However, the election authority shall certify the question for submission at the next election held in accordance with general election law if a petition: (1) is filed within the 30-day period; (2) is signed by electors numbering either 7.5% of the registered voters in the governmental unit or 200 registered voters, whichever is less; and (3) asks that the question of dissolution be submitted to referendum.
The election authority shall submit the question to voters residing in the area served by the unit of local government in substantially the following form:
Shall the county board be authorized to dissolve [name of unit of local government]?
The election authority shall record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of the votes cast on the question at such election are in favor of dissolution of the unit of local government and provided that notice of the referendum was provided as set forth in Section 12-5 of the Election Code, the chairman of the county board is authorized to proceed pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section.
55 ILCS 5/5-44025