Notice shall be given in the manner provided by the general election law.
Referenda initiated under this subsection shall be subject to the provisions and limitations of the general election law.
The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall the maximum tax rate for the Metro-East Sanitary District be established at YES.478% of the equalized assessed value for 5 years and then at .312% ----------------------- of the equalized assessed value thereafter, instead of .2168%, the NO maximum rate otherwise applicable to the next taxes to be extended? -------------------------------------------------------------
The ballot shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the proposition submitted, an estimate of the approximate amount extendable under the proposed rate and of the approximate amount extendable under the rate otherwise applicable to the next taxes to be extended, such amounts being computed upon the last known equalized assessed value; provided, that any error, miscalculation or inaccuracy in computing such amounts shall not invalidate or affect the validity of any tax rate limit so adopted.
If a majority of all ballots cast on such proposition shall be in favor of the proposition, the tax rate limit so established shall become effective with the levy next following the referendum; provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding the extension of taxes at rates less than that authorized by such referendum.
Except as herein otherwise provided, the referenda authorized by the terms of this subsection shall be conducted in all respects in the manner provided by the general election law.
70 ILCS 2905/5-1