(75 ILCS 5/2-2) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-2)
Sec. 2-2. To provide local public institutions of general education for citizens of Illinois, the citizens residing in a village, incorporated town or township without local library service may establish and maintain a public library for the use and benefit of the residents of the respective village, incorporated town or township as herein provided.
Upon the adoption of an ordinance by the governing body of an incorporated town, village, or township or when 100 legal voters of any incorporated town, village or township present a petition to the clerk thereof asking for the establishment and maintenance of a public library in such incorporated town, village or township, the clerk shall certify the question of whether to establish and maintain a public library to the proper election authorities who shall submit the question at a regular election in accordance with the general election law.
The petition shall specify the maximum library tax rate, if the rate is to be in excess of .15%. In no case shall the rate specified in the petition be in excess of .60% of the value as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
a
public
library
be
established
YESand
maintained
in
(name
of
incorporated
---------------------town,
village
or
township)?
NO--------------------------------------------------------------
If the petition specified a maximum tax rate in excess of the statutory maximum tax rate of .15%, the proposition shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
a
public
library
beestablished
and
maintained
in
(name
ofincorporated
town,
village
or
township),
YESwith
a
maximum
annual
public
library
tax
---------------------rate
at.
%
of
the
value
of
all
taxable
NOproperty
as
equalized
and
assessed
by
theDepartment
of
Revenue?--------------------------------------------------------------
If the majority of all votes cast in the incorporated town, village or township on the proposition are in favor of a public library, an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of such library, subject to the limitations of Article 3.
(Source: P.A. 94-681, eff. 11-3-05.)
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