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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is 
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amended  by adding Section 15-82 as follows:
 
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    (75 ILCS 16/15-82  new)
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    Sec. 15-82. Disconnection from district.
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    (a) Any municipality or township that has a public and 
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tax-supported library established under the provisions of any 
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statute may be disconnected from a public library district by 
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one of the following methods:
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        (1) If a tax-supported public library is established in 
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    any municipality or township lying wholly or partially 
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    within a library district, the Board of Trustees of the 
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    library district may enact an ordinance providing for the 
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    disconnection of the library district from the 
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    municipality or township and providing for an appraisal 
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    setting forth the value of the tangible property of the 
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    district, the liabilities of the district, and the excess 
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    of the liabilities over the assets.
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        The Board of Trustees shall provide for the 
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    disconnection and appraisal only if (i) the territory to be 
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    disconnected comprises less than 10% of the district or 
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    (ii) the taxes collected by the district from the territory 
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    to be disconnected amount to less than 10% of the total 
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    amount of library taxes collected by the district annually.

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        (2) The electors  of the library district residing in 
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    both the municipality or township and the library district 
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    may  call for the disconnection  by filing with the Board of 
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    Trustees a petition signed by at least 100 of the electors 
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    residing in both the municipality or township and the 
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    library district. The Board must certify the question to 
 


 






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    the proper election authority, which must submit the 
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    question to the electors residing in both the municipality 
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    or township and the library district at an election in 
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    accordance with the Election Code.
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        The election authority must submit the question in 
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    substantially the following form:
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            Shall the (insert name of township or 
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        municipality) be disconnected from (insert name of 
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        library district)?
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        If a majority of the electors voting on the question 
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    vote in the affirmative, then the library district is 
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    disconnected from the municipality or township.
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    (b) The district shall, upon enactment of a disconnection 
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ordinance or upon an election approving disconnection, file 
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with circuit court in which a majority of the disconnected 
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territory lies an appropriate petition and a certified copy of 
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the said ordinance or a certificate by the Board of the results 
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of the election. The petition shall request entry of an order 
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of disconnection and the preparation of an appraisal setting 
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forth the value of the tangible property of the district, the 
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liabilities of the district, and the excess of the liabilities 
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over tangible assets or property. Notice shall be published by 
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and within the disconnecting territory.
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    The circuit court shall, after a hearing upon the matter, 
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enter its order revising the limits and boundaries of the 
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district and setting forth the liability, if any, yet to be 
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retired and paid for by the property owners of the disconnected 
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territory.
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    (d) When any territory has been disconnected from a 
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district under this Section and the court order providing for 
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the disconnection also sets forth a continuing liability to be 
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paid by the property owners of the disconnected territory, then 
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the county collector of each county affected shall debit upon 
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his or her books the taxes to be paid and thereafter levied by 
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the district and extended against taxable property within the 
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disconnected territory. The county clerk shall continue to 
 


 






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extend district library taxes upon the taxable property within 
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the disconnected territory, and the county collector shall 
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continue to collect district library taxes upon the taxable 
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property within the disconnected territory until the excess 
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liability has been paid and retired.
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    Until final and full payment of the liability, the 
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residents and property owners of the disconnected territory 
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shall be entitled to full and free library service from the 
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district. Upon the date of disconnection, the residents and 
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property owners of the disconnected territory shall no longer 
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be subject to any tax levies by the district. Upon full and 
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final payment of the liability and thereafter, no resident or 
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property owner of the disconnected territory shall have any 
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right, title, and interest in and to the assets and tangible 
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property of the district affected by the disconnection.

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    (d) The disconnecting territory shall bear all expenses of 
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a disconnection election and all other costs and expenses 
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incurred as a result of disconnection under item (1) of 
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subsection (a).
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    (e) The Board shall record a certified copy of the 
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disconnection order with the recorder of deeds and with the 
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county clerk and county collector of each county affected.


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