(a) After the first Monday in October and by the first Monday in December in each year, the board shall levy the general taxes for the district for the next fiscal year. Taxes shall be levied in the same manner as taxes are levied for municipal purposes, except the filing of the ordinance with the county clerk shall be made by the last Tuesday in December each year.
     (b) The amount of taxes levied for general corporate purposes for a fiscal year may not exceed the rate of .02% of the assessed value, as equalized by the Department of Revenue, of the taxable property in the district. In addition, in museum districts having a population of 100,000 or more but less than 2,000,000, the board may levy taxes for constructing, restoring, reconditioning, reconstructing, and acquiring improvements and for the development of the historical sites, together with related lands and facilities, of the district in an amount for each fiscal year at a rate not to exceed .05% of the assessed value, as equalized by the Department of Revenue, of the taxable property in the district.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1105/18

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

     (c) The taxes and rates authorized by this Section are exclusive of the taxes required for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and exclusive of taxes levied for employees’ annuity and benefit purposes.
     (d) All moneys collected under this Act shall be paid to the treasurer of the district.