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(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 4. Taxes. (a) The board of commissioners of any county water commission may, by ordinance, impose throughout the territory of the commission any or all of the taxes provided in this Section for its corporate purposes. However, no county water commission may impose any such tax unless the commission certifies the proposition of imposing the tax to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters residing in the territory at an election in accordance with the general election law, and the proposition has been approved by a majority of those voting on the proposition. The proposition shall be in the form provided in Section 5 or shall be substantially in the following form: ------------------------------------------------------------ Shall the (insert corporate name of county water commission) YES impose (state type of tax or ---------------------- taxes to be imposed) at the NO rate of 1/4%? ------------------------------------------------------------ Taxes imposed under this Section and civil penalties imposed incident thereto shall be collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The Department shall have the power to administer and enforce the taxes and to determine all SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468