{"data":{"id":"us-il/70-ilcs-3610-5.1","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"70 ILCS 3610/5.1","heading":"","body":"(a) The Board of Trustees of any district created after July 1, 1967 (except districts created under Section 3.1) has no authority to levy the tax provided for in subparagraph (10) of paragraph (f) of Section 5 unless the question of authorizing such tax is submitted to the voters of the district and approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting on the question.\nThe board of trustees of any such district may by resolution cause such question to be submitted to the voters of the district at a regular election as specified in such resolution. The question shall be certified, submitted and notice of the election shall be given in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nShall the board of trustees of........\nMass Transit District be authorized to levy a YES\ntax on property within the district at a rate ---------------\nof not to exceed .25% on the assessed value NO\nof such property?\n--------------------------------------------------------------\n(b) The Board of Trustees of any district which has the authority to levy the tax at a rate not to exceed .05% provided for in subparagraph (10) of paragraph (f) of Section 5 of this Act before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1974 does not have the authority to increase the tax levy to a rate not to exceed .25% unless the question of increasing the taxing authority is submitted to the voters of the district and approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting on the question.\nThe Board of Trustees of any such district may by resolution cause such question to be submitted to the voters of the district at a regular election as specified in such resolution. The question shall be certified, submitted and notice of the election shall be given in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nShall the board of trustees of........\nMass Transit District be given the authority to YES\nincrease their power to levy a tax on property\nwithin the district from a rate not to exceed -------------\n.05% on the assessed value of such property\nto a rate not to exceed .25% on the assessed NO\nvalue of such property?\n--------------------------------------------------------------\nThe provisions of this subsection (b) shall not apply to the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District.","path":["CHAPTER 70 SPECIAL DISTRICTS","Local Mass Transit District Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=983\u0026ChapterID=15\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:25Z","sha256":"3d74bf5e7ddd73516b85e483007d98ec63df0d334f106596904417c3db2a4ec6","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/70-ilcs-3610-5.05","next":"us-il/70-ilcs-3610-5.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}