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Code · Illinois · Chapter 55 — COUNTIES · Act 5

Sec. 5-24012. Adoption of Division.

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Sec. 5-24012. Adoption of Division. This Division shall not be effective in any county unless the proposition of its adoption is submitted to the voters of the county at any regular election and unless a majority of the votes cast at such election upon the proposition are in favor of its adoption.
Whenever a petition signed by 200 or more legal voters of any county is presented to the county board requesting the submission of the proposition of whether or not the county should provide for the treatment of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor, the county board shall adopt a resolution for the submission of the proposition at the next regular election held in the county. The county board shall certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at said election in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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For the adoption of Division 5-24
of the Counties Code
(Cancer and Tumor Relief).
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Against the adoption of Division 5-24
of the Counties Code
(Cancer and Tumor Relief).
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If a majority of the legal voters of the county voting on the proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition shall be deemed adopted.
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