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Department of Revenue if
the amount of tax revenue obtained |
from a rate of .13% produces less
than (i) $4.25 per capita in |
property tax revenue from property taxes for the 2006 taxable |
year payable in 2007 and (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax |
revenue from property taxes for the 2007 taxable year and |
thereafter. In that case, the State Librarian is authorized
to |
make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference between |
the
amount obtained from a rate of .13% and an annual income of |
$4.25 per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and |
an annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal |
Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants |
under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian |
shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the |
qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita, |
but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the |
difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from |
the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a |
library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy
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below the amount levied at the time the original application is |
approved,
it shall be ineligible to receive further |
equalization grants.
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If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension |
Limitation Law in the
Property Tax Code and its tax levy for |
library purposes has been lowered to a
rate of less than .13%, |
the library will qualify for this grant if the library
levied a |
tax for library purposes that met the requirements for this |
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grant in
the previous year and if the tax levied for library |
purposes in the current
year produces tax revenue for the |
library that is an increase over the previous
year's extension |
of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index,
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whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced by this levy is |
less than (i) $4.25
per capita in property tax revenue from |
property taxes for the 2006 taxable year payable in 2007 and |
(ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property |
taxes for the 2007 taxable year and thereafter. In this case, |
the State Librarian is authorized to make an
equalization grant |
equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax
revenue |
obtained from the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 |
per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and an |
annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal |
Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants |
under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian |
shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the |
qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita, |
but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the |
difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from |
the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a |
library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy
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below the amount levied at the time the original application is |
approved, it
shall be ineligible to receive further |
equalization grants.
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(c) Annual Library System grants
shall be made, upon |
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application,
to each library system approved by the State |
Librarian on the following basis:
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(1) For library systems, the sum of $1.46 per capita of |
the
population of the area served plus the sum of $50.75 |
per square mile or
fraction thereof of the area served |
except as provided in paragraph (4) of
this subsection.
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(2) If the amounts appropriated for grants are |
different from
the
amount provided for in paragraph (1) of |
this subsection, the area and per
capita funding shall
be |
proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
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(3) For library systems, additional funds may be
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appropriated.
The appropriation shall be distributed on |
the same proportional per capita
and per square mile basis |
as provided in paragraphs (1) and
(4) of this
subsection.
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(4) Per capita and area funding for a multitype library |
system as
defined in subparagraph (3) of the definition of |
"library system" in Section 2
and a public library system
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in cities with a population of 500,000 or more as defined |
in subparagraph (2)
of
the definition of "library system" |
in Section 2 shall be apportioned with 25%
of the funding |
granted to
the multitype library system and 75% of the |
funding granted to the public
library system.
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(d) The "area served" for the purposes of this Act means |
the area that
lies within the geographic boundaries of the |
library system as approved by
the State Librarian. In |
determining the population of the area served by the
library |
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system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest federal |
census
for the
political subdivisions in the area served.
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(e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, |
the corporate
authorities, instead of a tax levy at a |
particular rate, may provide an amount equivalent
to the amount |
produced by that levy.
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(Source: P.A. 93-527, eff. 8-14-03.)
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(75 ILCS 10/8.4) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.4)
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Sec. 8.4. School library grants. Beginning July 1, 1989, |
the State
Librarian shall make grants
annually under this |
Section to all school districts in the State for the
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establishment and operation of qualified school libraries, or |
the additional
support of existing qualified school libraries, |
from funds appropriated
by the General Assembly. Such grants |
shall be in the amount of $0.75 per
student as determined by |
the official enrollment as of the previous
September 30 of the |
respective school having a qualified school library. If
the
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moneys appropriated for grants under this Section are not |
sufficient,
the State Librarian shall reduce the amount of the |
grants as necessary; in
making these reductions, the State |
Librarian shall endeavor to provide each
school district that |
has a qualifying school library (i)
at least the same amount |
per student as the district
received under this Section in the |
preceding fiscal year, and (ii) a total
grant of at least $750, |
which, in the event of an insufficient appropriation, shall not |
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be reduced to a total grant of less than $100 $100.
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To qualify for grants under this Section, a school library |
must:
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(1) Be an entity which serves the basic information and |
library needs
of the school's employees and students |
through a bibliographically
organized collection of |
library materials, has at least one employee whose
primary |
duty is to serve as a librarian, and has a collection |
permanently
supported financially, accessible centrally, |
and occupying identifiable
quarters in one principal |
location.
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(2) Meet the requirements for membership in a library |
system under the
provisions of this Act.
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(3) Have applied for membership in the library system |
of jurisdiction if
the system is a multitype library system |
under this Act.
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(4) Provide, as mutually determined by the Illinois |
State Librarian and
the Illinois State Board of Education, |
library services which either meet
or show progress toward |
meeting the Illinois school library standards as
most |
recently adopted by the Illinois School Library Media |
Association.
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(5) Submit a statement certifying that the financial |
support for
the school library or libraries
of the applying |
school district has been maintained undiminished, or if
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diminished, the percentage of diminution of financial |
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support is no more
than the percentage of diminution of the |
applying school's total financial
support for educational |
and operations purposes since the submission of the
last |
previous application of the school district for the school |
library per
student grant that was funded.
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Grants under this Section shall be made only upon |
application of the
school district for its qualified school |
library or school libraries.
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(Source: P.A. 91-507, eff. 8-13-99.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
2008.
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