{"data":{"id":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-11-58-3","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"65 ILCS 5/11-58-3","heading":"","body":"No such tax shall be levied or collected by such a municipality unless the electors of the municipality have approved an ordinance providing therefor as provided in Section 2 of \"An Act to enable cities, villages and incorporated towns having less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, to provide for defraying whatever portion may be imposed upon them by law of the costs and expenses of separation of the grades of railroads and of public streets and public places, and to provide for a direct annual tax therefor,\" approved June 17, 1929, as amended, or until the question of the adoption of the ordinance specified in Section 11-58-2 has been certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality at any election in the municipality designated in the ordinance and in accordance with the general election law.\nThe question shall be in substantially the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nShall an ordinance of the City\n(Village or Incorporated Town, as the\ncase may be) of .... passed on the\n.... day of .... providing for the YES\nlevy of a tax of ....% each year\nfor the term of .... years on all\ntaxable property in the city for the\npurpose of providing a fund to pay -----------------\nthe proportion imposed by law upon\nthe city of the costs of separating\nthe grades of the roadbed and tracks\nof the .... Railroad Company from\npublic streets and public places in NO\nthe city (village or incorporated\ntown), specified in the ordinance,\nbe approved?\n--------------------------------------------------------------","path":["CHAPTER 65 MUNICIPALITIES","Illinois Municipal Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=802\u0026ChapterID=14\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:23Z","sha256":"547fd80a2a0264885b3f7853797673579429183dae3cabe334ff04219a60839f","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-11-58-2","next":"us-il/65-ilcs-5-11-58-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}