Illinois § 11-81-2

Illinois Statutes

§ 11-81-2

Illinois·Topic GOVERNMENT·Ch. 65 MUNICIPALITIES·Act 65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.·Art. Art 11 prec Div 80 - Streets and Public Ways

The city council of any city and the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, whether organized under the general law or special charter, which does not correspond to the description set out in Section 11-81-1, may annually levy a tax for street and bridge purposes at a rate of not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, and may by a three-fourths vote of the members elected to such city council or board of trustees levy an additional tax for street and bridge purposes at a rate of not to exceed .04% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of taxable property within such city, village or incorporated town. Municipalities having a higher limitation than .10% for street and bridge purposes on July 1, 1967 

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The city council of any city and the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, whether organized under the general law or special charter, which does not correspond to the description set out in Section 11-81-1, may annually levy a tax for street and bridge purposes at a rate of not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, and may by a three-fourths vote of the members elected to such city council or board of trustees levy an additional tax for street and bridge purposes at a rate of not to exceed .04% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of taxable property within such city, village or incorporated town. Municipalities having a higher limitation than .10% for street and bridge purposes on July 1, 1967 may continue to levy such higher rate. However, if any city, village or incorporated town levying such tax for street and bridge purposes is situated as a whole or in part within any road district in which a tax for road and bridge purposes has also been levied under the authority of Section 6-501 of the "Illinois Highway Code" as the same may from time to time be amended, the county clerk shall as to the taxable property lying within such city, village or incorporated town, reduce and abate from such street and bridge tax levied by the authority of this Section 11-81-2 a rate equivalent to the amount of all road district road and bridge taxes accruing to such city, village or incorporated town in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-507 of the "Illinois Highway Code" as the same may from time to time be amended. Such street and bridge tax authorized by this Section 11-81-2 shall be in addition to any tax any such city, village or incorporated town is now authorized to levy for street or bridge purposes and shall be in addition to the tax that such city, village or incorporated town is now authorized to levy upon the aggregate valuation of all property within such city, village or incorporated town, and shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1.

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