(605 ILCS 5/6-503) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-503)
Sec. 6-503.
When damages have been agreed upon, allowed or awarded for laying
out, widening, altering or vacating township or district roads, or for
payments for right-of-way in aiding the State in connection with the
construction of State highways or in connection with the construction of
federal aid roads or such roads as are constructed with the aid of
federal grants or loans, or for ditching to drain township or district
roads, the amounts of such damages and interest on orders issued in
payment of such damages shall be included in the next succeeding tax
levy provided for in Section 6-501 of this Code, and may be in addition
to and in excess of the maximum levy and rate of extension of taxes for
road purposes authorized under Section 6-501, and when collected,
shall constitute and be held by the treasurer of the district as a
separate fund to be paid to the parties entitled thereto. The highway
commissioner, or the township board of trustees or highway board of
trustees, as the case may be, at the time of certifying the general tax
levy for road purposes within the district, shall include and separately
specify in such certificate the amount necessary to be raised by
taxation for the purpose of paying such damages. Upon the approval by
the county board of the amount so certified, when required in Section
6-501, the county clerk shall extend the same against the taxable
property of such district, provided the amount shall not be extended at
a rate in excess of .033% of value, as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue. The foregoing limitations upon
tax rates may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions
of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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