Division 73 - Forestry Program and Tax

ILLINOIS STATUTES AND CODES

Division 73 - Forestry Program and Tax

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 73 heading)DIVISION 73. FORESTRY PROGRAM AND TAX

(65 ILCS 5/11‑73‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑73‑1)
Sec. 11‑73‑1.

The corporate authorities of any municipality may levy, annually, a tax of not to exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, for the current year, to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a long term forestry program for the propagation and preservation of community trees and for the removal of dead or diseased trees in the municipality. This tax shall be in addition to all taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in the municipality and shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8‑3‑1.

(Source: P.A. 81‑1509.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑73‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑73‑2)
Sec. 11‑73‑2.

This Division 73 shall not be in force in any municipality until the question of its adoption is submitted to the electors of the municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. The municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election authority shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the general election law.

The question shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall Division 73 of the
Illinois Municipal Code permitting
municipalities to levy an additional              YES
annual tax of not to exceed 0.05%
for the establishment and maintenance         ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
of a long term forestry program
for the propagation and preservation               NO
of community trees and for the removal
of dead or diseased trees be adopted?

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If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of adopting this Division 73, the Division is adopted. It shall be in force in the adopting municipality for the purpose of the fiscal years succeeding the year in which the election is held.

(Source: P.A. 92‑651, eff. 7‑11‑02.)