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90_SB1535
75 ILCS 10/2 from Ch. 81, par. 112
75 ILCS 10/8 from Ch. 81, par. 118
75 ILCS 10/8.1 from Ch. 81, par. 118.1
Amends the Illinois Library System Act by making
technical changes to Sections concerning the definition of
library system, State grants, and eligibility for grants.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Library System Act by
2 changing Sections 2, 8, and 8.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 2, 8, and 8.1 as follows:
7 (75 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 81, par. 112)
8 Sec. 2. Library system. The term "library system" as
9 used in this Act means an organization of one or more
10 tax-supported public libraries serving a minimum of 150,000
11 inhabitants or an area of not less than 4,000 square miles,
12 or of a single public library serving a city of over 500,000
13 population, which organization is or has been created as a
14 library system in accordance with this Act. The Such
15 organization may also include, subject to the provisions of
16 this Act, libraries other than public libraries. A library
17 system may consist of any of the following:
18 a) A cooperative public library system in which 10 or
19 more public libraries enter into a written agreement to
20 provide any or all library services on a cooperative basis.
21 b) A public library system consisting of a single public
22 library serving a city of over 500,000 population.
23 c) A multitype library system in which (1) 10 or more
24 public libraries and in addition other types of libraries, or
25 (2) a single public library and in addition other types of
26 libraries serving a city of over 500,000 population, enter
27 into an agreement to provide any or all library services on a
28 cooperative basis.
29 (Source: P.A. 83-411.)
30 (75 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 81, par. 118)
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1 Sec. 8. State grants.
2 (a) There shall be a program of State grants within the
3 limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General
4 Assembly together with other funds made available by the
5 federal government or other sources for this purpose. This
6 program of State grants shall be administered by the State
7 Librarian by in accordance with rules and regulations as
8 provided in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the
9 following: (i) annual equalization grants; (ii) Library
10 System grants; (iii) annual grants to Research and Reference
11 Centers; (iv) per capita grants to public libraries; and (v)
12 planning and construction grants to public libraries and
13 library systems. Libraries, in order to be eligible for
14 grants under this Section, must be members of a library
15 system.
16 (b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all
17 public libraries for which the corporate authorities levy a
18 tax for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% of the
19 value of all the taxable property as equalized and assessed
20 by the Department of Revenue if the amount of tax revenue
21 obtained from a rate of .13% produces less than $4.25 per
22 capita. In that case, the State Librarian is authorized to
23 make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference
24 between the amount obtained from a rate of .13% and an annual
25 income of $4.25 per capita. If a library receiving an
26 equalization grant reduces its tax levy below the amount
27 levied at the time the original application is approved, it
28 shall be ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
29 If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension
30 Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code and its tax levy for
31 library purposes has been lowered to a rate of less than
32 .13%, the library will qualify for this grant if the library
33 levied a tax for library purposes that met the requirements
34 for this grant in the previous year and if the tax levied for
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1 library purposes in the current year produces tax revenue for
2 the library that is an increase over the previous year's
3 extension of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
4 Price Index, whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced
5 by this levy is less than $4.25 per capita. In this case,
6 the State Librarian is authorized to make an equalization
7 grant equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax
8 revenue obtained from the current levy and an annual income
9 of $4.25 per capita. If a library receiving an equalization
10 grant reduces its tax levy below the amount levied at the
11 time the original application is approved, it shall be
12 ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
13 (c) Annual Library System grants shall be made, upon
14 application, to each library system approved by the State
15 Librarian on the following basis:
16 (0.5) The distribution of annual library system
17 grants, from all fund sources for this purpose, at the
18 rate of 90% for distribution by means of area and per
19 capita served, as provided in paragraph (1) of this
20 subsection. Additionally, the remaining 10% of funds
21 available for annual library system grants shall be made
22 available for distribution based upon approved
23 application, by the State Librarian, for the provision of
24 services to member libraries and for technological
25 developments.
26 (1) For cooperative public library systems, public
27 library systems, or multitype library systems, the sum of
28 $1.46 per capita of the population of the area served
29 plus the sum of $50.75 per square mile or fraction
30 thereof of the area served.
31 (2) If the amounts appropriated for grants is
32 different from the amount provided for in paragraph (1)
33 of this subsection, the area and per capita funding shall
34 be proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
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1 Remaining funding comprising 10% of the annual library
2 systems grants shall be distributed upon approval of
3 application for initiatives of library development and
4 technological innovations according to rules and
5 regulations promulgated by the State Librarian on
6 criteria for awarding the grants.
7 (3) For multitype library systems, additional funds
8 may be appropriated. The appropriation shall be
9 distributed on the same proportional per capita and per
10 square mile basis as provided in paragraph (1) of this
11 subsection.
12 (d) The "area served" for the purposes of this Act means
13 the area that lies within the geographic boundaries of the
14 library system as approved by the State Librarian. In
15 determining the population of the area served by the library
16 system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest
17 federal census for the political subdivisions in the area
18 served.
19 (e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this
20 Section, the corporate authorities, instead of a tax levy at
21 a particular rate, may provide from a source other than
22 federal revenue sharing an amount equivalent to the amount
23 produced by that levy.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-188, eff. 7-19-95; 90-169, eff. 7-23-97.)
25 (75 ILCS 10/8.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.1)
26 Sec. 8.1. Eligibility of grants. The State Librarian
27 shall make grants annually under this Section to all
28 qualified public libraries in the State from funds
29 appropriated by the General Assembly. The Such grants shall
30 be in the amount of up to $1.25 per capita for the population
31 of the area served by the respective public library and, in
32 addition, the amount of up to $0.19 per capita to libraries
33 serving populations over 500,000 under the Illinois Major
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1 Urban Library Program. If the moneys appropriated for grants
2 under this Section are not sufficient the State Librarian
3 shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the
4 qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per
5 capita.
6 To be eligible for grants under this Section, a public
7 library must:
8 (1) Provide, as determined by the State Librarian,
9 library services that which either meet or show progress
10 toward meeting the Illinois library standards, as most
11 recently adopted by the Illinois Library Association.
12 (2) Be a public library for which is levied a tax
13 for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% or a
14 county library for which is levied a tax for library
15 purposes at a rate not less than .07%. If a library is
16 subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in
17 the Property Tax Code and its tax levy for library
18 purposes has been lowered to a rate of less than .13%,
19 this requirement will be waived if the library qualified
20 for this grant in the previous year and if the tax levied
21 for library purposes in the current year produces tax
22 revenue for library purposes that is an increase over the
23 previous year's extension of 5% or the percentage
24 increase in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less.
25 Any other language in this Section to the contrary
26 notwithstanding, grants under this Section 8.1 shall be made
27 only upon application of the public library concerned, which
28 applications shall be entirely voluntary and within the sole
29 discretion of the public library concerned.
30 Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section,
31 during fiscal year 1978, the amount of grants under this
32 Section shall be .25 per capita, during fiscal year 1979 the
33 amount of grants under this Section shall be $0.50 per
34 capita, during fiscal year 1980 the amount of grants under
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1 this Section shall be $0.75 per capita, during fiscal year
2 1981 through fiscal year 1993 the amount of grants shall be
3 $1 per capita, and during fiscal year 1994 and thereafter the
4 amount of public library grants shall be $1.25 per capita,
5 and the amount of the Major Urban Library Program grants
6 shall be $0.19 per capita. If the moneys monies appropriated
7 for these grants are not sufficient, the State Librarian
8 shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants
9 proportionately.
10 In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section,
11 the corporate authorities, in lieu of a tax levy at a
12 particular rate, may provide funds from other sources, an
13 amount equivalent to the amount to be produced by that levy.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-169, eff. 7-23-97.)