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(65 ILCS 70/) General Assistance Tax Act.

65 ILCS 70/0.01

    (65 ILCS 70/0.01) (from Ch. 107, par. 36.9)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the General Assistance Tax Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

65 ILCS 70/1

    (65 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 107, par. 36a)
    Sec. 1. The president and board of trustees of any incorporated town which has superseded a civil township shall levy and collect annually a tax not to exceed .10 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property, subject to taxation, in the town for the purpose of providing general assistance to needy persons lawfully resident therein. The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied by the town.
    Such tax shall not exceed the amount needed in the town for said purpose, and all moneys received from such tax shall be paid into a special fund in the town treasury and used only for the purpose for which it is levied and for the payment of warrants issued against and in anticipation of the tax and accrued interest thereon, and for the payment of costs of administering general assistance.
    Upon the filing in the office of the County Clerk of a properly certified copy of any ordinance levying any such tax, the county clerk shall extend the tax upon the book or books of the collector, or collectors, of the town, in the manner now or hereafter provided for the extension and collection of other taxes for the town.
    Where, prior to August 4, 1949, any such incorporated town has levied a tax for the relief and support of poor and indigent persons lawfully resident therein, such tax shall be deemed a tax for general assistance as herein authorized and as defined by "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11, 1967, and may be validly expended for that purpose.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)