71-1611. Board of health; estimate of expenses; budget; tax authorized.
The board of each health district organized pursuant to sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 shall annually during the month of January fix the amount of money for the proposed budget statement as may be deemed sufficient and necessary to conduct the affairs of the district during the ensuing fiscal year. After the adoption of the budget statement, the board of such health district shall certify the amount of tax to be levied upon all the taxable property of the district as is provided in the adopted budget statement to be received from taxation. The county board is directed, authorized, and required to levy and collect such amount of tax in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, except that the aggregate health district tax shall not exceed in any one year four and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such district.
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