(55 ILCS 75/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2687)
Sec. 7.
The electors of any county which shall have adopted this Act
as provided by Section 6 thereof, may abandon and repeal this Act in the
following manner: Whenever the legal voters of such county, to the
number of 25% of the votes cast at the last general election in such
county, or 1,000 legal voters of such county, whichever is less, shall
petition the circuit court not less than 30 days before any regular
election to submit the proposition whether or not the electors of such
county shall abandon this Act, it shall be the duty of the court to certify
the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall
submit such proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the
general election law. The proposition so to be voted for shall be in
substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- To abandon an Act to authorizecounty authorities to establishand maintain a detention home fordelinquent minors and a shelter care YEShome for minors who are delinquent,neglected, addicted, abused, dependentor require authoritative intervention -------------------and to discontinue the levy andcollection of a tax of not exceeding.10 per cent of the value, as equalized NOor assessed by the Department of Revenue,to pay the cost of establishment andmaintenance.--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast for and against such proposition
shall be for such proposition to abandon this Act, the Act shall be
deemed abandoned and the court shall enter of record an order declaring
this Act abandoned in such county.
(Source: P.A. 85-637.)
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