Full Text of HB6196 096th General Assembly
HB6196 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB6196
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Bob Biggins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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75 ILCS 5/3-4 |
from Ch. 81, par. 3-4 |
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Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Requires the corporate authorities of an incorporated town, village, or
township to levy taxes sufficient to pay the costs incurred by the library for payments under the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the moneys collected for those purposes shall be transferred to the library within 30 days after receipt by the corporate authorities. Effective immediately.
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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HB6196 |
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LRB096 15734 HLH 30973 b |
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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 | 5 |
| changing Section 3-4 as follows:
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| (75 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-4)
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| Sec. 3-4.
(a) When the electors of an incorporated town, | 8 |
| village or
township have voted to establish and maintain a | 9 |
| public library as
provided in Section 2-2, the corporate | 10 |
| authorities of such incorporated
town, village or township | 11 |
| shall levy an annual tax for the establishment
and maintenance | 12 |
| of such library, not exceeding .15% of the
value as equalized | 13 |
| or assessed by the Department of Revenue. If
the petition and | 14 |
| ballots so specify in the original establishment as set
forth | 15 |
| in Section 2-2 of this Act, the corporate authorities may levy | 16 |
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tax in excess of .15%, not to exceed the rate specified in | 17 |
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establishment petition and ballot, but in any event not to | 18 |
| exceed .60%
of the value as equalized and assessed by the | 19 |
| Department of Revenue. If
the annual public library tax rate of | 20 |
| an established library was increased
above .12% up to .20% | 21 |
| prior to 1972 as provided in
this Act, the corporate | 22 |
| authorities shall then levy up to an additional
.03% above the | 23 |
| increased rate approved at the referendum. Such tax rate
may be |
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| increased to not to exceed .60% of the value, as equalized or
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| assessed by the Department of Revenue, or the excess tax shall
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| no longer be levied, if the electors of such incorporated town, | 4 |
| village
or township shall so determine by referendum at any | 5 |
| regular
election. Such referendum shall be petitioned for in | 6 |
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manner as the referendum for the establishment and | 7 |
| maintenance of the
library. Any tax levied pursuant to Section | 8 |
| 3-9 shall be disregarded in
applying the provisions of this | 9 |
| Section.
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| (b) The corporate authorities may also levy an additional | 11 |
| tax of .02% of
the value of all the taxable property in the | 12 |
| incorporated town, village
or township, as equalized or | 13 |
| assessed by the Department of Revenue, for
the purchase of | 14 |
| sites and buildings, for the
construction and equipment of | 15 |
| buildings, for the rental of buildings
required for library | 16 |
| purposes, and for maintenance, repairs and
alterations of | 17 |
| library buildings and equipment. In any year in which
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| corporate authorities propose to levy such additional .02% tax, | 19 |
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corporate authorities shall adopt a resolution determining | 20 |
| to levy such
tax. Within 15 days after the adoption of the | 21 |
| resolution, it shall be
published at least once in one or more | 22 |
| newspapers published in the
incorporated town, village or | 23 |
| township, or if no newspaper is published
therein, then in one | 24 |
| or more newspapers with a general circulation
therein. In an | 25 |
| incorporated town, village or township in which no
newspaper is | 26 |
| published, publication may instead be made by posting a
notice |
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| in three prominent places. The publication or posting of the | 2 |
| resolution
shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of | 3 |
| voters required to
sign a petition requesting that the question | 4 |
| of the adoption of the resolution
be submitted to the electors | 5 |
| of the incorporated town, village or township;
(2) the time in | 6 |
| which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the
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| prospective referendum. The clerk of the incorporated town, | 8 |
| village or
township, shall provide a petition form to any | 9 |
| individual requesting one.
If no petition is filed with the
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| corporate authorities within 30 days after publication or | 11 |
| posting of the
resolution, the incorporated town, village or | 12 |
| township shall then be
authorized to levy the tax. However, if | 13 |
| within the 30 day period, a
petition is filed with the | 14 |
| corporate authorities, signed by electors of
the incorporated | 15 |
| town, village or township equal in number to 10% or
more of the | 16 |
| total number of registered voters in the
incorporated town, | 17 |
| village or township, asking that the
question of levying such a | 18 |
| .02% tax be submitted to the electors
thereof, the question | 19 |
| shall be submitted at a special or general
election. Notice of | 20 |
| this election shall be given as provided by the
general | 21 |
| election laws of this state in force at the time of the
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| election, and the election shall be held in all respects in | 23 |
| accordance
with those laws. The ballot on which the proposition | 24 |
| is submitted shall
be in substantially the following form: | 25 |
| "Shall the corporate authorities
of (name of incorporated town, | 26 |
| village or township) be authorized to
levy an additional tax of |
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| ...% for the construction of buildings,
provision of sites, | 2 |
| etc., as determined by resolution dated (insert date)?".
If a | 3 |
| majority of votes cast upon the proposition are in favor | 4 |
| thereof,
the corporate authorities may levy the additional tax.
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| (c) In addition to all other taxes levied pursuant to this | 6 |
| Act, the corporate authorities shall levy taxes sufficient to | 7 |
| pay the costs incurred by the library for payments pursuant to | 8 |
| Articles 7, 21, and 22 of the Illinois Pension Code. The | 9 |
| corporate authorities shall transfer to the library all sums | 10 |
| collected for those purposes. Those transfers shall be made to | 11 |
| the library within 30 days after the corporate authorities | 12 |
| receive those sums. | 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.
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