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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1785

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1785  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section 5.  The Illinois Local Library Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 4-7 as follows:

 6        (75 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-7)
 7        Sec.  4-7.   Each  board  of  library trustees of a city,
 8    incorporated town, village or township shall  carry  out  the
 9    spirit and intent of this Act in establishing, supporting and
10    maintaining  a  public  library  or  libraries  for providing
11    library service and, in  addition  to  but  without  limiting
12    other  powers conferred by this Act, shall have the following
13    powers:
14             1.  To  make  and  adopt  such  bylaws,  rules   and
15        regulations,   for   their   own  guidance  and  for  the
16        government of  the  library  as  may  be  expedient,  not
17        inconsistent with this Act;
18             2.  To have the exclusive control of the expenditure
19        of  all moneys collected for the library and deposited to
20        the credit of the library fund;
21             3.  To   have   the   exclusive   control   of   the
22        construction  of  any  library  building   and   of   the
 
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 1        supervision,  care  and  custody of the grounds, rooms or
 2        buildings constructed,  leased  or  set  apart  for  that
 3        purpose;
 4             4.  To  purchase or lease real or personal property,
 5        and to construct an appropriate building or buildings for
 6        the use of a library established hereunder, using, at the
 7        board's option, contracts providing for all  or  part  of
 8        the  consideration  to  be  paid  through installments at
 9        stated intervals during a certain period not to exceed 20
10        years with interest on the unpaid balance at  any  lawful
11        rate  for  municipal  corporations  in this State, except
12        that contracts for installment purchases of  real  estate
13        shall  provide  for  not  more  than  75%  of  the  total
14        consideration to be repaid by installments, and to refund
15        at   any  time  any  installment  contract  entered  into
16        pursuant to this paragraph by means of a  refunding  loan
17        agreement,  which may provide for installment payments of
18        principal and interest to be  made  at  stated  intervals
19        during  a  certain period not to exceed 20 years from the
20        date of such refunding loan agreement, with  interest  on
21        the  unpaid  principal  balance  at  any  lawful rate for
22        municipal corporations in  this  State,  except  that  no
23        installment  contract or refunding loan agreement for the
24        same property  or  construction  project  may  exceed  an
25        aggregate of 20 years;
26             5.  To  remodel or reconstruct a building erected or
27        purchased by the board, when such building is not adapted
28        to its purposes or needs;
29             6.  To sell or otherwise  dispose  of  any  real  or
30        personal  property  that  it deems no longer necessary or
31        useful for library purposes, and to lease to  others  any
32        real  property not immediately useful but for which plans
33        for ultimate use have been or will  be  adopted  but  the
34        corporate  authorities  shall  have  the  first  right to
 
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 1        purchase or lease except that in the case of the City  of
 2        Chicago,  this power shall be governed and limited by the
 3        Chicago Public Library Act;
 4             7.  To appoint and to  fix  the  compensation  of  a
 5        qualified librarian, who shall have the authority to hire
 6        such  other  employees  as may be necessary, to fix their
 7        compensation, and to remove such appointees,  subject  to
 8        the  approval  of the board, but these powers are subject
 9        to Division 1 of Article 10  of  the  Illinois  Municipal
10        Code  in  municipalities  in  which  that  Division is in
11        force.   The  board   may   also   retain   counsel   and
12        professional consultants as needed;
13             8.  To   contract   with   any   public  or  private
14        corporation or entity for the  purpose  of  providing  or
15        receiving  library  service  or of performing any and all
16        other  acts  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  out   the
17        responsibilities,  the spirit, and the provisions of this
18        Act.  This contractual power includes, but is not limited
19        to, participating  in  interstate  library  compacts  and
20        library  systems, contracting to supply library services,
21        and  expending  of  any  federal  or  State  funds   made
22        available to any county, municipality, township or to the
23        State  of  Illinois  for library purposes.  However, if a
24        contract is  for  the  supply  of  library  services  for
25        residents  without a public library established under the
26        provisions of this Act, the terms of that  contract  will
27        recognize  the principle of equity or cost of services to
28        non-residents expressed in this Section of this Act,  and
29        will  provide for the assumption by the contracting party
30        receiving the services of  financial  responsibility  for
31        the  loss  of or damage to any library materials provided
32        to non-residents under the contract;
33             9.  To join with the board or boards of any  one  or
34        more libraries in this State in maintaining libraries, or
 
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 1        for the maintenance of a common library or common library
 2        services  for  participants,  upon  such  terms as may be
 3        agreed upon by and between the boards;
 4             10.  To enter into contracts and to  take  title  to
 5        any  property  acquired by it for library purposes by the
 6        name and style of "The Board of Library Trustees  of  the
 7        (city,  village,  incorporated town or township) of ...."
 8        and by that name to sue and be sued;
 9             11.  To exclude from the  use  of  the  library  any
10        person  who wilfully violates the rules prescribed by the
11        board;
12             12.  To  extend  the  privileges  and  use  of   the
13        library,  including  the  borrowing  of  materials  on an
14        individual basis by persons residing outside of the city,
15        incorporated town, village or  township.   If  the  board
16        exercises  this power, the privilege of library use shall
17        be upon such terms and conditions as the board shall from
18        time to time by its regulations prescribe, and  for  such
19        privileges  and use, the board shall charge a nonresident
20        fee at least equal to the cost paid by residents  of  the
21        city,  incorporated  town,  village or township, with the
22        cost  to  be  determined   according   to   the   formula
23        established  by  the  Illinois  State  Library.  A person
24        residing outside of a public library  service  area  must
25        apply  for  a  non-resident  library  card  at the public
26        library  located  closest  to  the   person's   principal
27        residence.     The  nonresident  cards  shall  allow  for
28        borrowing  privileges   at   all   participating   public
29        libraries  in  the  regional  library  system only at the
30        library where the card was issued.  The  nonresident  fee
31        shall  not  apply to privilege and use provided under the
32        terms of the library's membership  in  a  library  system
33        operating  under  the  provisions of the Illinois Library
34        System Act, under the terms of any  reciprocal  agreement
 
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 1        with  a public or private corporation or entity providing
 2        a  library  service,  or  to  a  nonresident  who  as  an
 3        individual or as a  partner,  principal  stockholder,  or
 4        other  joint  owner owns taxable property  or is a senior
 5        administrative officer of  a  firm,  business,  or  other
 6        corporation  owning  taxable  property  within  the city,
 7        incorporated  town,  village   or   township   upon   the
 8        presentation  of  the  most  recent  tax  bill  upon that
 9        taxable property, provided that the privilege and use  of
10        the  library is extended to only one such nonresident for
11        each parcel of such taxable  property.  Nothing  in  this
12        item 12 requires any public library to participate in the
13        non-resident  card  reciprocal  borrowing  program  of  a
14        regional library system as provided for in this Section;
15             13.  To exercise the power of eminent domain subject
16        to  the prior approval of the corporate authorities under
17        Sections 5-1 and 5-2 of this Act;
18             14.  To join the public library as a member  and  to
19        join  the  library  trustees  as  members in the Illinois
20        Library Association and the American Library Association,
21        non-profit,  non-political,  501(c)(3)  associations,  as
22        designated  by  the  federal  Internal  Revenue  Service,
23        having   the   purpose   of   library   development   and
24        librarianship; to  provide  for  the  payment  of  annual
25        membership dues, fees and assessments and act by, through
26        and  in the name of such instrumentality by providing and
27        disseminating   information   and   research    services,
28        employing  personnel and doing any and all other acts for
29        the purpose of improving library development;
30             15.  To invest funds pursuant to  the  Public  Funds
31        Investment Act;
32             16.  To  accumulate  and  set apart as reserve funds
33        portions of  the  unexpended  balances  of  the  proceeds
34        received  annually  from  taxes or other sources, for the
 
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 1        purpose of providing self-insurance  against  liabilities
 2        relating to the public library.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 4        Section  10.   The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
 5    amended by changing Section 30-55.60 as follows:

 6        (75 ILCS 16/30-55.60)
 7        Sec. 30-55.60. Use of library by nonresidents. The  board
 8    may  extend  the privileges and use of the library, including
 9    the borrowing of materials on an individual basis by  persons
10    residing  outside  the district.  If the board exercises this
11    power, the privilege of library use shall be upon  terms  and
12    conditions  prescribed  by the board in its regulations.  The
13    board shall charge a nonresident fee for the  privileges  and
14    use  of  the  library  at  least  equal  to  the cost paid by
15    residents of the district, with the  cost  to  be  determined
16    according  to  the  formula established by the Illinois State
17    Library. A  person  residing  outside  of  a  public  library
18    service  area  must  apply for a non-resident library card at
19    the  public  library  closest  to  the   person's   principal
20    residence.    The nonresident cards shall allow for borrowing
21    privileges at  all  participating  public  libraries  in  the
22    regional  library  system  only at the library where the card
23    was issued.  The nonresident fee shall not apply  to  any  of
24    the following:
25             (1)  Privileges and use provided (i) under the terms
26        of   the   district's  membership  in  a  library  system
27        operating under the provisions of  the  Illinois  Library
28        System  Act  or  (ii)  under  the terms of any reciprocal
29        agreement with a public or private corporation or  entity
30        providing a library service.
31             (2)  Residents  of  an  area in which the library is
32        conducting a program for the purpose of  encouraging  the
 
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 1        inclusion of the area in the library district.
 2             (3)  A  nonresident  who,  as  an individual or as a
 3        partner, principal stockholder,  or  other  joint  owner,
 4        owns  taxable  property  or  is  a  senior administrative
 5        officer of a firm, business, or other corporation  owning
 6        taxable  property  within the district, upon presentation
 7        of the most recent tax bill upon that  taxable  property,
 8        provided  that  the  privileges and use of the library is
 9        extended to only one such nonresident for each parcel  of
10        taxable property.
11        Nothing  in  this  Section requires any public library to
12    participate in the  non-resident  card  reciprocal  borrowing
13    program  of a regional library system as provided for in this
14    Section.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-1277; 88-253.)

16        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
17    Section 8.25 as follows:

18        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
19        Sec.  8.25.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
20    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
21    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
22    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.".

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