Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
Filed: 3/15/2017
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 482
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 482 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 15-15 as follows:
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6 | (75 ILCS 16/15-15)
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7 | Sec. 15-15. Territory included within municipality or | ||||||
8 | school district.
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9 | (a) A district may, by ordinance and referendum , annex | ||||||
10 | territory if that territory is: | ||||||
11 | (1) located within the boundaries of a municipality or | ||||||
12 | school district that is included, entirely or partially, | ||||||
13 | within the district; | ||||||
14 | (2) contiguous to the district; and | ||||||
15 | (3) without local, tax-supported public library | ||||||
16 | service.
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1 | An ordinance under this subsection must describe the territory | ||||||
2 | to be annexed.
Prior to adopting the ordinance, the board of | ||||||
3 | trustees of the library district shall send notice of the | ||||||
4 | proposed ordinance to the president of the board of trustees of | ||||||
5 | each public library located within one mile of the territory to | ||||||
6 | be annexed. The library district may, in addition, provide | ||||||
7 | notice of a proposed annexation ordinance on a website | ||||||
8 | maintained by the library district. At any meeting of the board | ||||||
9 | of trustees in which an annexation ordinance under this Section | ||||||
10 | is considered, the board shall provide a reasonable opportunity | ||||||
11 | for any interested person to make public comments on the | ||||||
12 | proposed annexation ordinance.
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13 | (b) Within 15 days of the passage of the
annexation | ||||||
14 | ordinance, the library district shall send notice of the
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15 | adoption of the ordinance, a copy of the map showing the | ||||||
16 | boundaries of the
territory to be annexed, and a copy of the | ||||||
17 | text of the publication notice
required in this Section to the | ||||||
18 | president of the board of trustees of each
public library with | ||||||
19 | territory within one mile of the territory to be
annexed. | ||||||
20 | Within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance it shall be
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21 | published as provided in Section 1-30. The board may vacate an
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22 | annexation ordinance before its publication.
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23 | (c) The publication or posting of the ordinance shall | ||||||
24 | include a notice of
(i) the specific number of voters required | ||||||
25 | to sign a petition requesting that
the question of the adoption | ||||||
26 | of the ordinance to be submitted to the voters of the
district |
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1 | or the territory to be annexed and or both, (ii) the time in | ||||||
2 | which the
petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the | ||||||
3 | prospective referendum. The
district secretary shall provide a | ||||||
4 | petition form to any individual requesting
one.
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5 | (d) Upon the passage of the annexation ordinance under this | ||||||
6 | Section If no petition is filed with the library district | ||||||
7 | within 30
days after publication or posting of the ordinance, | ||||||
8 | the annexation shall
take effect. If, however, within the 30 | ||||||
9 | day period, a petition is filed with
the Board of Trustees of | ||||||
10 | the library district, signed by voters of the
district or the | ||||||
11 | territory to be annexed, or both, equal in number
to 10% or | ||||||
12 | more of the total number of registered voters in the district,
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13 | the territory to be annexed or both, asking that the question | ||||||
14 | of the
annexation of the territory be submitted to the voters | ||||||
15 | of the territory , the
board of trustees shall may vacate the | ||||||
16 | annexation ordinance or certify the question
to the proper | ||||||
17 | election authority, who shall submit the question at the next
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18 | regular election. Notice of this election shall be given and | ||||||
19 | the election
shall be conducted in accordance with the Election | ||||||
20 | Code. The proposition shall
be submitted to the voters in | ||||||
21 | substantially the following form:
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22 | Shall (description of territory) be annexed to (name of | ||||||
23 | public library
district), (location), Illinois?
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24 | (e) If a majority of votes cast upon the proposition in the
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25 | district, and also a majority of votes cast upon the | ||||||
26 | proposition in the
territory to be annexed, are in favor of the |
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1 | proposition, the Board
of Trustees of the library district may | ||||||
2 | conclude the annexation of the
territory.
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3 | (f) If, before the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
4 | the 100th General Assembly this amendatory Act of the 94th | ||||||
5 | General Assembly , a district has annexed territory under this | ||||||
6 | Section and that annexation complies with the requirements set | ||||||
7 | forth in this Section, as changed by this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
8 | 94th General Assembly, then, for all purposes , that annexation | ||||||
9 | is hereby validated, ratified, and declared to be in full force | ||||||
10 | and effect . from: (i) 30
days after publication or posting of | ||||||
11 | the ordinance if no petition was filed with the library | ||||||
12 | district under subsection (d); or (ii) if a petition was filed, | ||||||
13 | on the date that the district concluded the annexation of the | ||||||
14 | territory under subsection (e).
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15 | (Source: P.A. 94-899, eff. 6-22-06; 95-161, eff. 1-1-08.)
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16 | (75 ILCS 16/15-20 rep.)
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17 | Section 10. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is | ||||||
18 | amended by repealing Section 15-20.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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