65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/11-73-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-73-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73-1)

Sec. 11-73-1.

The corporate authorities of any municipality may levy, annually, a
tax of not to exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein,
for the current year, to provide for the establishment and maintenance
of a long term forestry program for the propagation and preservation of
community trees and for the removal of dead or diseased trees in the
municipality. This tax shall be in addition to all taxes authorized by
law to be levied and collected in the municipality and shall be in
addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as
provided by Section 8-3-1.

(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

65 ILCS 5/11-73-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-73-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73-2)

Sec. 11-73-2.

This Division 73 shall not be in force in any municipality
until the question of its adoption is submitted to the electors of the
municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question.  The
municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election authority
shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the
general election law.

The question shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall Division 73 of the
Illinois Municipal Code permitting
municipalities to levy an additional              YES
annual tax of not to exceed 0.05%
for the establishment and maintenance         ----------------
of a long term forestry program
for the propagation and preservation               NO
of community trees and for the removal
of dead or diseased trees be adopted?
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If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of adopting
this Division 73, the Division is adopted.  It shall be in force in the
adopting municipality for the purpose of the fiscal years succeeding the
year in which the election is held.

(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)