESRescue

 Squad

 District

 and

 shall

 theDistrict

 be

 authorized

 to

 levy

 and

     -----------------------collect

 a

 property

 tax

 not

 to

 exceed.20%

 on

 the

 property

 situated

 in

 the

              NODistrict?--------------------------------------------------------------

    The court shall cause a statement of the result to be entered of record in the court.

(Source: P.A. 86-916.)

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