70 ILCS 905/21

(70 ILCS 905/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 20.1)

Sec. 21.

Whenever any public health district first levies the tax
authorized in Section 15, it shall cause the resolution levying the tax to
be published in one or more newspapers published in the district within 10
days after the levy is made.  If no newspaper is published in the district,
the resolution shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation
within the district.  The publication of the resolution shall include a
notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition
requesting that the question of the adoption of the tax levy be submitted
to the voters of the district; (2) the time within which the petition must be
filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum.  The district
secretary shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.

Whenever a petition signed by a number of voters in the district
equal to 10% or more of the registered
voters in the district is presented to the board of health thereof requesting
that the proposition whether the tax provided for in Section 15 of this
Act, when this Section 21 is applicable, shall be levied be submitted to
the voters of the district, the board of health shall certify the
proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The
ballot shall be, substantially, in the following form:

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    Shall.... public health               YES
district levy an annual tax of       -------------------------
not to exceed .1%?                        NO
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Notice of such election shall be given in accordance with the
provisions of the general election laws.

If a majority of those voting upon the proposition vote "Yes", the
board of health of such district shall annually levy the tax provided
for in Section 15 of this Act. If a majority of those voting upon the
proposition vote "No", the board of health of such district shall make
no annual tax levy thereafter until authorized so to do by the voters of
such district in the manner provided therefor in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 86-338; 86-1253; 87-767.)