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| Public Act 097-0675 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 8.1 as follows:
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(75 ILCS 10/8.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.1)
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Sec. 8.1.
The State Librarian shall make grants annually
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under this Section to all qualified public libraries in the
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State from funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Such
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grants shall be in the amount of up to $1.25 per capita for the
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population of the area served by the respective public
library | ||||
and, in addition, the amount of up to $0.19 per capita to | ||||
libraries
serving populations over 500,000 under the Illinois | ||||
Major Urban Library
Program. If the moneys appropriated for | ||||
grants under this
Section are not sufficient the State | ||||
Librarian shall reduce
the per capita amount of the grants so | ||||
that the qualifying
public libraries receive the same amount | ||||
per capita.
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To be eligible for grants under this Section, a public | ||||
library must:
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(1) Provide, as determined by the State Librarian, | ||||
library services
which either meet or show progress toward | ||||
meeting the Illinois library
standards, as most recently | ||||
adopted by the Illinois Library Association.
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(2) Be a public library for which is levied a tax for
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library purposes at a rate not less than .13% or a county | ||
library for which
is levied a tax for library purposes at a | ||
rate not less than .07%.
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%, this requirement will be | ||
waived if the library
qualified
for this grant in the | ||
previous year and if the tax levied for library purposes
in | ||
the current year produces tax revenue for library purposes | ||
that is an
increase over the previous year's extension of | ||
5% or the percentage increase in
the Consumer Price Index, | ||
whichever is less. Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2012 and | ||
continuing through and including State Fiscal Year 2015, | ||
the eligibility requirement in this subsection shall be | ||
waived if a library's tax levy for library purposes has | ||
been lowered to a rate of less than 0.13%, and the State | ||
Librarian determines that the library (i) continues to meet | ||
the requirements of item (1) of this Section and (ii) | ||
received a grant under this Section in the previous fiscal | ||
year.
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Any other language in this Section to the contrary
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notwithstanding, grants under this Section 8.1 shall be made
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only upon application of the public library concerned, which
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applications shall be entirely voluntary and within the sole
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discretion of the public library concerned.
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In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, the | ||
corporate
authorities, in lieu of a tax levy at a particular | ||
rate, may provide
funds from other sources, an amount | ||
equivalent to the amount to be produced
by that levy.
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(Source: P.A. 93-527, eff. 8-14-03.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||