65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 116

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 116 heading) DIVISION 116.

MONUMENTS FOR SOLDIERS,

SAILORS, DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES

65 ILCS 5/11-116-1

(65 ILCS 5/11-116-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-1)

Sec. 11-116-1.

Subject to the provisions of this Division 116, a
municipality with a population of less than 100,000 may erect monuments
or memorials in honor of its soldiers and sailors or in honor of any one
or more of its notable or distinguished persons.

To defray the cost of constructing such a monument or memorial the
municipality may levy a direct tax of not more than .01% of the value,
as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
of all taxable property within the corporate limits of the municipality.
This tax shall be in addition to the taxes now or hereafter authorized
by law to be levied and collected by the municipality and shall be in
addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as
provided by Section 8-3-1.

The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

65 ILCS 5/11-116-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-116-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-2)

Sec. 11-116-2.

When the petition specified in this Division 116 is
filed with the municipal clerk of a municipality specified in this
Division 116, the question of erecting a monument or memorial shall be
certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality.
The question shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall a monument (or memorial
be erected in honor of                YES
....... (insert for whom to be    ---------------------------
erected) by .......... (insert
name of the municipality) at a        NO
cost not to exceed $....?
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If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, the
corporate authorities shall have the monument or memorial erected and,
if necessary, shall levy and collect, in the same manner as other
general taxes are levied and collected, a tax sufficient to raise the
amount specified in the petition, and to provide for the maintenance of the memorial.

(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)

65 ILCS 5/11-116-3

(65 ILCS 5/11-116-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-3)

Sec. 11-116-3.

The petition referred to in Section 11-116-3 shall be signed
by not less than 100 electors of the municipality in which the specified
question is to be voted upon. The petition shall state the specific purpose
for which the proposed monument or memorial is to be erected, whether in
honor of the soldiers and sailors of the municipality or in honor of any
one or more of its notable and distinguished persons, and shall specify the
amount of money to be expended for the erection of the proposed monument or
memorial. The cost of the monument or memorial, however, shall not exceed
the amount authorized by referendum.

(Source: P.A. 76-1234.)

65 ILCS 5/11-116-4

(65 ILCS 5/11-116-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-116-4)

Sec. 11-116-4.

All municipalities whose electors have approved the erection
of a monument or memorial under "An Act to authorize cities, villages and
incorporated towns having a population of less than one hundred thousand to
erect monuments and memorials," approved May 10, 1919, as amended, may
continue to levy the tax thereby authorized as long as its levy would be
authorized if the monument or memorial had been erected under the
provisions of this Division 116.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)