Public Act 90-0169 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0169
SB39 Enrolled SRS90S0012NCsa
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Library System Act by
changing Sections 8 and 8.1.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by
changing Sections 8 and 8.1 as follows:
(75 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 81, par. 118)
Sec. 8. State grants.
(a) There shall be a program of State grants within the
limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General
Assembly together with other funds made available by the
federal government or other sources for this purpose. This
program of State grants shall be administered by the State
Librarian in accordance with rules and regulations as
provided in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the
following: (i) annual equalization grants; (ii) Library
System grants; (iii) annual grants to Research and Reference
Centers; (iv) per capita grants to public libraries; and (v)
planning and construction grants to public libraries and
library systems. Libraries, in order to be eligible for
grants under this Section, must be members of a library
system.
(b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all
public libraries for which the corporate authorities levy a
tax for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% of the
value of all the taxable property as equalized and assessed
by the Department of Revenue if the amount of tax revenue
obtained from a rate of .13% produces less than $4.25 per
capita. 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. If a library receiving an
equalization grant reduces its tax levy below the amount
levied at the time the original application is approved, it
shall be ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
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 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, whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced
by this levy is less than $4.25 per capita. 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. If a library receiving an equalization
grant reduces its tax levy below the amount levied at the
time the original application is approved, it shall be
ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
(c) Annual Library System grants shall be made, upon
application, to each library system approved by the State
Librarian on the following basis:
(0.5) The distribution of annual library system
grants, from all fund sources for this purpose, at the
rate of 90% for distribution by means of area and per
capita served, as provided in paragraph (1) of this
subsection. Additionally, the remaining 10% of funds
available for annual library system grants shall be made
available for distribution based upon approved
application, by the State Librarian, for the provision of
services to member libraries and for technological
developments.
(1) For cooperative public library systems, public
library systems, or multitype 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.
(2) If the amounts appropriated for grants is
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.
Remaining funding comprising 10% of the annual library
systems grants shall be distributed upon approval of
application for initiatives of library development and
technological innovations according to rules and
regulations promulgated by the State Librarian on
criteria for awarding the grants.
(3) For multitype library systems, additional funds
may be appropriated. The appropriation shall be
distributed on the same proportional per capita and per
square mile basis as provided in paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(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
system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest
federal census for the political subdivisions in the area
served.
(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 from a source other than
federal revenue sharing an amount equivalent to the amount
produced by that levy.
(Source: P.A. 88-78; 89-188, eff. 7-19-95.)
(75 ILCS 10/8.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.1)
Sec. 8.1. The State Librarian shall make grants annually
under this Section to all qualified public libraries in the
State from funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Such
grants shall be in the amount of up to $1.25 per capita for
the 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.
To be eligible for grants under this Section, a public
library must:
(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.
(2) Be a public library for which is levied a tax
for 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.
Any other language in this Section to the contrary
notwithstanding, grants under this Section 8.1 shall be made
only upon application of the public library concerned, which
applications shall be entirely voluntary and within the sole
discretion of the public library concerned.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section,
during fiscal year 1978, the amount of grants under this
Section shall be .25 per capita, during fiscal year 1979 the
amount of grants under this Section shall be $0.50 per
capita, during fiscal year 1980 the amount of grants under
this Section shall be $0.75 per capita, during fiscal year
1981 through fiscal year 1993 the amount of grants shall be
$1 per capita, and during fiscal year 1994 and thereafter the
amount of public library grants shall be $1.25 per capita,
and the amount of the Major Urban Library Program grants
shall be $0.19 per capita. If the monies appropriated for
these grants are not sufficient, the State Librarian shall
reduce the per capita amount of the grants proportionately.
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.
(Source: P.A. 88-78.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.