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Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
Filed: 3/6/2023
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2789
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2789 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Sections 1 and 3 and by adding Section 8.7 as follows:
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6 | | (75 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 81, par. 111)
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7 | | Sec. 1.
Because the state has a financial responsibility
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8 | | in promoting public
education, and because the public library |
9 | | is a vital agency serving all
levels of the educational |
10 | | process, it is hereby declared to be the policy
of the state to |
11 | | encourage the improvement of free public libraries and
to |
12 | | encourage cooperation among all types of libraries in |
13 | | promoting the sharing
of library resources , including digital |
14 | | resources . In keeping with this policy, provision is hereby
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15 | | made for a program of state grants designed to establish, |
16 | | develop and
operate a network of library systems covering the |
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1 | | entire state.
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2 | | It is further declared to be the policy of the State to |
3 | | encourage and protect the freedom of libraries and library |
4 | | systems to acquire materials without external limitation and |
5 | | to be protected against attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise |
6 | | restrict access to books or other materials. |
7 | | (Source: P.A. 83-411.)
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8 | | (75 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 81, par. 113)
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9 | | Sec. 3.
The State Librarian and the Illinois State Library |
10 | | his staff shall administer the provisions
of this Act and |
11 | | shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary
to |
12 | | carry the provisions of this Act into effect.
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13 | | The rules and regulations established by the State |
14 | | Librarian for the
administration of this Act shall be designed |
15 | | to achieve the following
standards and objectives:
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16 | | A provide library service for every citizen in the state |
17 | | by extending
library facilities to areas not now served.
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18 | | B provide library materials for student needs at every |
19 | | educational
level.
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20 | | C provide adequate library materials to satisfy the |
21 | | reference and
research needs of the people of this state.
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22 | | D provide an adequate staff of professionally trained |
23 | | librarians for
the state.
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24 | | E adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of |
25 | | Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or |
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1 | | removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or, in |
2 | | the alternative, develop a written statement declaring the |
3 | | inherent authority of the library or library system to provide |
4 | | an adequate collection stock of books and other materials |
5 | | sufficient in
size and varied in kind and subject matter to |
6 | | satisfy the library needs of
the people of this state and |
7 | | prohibit the practice of banning specific books or resources .
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8 | | F provide adequate library outlets and facilities |
9 | | convenient in time
and place to serve the people of this state.
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10 | | G encourage existing and new libraries to develop library |
11 | | systems
serving a sufficiently large population to support |
12 | | adequate library service
at reasonable cost.
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13 | | H foster the economic and efficient utilization of public |
14 | | funds.
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15 | | I promote the full utilization of local pride, |
16 | | responsibility,
initiative and support of library service and |
17 | | at the same time employ state
aid as a supplement to local |
18 | | support.
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19 | | The Advisory Committee of the Illinois State Library shall |
20 | | confer with,
advise and make recommendations to the State |
21 | | Librarian regarding any matter
under this Act and particularly |
22 | | with reference to the formation of library
systems.
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23 | | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3077.)
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24 | | (75 ILCS 10/8.7 new) |
25 | | Sec. 8.7. State grants; book banning. In order to be |
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1 | | eligible for State grants, a library or library system shall |
2 | | adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of |
3 | | Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or |
4 | | removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or, in |
5 | | the alternative, develop a written statement prohibiting the |
6 | | practice of banning books or other materials within the |
7 | | library or library system. ".
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