§ 170-30 — Tax; annual appropriation ordinance

(a) The board of directors may levy a tax on all the taxable property within the township for the purpose of maintaining and operating the public hospital and for the purpose of repairing, improving, extending, and equipping the public hospital. The aggregate amount of the tax for any one year, exclusive of the amount necessary to be levied for the purpose of paying any bonded indebtedness as authorized in this Article, shall not exceed the rate of3 mills on each dollar of assessed value of taxable property in the township as assessed and equalized for State and county taxes. (b) The board of directors shall establish by resolution the beginning and ending of its fiscal year and annually within the first quarter of the fiscal year shall adopt an appropriation ordinance appropriating the sums of money deemed necessary to pay the cost of operating and maintaining the public hospital and other expenses for the hospital, specifying the objects and purposes for which the appropriations are made. (c) After adopting the appropriation ordinance, and on or before the second Tuesday in September of each year, the board of directors shall ascertain the total amount of appropriations legally made that are to be provided from the tax levy for that year. Then, by an ordinance specifying the purposes for which the appropriations are made, the board of directors shall levy not more than the total amount ascertained upon all the property subject to taxation within the township as the property is assessed and equalized for State and county purposes. The Illinois Municipal Budget Law does not apply to the making of appropriations by the board of directors.

Legislative History

(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1735; P.A. 88-62.)