Full Text of HB4527 95th General Assembly
HB4527 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4527
Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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75 ILCS 10/8 |
from Ch. 81, par. 118 |
75 ILCS 10/8.4 |
from Ch. 81, par. 118.4 |
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Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Increases the amount of certain grants from the State to public and school libraries. Effective immediately.
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 8 and 8.4 as follows:
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| (75 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 81, par. 118)
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| Sec. 8. State grants.
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| (a) There shall be a program of State grants within the
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| limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General | 10 |
| Assembly
together with other funds made available by the | 11 |
| federal government or
other sources for this purpose. This | 12 |
| program of State grants shall be
administered by the State | 13 |
| Librarian in accordance with rules and
regulations as provided | 14 |
| in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the
following: (i) | 15 |
| annual equalization grants; (ii) Library System
grants; (iii) | 16 |
| per
capita
grants to public libraries; and (iv) planning and | 17 |
| construction
grants to public
libraries and library systems. | 18 |
| Libraries, in order to
be eligible for
grants under this | 19 |
| Section, must be members of a library system.
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| (b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all | 21 |
| public libraries
for which the corporate authorities levy a tax | 22 |
| for library purposes at a
rate not less than .13% of the value | 23 |
| of all the taxable property as
equalized and assessed by the |
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| Department of Revenue if
the amount of tax revenue obtained | 2 |
| from a rate of .13% produces less
than (i) $4.25 per capita in | 3 |
| property tax revenue from property taxes for the 2006 taxable | 4 |
| year payable in 2007 and (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax | 5 |
| revenue from property taxes for the 2007 taxable year and | 6 |
| thereafter . In that case, the State Librarian is authorized
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| make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference between | 8 |
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amount obtained from a rate of .13% and an annual income of | 9 |
| $4.25 per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and | 10 |
| an annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal | 11 |
| Year 2009 and thereafter . If a library receiving an | 12 |
| equalization grant reduces its tax levy
below the amount levied | 13 |
| at the time the original application is approved,
it shall be | 14 |
| ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
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| If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension | 16 |
| Limitation Law in the
Property Tax Code and its tax levy for | 17 |
| library purposes has been lowered to a
rate of less than .13%, | 18 |
| the library will qualify for this grant if the library
levied a | 19 |
| tax for library purposes that met the requirements for this | 20 |
| grant in
the previous year and if the tax levied for library | 21 |
| purposes in the current
year produces tax revenue for the | 22 |
| library that is an increase over the previous
year's extension | 23 |
| of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index,
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| whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced by this levy is | 25 |
| less than (i) $4.25
per capita in property tax revenue from | 26 |
| property taxes for the 2006 taxable year payable in 2007 and |
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| (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property | 2 |
| taxes for the 2007 taxable year and thereafter . In this case, | 3 |
| the State Librarian is authorized to make an
equalization grant | 4 |
| equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax
revenue | 5 |
| obtained from the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 | 6 |
| per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and an | 7 |
| annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal | 8 |
| Year 2009 and thereafter . If a library receiving an | 9 |
| equalization grant reduces its tax levy
below the amount levied | 10 |
| at the time the original application is approved, it
shall be | 11 |
| ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
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| (c) Annual Library System grants
shall be made, upon | 13 |
| application,
to each library system approved by the State | 14 |
| Librarian on the following basis:
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| (1) For library systems, the sum of $1.46 per capita of | 16 |
| the
population of the area served plus the sum of $50.75 | 17 |
| per square mile or
fraction thereof of the area served | 18 |
| except as provided in paragraph (4) of
this subsection.
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| (2) If the amounts appropriated for grants are | 20 |
| different from
the
amount provided for in paragraph (1) of | 21 |
| this subsection, the area and per
capita funding shall
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| proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
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| (3) For library systems, additional funds may be
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| appropriated.
The appropriation shall be distributed on | 25 |
| the same proportional per capita
and per square mile basis | 26 |
| as provided in paragraphs (1) and
(4) of this
subsection.
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| (4) Per capita and area funding for a multitype library | 2 |
| system as
defined in subparagraph (3) of the definition of | 3 |
| "library system" in Section 2
and a public library system
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| in cities with a population of 500,000 or more as defined | 5 |
| in subparagraph (2)
of
the definition of "library system" | 6 |
| in Section 2 shall be apportioned with 25%
of the funding | 7 |
| granted to
the multitype library system and 75% of the | 8 |
| funding granted to the public
library system.
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| (d) The "area served" for the purposes of this Act means | 10 |
| the area that
lies within the geographic boundaries of the | 11 |
| library system as approved by
the State Librarian. In | 12 |
| determining the population of the area served by the
library | 13 |
| system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest federal | 14 |
| census
for the
political subdivisions in the area served.
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| (e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, | 16 |
| the corporate
authorities, instead of a tax levy at a | 17 |
| particular rate, may provide an amount equivalent
to the amount | 18 |
| produced by that levy.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-527, eff. 8-14-03.)
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| (75 ILCS 10/8.4) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.4)
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| Sec. 8.4. School library grants. Beginning July 1, 1989, | 22 |
| the State
Librarian shall make grants
annually under this | 23 |
| Section to all school districts in the State for the
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| establishment and operation of qualified school libraries, or | 25 |
| the additional
support of existing qualified school libraries, |
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| from funds appropriated
by the General Assembly. Such grants | 2 |
| shall be in the amount of $0.75 per
student as determined by | 3 |
| the official enrollment as of the previous
September 30 of the | 4 |
| respective school having a qualified school library. If
the
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| moneys appropriated for grants under this Section are not | 6 |
| sufficient,
the State Librarian shall reduce the amount of the | 7 |
| grants as necessary; in
making these reductions, the State | 8 |
| Librarian shall endeavor to provide each
school district that | 9 |
| has a qualifying school library (i)
at least the same amount | 10 |
| per student as the district
received under this Section in the | 11 |
| preceding fiscal year, and (ii) a total
grant of at least $750 | 12 |
| $100 .
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| To qualify for grants under this Section, a school library | 14 |
| must:
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| (1) Be an entity which serves the basic information and | 16 |
| library needs
of the school's employees and students | 17 |
| through a bibliographically
organized collection of | 18 |
| library materials, has at least one employee whose
primary | 19 |
| duty is to serve as a librarian, and has a collection | 20 |
| permanently
supported financially, accessible centrally, | 21 |
| and occupying identifiable
quarters in one principal | 22 |
| location.
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| (2) Meet the requirements for membership in a library | 24 |
| system under the
provisions of this Act.
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| (3) Have applied for membership in the library system | 26 |
| of jurisdiction if
the system is a multitype library system |
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| under this Act.
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| (4) Provide, as mutually determined by the Illinois | 3 |
| State Librarian and
the Illinois State Board of Education, | 4 |
| library services which either meet
or show progress toward | 5 |
| meeting the Illinois school library standards as
most | 6 |
| recently adopted by the Illinois School Library Media | 7 |
| Association.
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| (5) Submit a statement certifying that the financial | 9 |
| support for
the school library or libraries
of the applying | 10 |
| school district has been maintained undiminished, or if
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| diminished, the percentage of diminution of financial | 12 |
| support is no more
than the percentage of diminution of the | 13 |
| applying school's total financial
support for educational | 14 |
| and operations purposes since the submission of the
last | 15 |
| previous application of the school district for the school | 16 |
| library per
student grant that was funded.
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| Grants under this Section shall be made only upon | 18 |
| application of the
school district for its qualified school | 19 |
| library or school libraries.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-507, eff. 8-13-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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