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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4518
Introduced , by Rep. Frank J. Mautino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Sets forth procedures by which a public library may be dissolved by an order of the circuit court for failure to perform its statutory duties and functions.
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HB4518 |
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| AN ACT concerning libraries.
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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 Local Library Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 2-7 as follows: |
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| (75 ILCS 5/2-7 new) |
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| Sec. 2-7. Dissolution for failure to perform duties. |
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| (a) If the board of trustees of a public library |
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| established under this Act has failed to perform its duties and |
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| functions under this Act, then a petition for dissolution that |
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| is signed by at least 1% of the electors in the municipality or |
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| township may be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of |
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| the county in which the public library, or the predominant |
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| portion thereof, is located. The petition must (i) clearly |
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| define the territory embraced in such public library, (ii) set |
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| forth the name of the public library, and (iii) set forth |
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| sufficient facts establishing that, within the 3-year period |
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| immediately prior to the filing of the petition, the board of |
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| trustees: |
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| (1) failed to hold regular meetings of the board; |
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| (2) failed to pass an annual appropriation ordinance or |
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| to levy taxes for the purposes of the district; or |
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| (3) failed to perform the duties and functions imposed |