Sec. 1.2. Petition for submission to referendum by electors.

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(a)Whenever a petition for submission to referendum by the electors which requests the establishment and maintenance of facilities or services for the benefit of its residents with a developmental disability and the levy of an annual tax not to exceed 0.1% upon all the taxable property in the governmental unit at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, is signed by electors of the governmental unit equal in number to at least 10% of the total votes cast for the office that received the greatest total number of votes at the last preceding general election of the governmental unit and is presented to the county clerk, the clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election authorities for submission at the governmental unit's next general election. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall (governmental unit) levy an annual tax not to exceed 0.1% upon the equalized

assessed value of all taxable property in (governmental unit) for the purposes of establishing and maintaining facilities or services for the benefit of its residents who are persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities and who are not eligible to participate in any program provided under Article 14 of the School Code, 105 ILCS 5/14-1.01 et seq., including contracting for those facilities or services with any privately or publicly operated entity that provides those facilities or services either in or out of (governmental unit)?

(b)If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor thereof, such tax levy shall be authorized and the governmental unit shall levy a tax not to exceed the rate set forth in Section 1 of this Act.

(c)If the governmental unit 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 subsection, 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.