(55 ILCS 80/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 1806)
Sec. 6.
Tax.
(a) Upon the adoption of the proposition by the electors
pursuant to Section 5, each affected county board shall cause an annual tax
of not to exceed .004% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department
of Revenue, of all taxable property of the county to be levied upon all the
taxable property in the county for the purpose of establishing and
maintaining a Children's Advocacy Center. The tax shall be in addition to
all other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in the county
and shall be in addition to the maximum of taxes authorized by law for
county purposes. The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased
or decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue
Law of Illinois.
(b) The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section shall be paid
into the county treasury
and deposited in a fund to be known as the
Children's Advocacy Center Fund. The Fund may be used by the county board
or boards for the
establishment, operation and maintenance of a Children's Advocacy Center.
Expenditures from the Fund shall be
made in the same manner and subject to the same
requirements as other county expenditures.
(Source: P.A. 86-276.)
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