If the county board of any county having a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and maintaining a county health department under this Division desires the inclusion of a mental health program in that county health department and the authority to levy the tax provided for in subsection (c) of this Section, the county board shall certify that question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall........... County include a mental health program in the county health department, and | YES |
levy an annual tax of not to exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property for use for mental health purposes by the county health department? | -------------------- NO |
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If a majority of the electors voting at that election vote in favor of the proposition, the county board may include the mental health program in the county health department and may, annually, levy the additional tax for mental health purposes. All mental health facilities provided shall be available to all citizens of the county, but the county health board may vary any charges for services according to ability to pay.
If the county is also subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, then the proposition shall also comply with the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, any referendum imposing an annual tax on or after January 1, 1994 and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly that complies with this Section is hereby validated.
When the inclusion of a mental health program has been approved:
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Shall.... county levy, in excess of the statutory limit, an additional annual tax of not to exceed .05% for use for mental health purposes by the county health department? | YES -------------------- NO |
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If the majority of all the votes cast on the proposition in the county is in favor thereof, the county board shall levy such tax annually. The levy and collection of this tax shall be as provided in Section 5-25010 but the tax shall be held in the County Health Fund of the county treasury for use, with that levied pursuant to paragraph (c), for mental health purposes.
55 ILCS 5/5-25025