Division 18. Community Nurses in Municipalities Of From 5,000 To 100,000  

    (65 ILCS 5/11-18-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-1)
    Sec. 11-18-1. When a municipality with a population of more than 5,000 and less than 100,000 has adopted this Division 18 in the manner provided by Section 11-18-3, the mayor or president shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the municipal board of health, one or more registered nurses, to be known as community nurses. These nurses shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the health officer of the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

    (65 ILCS 5/11-18-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-2)
    Sec. 11-18-2. A municipality which adopts this Division 18 may levy, annually, a tax of not more than .0075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, for the current year, to provide revenue for the salaries of and expenses incident to the performance of the duties of the community nurses. This tax shall be in addition to all taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in that municipality and shall be in addition to the taxes authorized to be levied for general purposes under Section 8-3-1.
    The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

    (65 ILCS 5/11-18-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-3)
    Sec. 11-18-3. Whenever at least 100 electors of a specified municipality present a petition to the municipal clerk, asking that the question of the adoption of this Division 18 be submitted to the electors of the municipality the question shall be certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the municipality at an election in accordance with the general election law. The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall the city (or village or
 incorporated town) of............        YES
 adopt Division 18  of  Article  11
 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code    -----------------------
 providing for community nurses in
 certain municipalities and permit
 a  tax  of  not  to  exceed .0075%        NO
 therefor?
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    If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the adoption of this Division 18, such division is adopted and in force thereafter in that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)

    (65 ILCS 5/11-18-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-4)
    Sec. 11-18-4. Any municipality which has heretofore adopted "An Act providing for community nurses in certain cities, villages and incorporated towns, and permitting a tax therefor," approved June 30, 1925, as amended, shall be treated as having adopted this Division 18. The registered nurses appointed to act as community nurses under that Act, who were so acting immediately prior to January 1, 1942, shall continue to so act under this Division 18.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)