41-19-39 - Financial support for facilities or services for individuals with mental illness or mental retardation; tax levy.
§ 41-19-39. Financial support for facilities or services for individuals with mental illness or mental retardation; tax levy.
After a plan for mental illness and mental retardation facilities or services has been submitted by any regional commission and approved by the Department of Mental Health, the said regional commission may request the boards of supervisors of the various counties in the region to levy a special tax for the construction, operation and maintenance of said mental illness and mental retardation facilities or services in such region. The boards of supervisors of the counties desiring to participate in the program in each region are hereby authorized to use any available funds and, if necessary, to levy a special tax, not to exceed two (2) mills, for the construction, operation and maintenance of the said mental illness and mental retardation facilities or services provided for and authorized in Sections 41-19-31 through 41-19-39.
The governing authority of any municipality in the region may, upon resolution spread upon its minutes, make a voluntary contribution for the construction, operation or maintenance of the mental illness and mental retardation facilities in the region in which the municipality lies.
In addition to the purposes for which the county tax levies and municipal contributions may be used as authorized under this section, the county tax levies and municipal contributions may also be used for repayment of any loans from private lending institutions made by the commission under the authority of Section 41-19-33(l).
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6909-61; Laws, 1966, ch. 477, § 4; Laws, 1972, ch. 307, § 1; Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 13; Laws, 1995, ch. 410, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 15, 1995).