(70 ILCS 2405/16.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 315.4)
Sec. 16.4.
Any ordinance adopted pursuant to the preceding Section
shall be published in a newspaper published and having a general
circulation in the district undertaking the project or, if there is no
such newspaper, it shall be posted in at least 3 of the most public
places in the district. The publication or posting of the ordinance shall
be accompanied by a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required
to sign a petition requesting that the question of acquiring, constructing,
purchasing, improving or extending the waterworks, and the issuance of revenue
bonds to be submitted to the electors; (2) the time in which such petition
must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The clerk
of the district shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.
If no petition for an election is filed with the Clerk of the
district within 30 days after such publication or posting, then, at the
expiration of 30 days, the ordinance shall be in effect. If, however,
within the period of 30 days a petition is filed with the clerk, signed
by voters of the district numbering 10% or more of the registered voters
within the district, asking that the question of acquiring, constructing,
purchasing, improving or extending the waterworks, and the issuance of
revenue bonds therefor, as provided in the ordinance, be submitted to the
electors of the district, the trustees shall certify such question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question at an election in
accordance with the general election law to decide whether the project and
issuance of bonds of the district, as set forth in the ordinance, should
be approved.
If it appears that a majority of the votes cast on the question are in
favor thereof, the ordinance takes effect. But if a majority of the votes
cast on the question are unfavorable, the trustees shall proceed no further
and the ordinance does not take effect.
(Source: P.A. 87-767.)
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