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 1        AN ACT concerning libraries.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.  This  Act may be cited as the
 5    Illinois State Library Foundation Act.

 6        Section 5.  Illinois State  Library  Foundation  created.
 7    The  Secretary  of  State  is  authorized, in accordance with
 8    Section 10 of the State Agency Entity Creation Act, to create
 9    a not-for-profit  foundation  that  shall  be  known  as  the
10    Illinois  State  Library Foundation. The Secretary shall file
11    articles of incorporation and bylaws as  required  under  the
12    General  Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to create the
13    Foundation. There shall be not less than 6 nor more  than  11
14    Directors  of the Foundation to be appointed by the Secretary
15    of State. The Secretary of State or his or her designee shall
16    serve  as  an  ex-officio  Director  of  the  Foundation.  No
17    Director may receive compensation for his or her services  to
18    the Foundation.

19        Section  10.  Purpose  of  Foundation. The purpose of the
20    Foundation shall be to promote library programs for all types
21    of  libraries  in  the  State,  enhancing  statewide  library
22    awareness to the people of Illinois; to make grants and gifts
23    in aid and support of the goal; and to  engage  generally  in
24    other   lawful   endeavors   consistent  with  the  foregoing
25    purposes. The Foundation shall not exceed the  provisions  of
26    the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986.

27        Section   15.  Selecting  officers;  rules.  As  soon  as
28    practical after the  Foundation  is  created,  the  Directors
29    shall  meet,  organize,  and  designate,  by majority vote, a
 
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 1    Chairperson, Secretary, and any additional officers as may be
 2    needed to carry out the activities  of  the  Foundation.  The
 3    Secretary of State may adopt rules deemed necessary to govern
 4    Foundation procedures.

 5        Section  20.  Funds  collected  by  the  Foundation.  The
 6    Foundation  may  accept  gifts  or  grants  from  the federal
 7    government, its agencies or officers,  or  from  any  person,
 8    firm,  corporation,  or  private  foundation;  and may expend
 9    receipts on activities that  it  considers  suitable  to  the
10    performance  of its duties under this Act. Funds collected by
11    the Foundation shall be considered private funds and shall be
12    held in an appropriate account outside of the State treasury.
13    The treasurer of the Foundation shall  be  custodian  of  all
14    Foundation  funds.  The Foundation's accounts and books shall
15    be set up and maintained in a manner approved by the  Auditor
16    General   and  the  Foundation  and  its  officers  shall  be
17    responsible for the approval of recording  of  receipts,  the
18    approval  of  payments,  and  the  proper  filing of required
19    reports. The Foundation may be assisted in carrying  out  its
20    functions  by  personnel  of  the  Office of the Secretary of
21    State with respect to matters falling within their scope  and
22    function.  The  Foundation  shall  cooperate  fully  with the
23    boards, commissions, agencies, departments, and  institutions
24    of  the  State.  The  funds  held  and  made available by the
25    Illinois  State  Library  Foundation  shall  be  subject   to
26    financial  and  compliance  audits  by the Auditor General in
27    compliance with the Illinois State Auditing Act.

28        Section 99.  Effective date. This  Act  takes  effect  on
29    January 1, 2004.