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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE FOR THE LEVY OF TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2017
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County:
Section 1. That this Ordinance is and the same is hereby termed the "Ordinance for the Levy of Taxes for the Year 2017."
Section 2. That the Committee on Finance of the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Illinois has considered the subject of the Annual Tax Levy for the year 2017 and the several sums necessary to be levied to meet the needs and requirements of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for said year and has recommended that this ordinance for the levy of taxes be adopted.
Section 3. That the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, heretofore having approved and adopted the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for the year commencing January 1, 2017 at its meeting held December 13, 2016, which ordinance was published by authority of said Board as provided by law and which portion of said Appropriation Ordinance pertaining to Fund and Departmental Appropriations (together with marginal columns captioned " Payable from the Tax Levy" and "Payable from sources other than the Tax Levy" where applicable) is set forth hereinafter.
Section 4. That the sum of Ninety One Million, Three Hundred Eighty Eight Thousand, Four Hundred Twenty Dollars and No Cents ($91,388,420), being the sum of Appropriations heretofore legally made which are to be paid from the collection of the Annual Tax Levy of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois for the Levy Year 2017 A.D. for the corporate purposes, for self-insurance, for the construction of improvements and development of the forests and lands, for real estate acquisition, for payment for principal and interest on bonded debt, for payment for contributions to Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund, and for the payment of amounts to the ...
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