Public Act 101-0099
 
HB2993 EnrolledLRB101 05055 AWJ 50065 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is 
amended  by changing Section 15-15 as follows:
 



    (75 ILCS 16/15-15)



    Sec. 15-15. Territory included within municipality or 
school district. 

    (a) A district may, by ordinance and referendum, annex 
territory if that territory is:
        (1) located within the boundaries of a municipality or 
    school district that is included, entirely or partially, 
    within the district;
        (2) contiguous to the district; and
        (3) without local, tax-supported public library 
    service.

An ordinance under this subsection must describe the territory 
to be annexed.
Prior to adopting the ordinance, the board of 
trustees of the library district shall send notice of the 
proposed ordinance to the president of the board of trustees of 
each public library located within one mile of the territory to 
be annexed. The library district may, in addition, provide 
notice of a proposed annexation ordinance on a website 
maintained by the library district. At any meeting of the board 
of trustees in which an annexation ordinance under this Section 
is considered, the board shall provide a reasonable opportunity 
for any interested person to make public comments on the 
proposed annexation ordinance.


    (b) Within 15 days of the passage of the
annexation 
ordinance, the library district shall send notice of the

adoption of the ordinance, a copy of the map showing the 
boundaries of the
territory to be annexed, and a copy of the 
text of the publication notice
required in this Section to the 
president of the board of trustees of each
public library with 
territory within one mile of the territory to be
annexed.  
Within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance it shall be

published as provided in Section 1-30.  The board may vacate an

annexation ordinance before its publication.

    (c) The publication or posting of the ordinance shall 
include a notice of
(i) the specific number of voters required 
to sign a petition requesting that
the question of the adoption 
of the ordinance to be submitted to the voters of the
district 
or the territory to be annexed and or both, (ii) the time in 
which the
petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the 
prospective referendum. The
district secretary shall provide a 
petition form to any individual requesting
one. 

    (d) Upon the passage of the annexation ordinance under this 
Section If no petition is filed with the library district 
within 30
days after publication or posting of the ordinance, 
the annexation shall
take effect. If, however, within the 30 
day period, a petition is filed with
the Board of Trustees of 
the library district, signed by voters of the
district or the 
territory to be annexed, or both, equal in number
to 10% or 
more of the total number of registered voters in the district,

the territory to be annexed or both, asking that the question 
of the
annexation of the territory be submitted to the voters 
of the territory, the
board of trustees shall may vacate the 
annexation ordinance or certify the question
to the proper 
election authority, who shall submit the question at the next

regular election.  Notice of this election shall be given and 
the election
shall be conducted in accordance with the Election 
Code. The proposition shall
be submitted to the voters in 
substantially the following form:


        Shall (description of territory) be annexed to (name of 
    public library
district), (location), Illinois?

    (e) If a majority of votes cast upon the proposition in the

district, and also a majority of votes cast upon the 
proposition in the
territory to be annexed, are in favor of the 
proposition, the Board
of Trustees of the library district may 
conclude the annexation of the
territory.

    (f) If,  before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
the 101st General Assembly this amendatory Act of the 94th 
General Assembly, a district has annexed territory under this 
Section and that annexation complies with the requirements set 
forth in this Section, as changed by this amendatory Act of the 
94th General Assembly, then, for all purposes, that annexation 
is hereby validated, ratified, and declared to be in full force 
and effect. from: (i) 30
days after publication or posting of 
the ordinance if no petition was filed with the library 
district under subsection (d); or (ii) if a petition was filed, 
on the date that the district concluded the annexation of the 
territory under subsection (e).

(Source: P.A. 94-899, eff. 6-22-06; 95-161, eff. 1-1-08.)

 

    (75 ILCS 16/15-20 rep.)

    Section 10. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is 
amended  by repealing Section 15-20.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.


Effective Date:  7/19/2019