(55 ILCS 5/5-23029) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23029)
Sec. 5-23029.
Tax for care and treatment of afflicted persons.
The County Board of each County in this State shall have the power to
provide for the care and treatment of the inhabitants thereof who may be
afflicted with tuberculosis and to levy a tax not to exceed .075 per
cent of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue
annually on all taxable property of such county, such
tax to be levied and collected in like manner with general taxes of such
county and to form, when collected, a fund to be known as the
"Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Fund", which tax shall be in addition
to, in excess of and excluded from all other taxes which such county is
now or hereafter may be, authorized to levy, on the aggregate valuation of all
property within such county, and the county clerk in reducing tax levies under
the provisions of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code shall not
consider the tax for the tuberculosis care and treatment fund, authorized by
this Division, as part of the general tax levy for county purposes, and shall
not include the same in the limitation of one per cent of the assessed
valuation upon which taxes are required to be extended.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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