(c) The proceedings for making, levying, collecting and enforcement of any special service area taxation levied hereunder shall be the same as nearly as may be as is prescribed in "An Act to provide the manner of levying or imposing taxes for the provision of special services to areas with the boundaries of home rule units and non-home rule municipalities and counties", approved September 21, 1973, as now or hereafter amended. Whenever in such Act the words "municipality" or "county" or "municipal clerk" or "county clerk" are used, with the exception of the provisions of Section 10 providing for the extension of the tax by the county clerk, the same shall be construed in relation to the board of trustees constituted by this Act, and the words applying to the municipality or county in that Act shall be held to apply to the district created under this Act and its officers, and the words "municipal clerk" or "county clerk" shall be held to apply to the secretary of the district created under this Act. However, no special service area taxation shall be imposed hereunder unless a petition has been filed with the board of trustees by either the owners of a majority of the acreage or a majority of the owners of the acreage of the conservancy district which lies in the proposed special service area. The petition shall be accompanied by a description of the proposed special service area, an explanation of the proposed program, and a notation of the proposed tax rate. The board of trustees of the district shall publish the petition and certify the results.