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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by
5changing Sections 8 and 8.1 as follows:
 
6    (75 ILCS 10/8)  (from Ch. 81, par. 118)
7    Sec. 8. State grants.
8    (a) There shall be a program of State grants within the
9limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General
10Assembly together with other funds made available by the
11federal government or other sources for this purpose. This
12program of State grants shall be administered by the State
13Librarian in accordance with rules and regulations as provided
14in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the following: (i)
15annual equalization grants; (ii) Library System grants; (iii)
16per capita grants to public libraries; and (iv) planning and
17construction grants to public libraries and library systems.
18Libraries, in order to be eligible for grants under this
19Section, must be members of a library system.
20    (b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all
21public libraries for which the corporate authorities levy a tax
22for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% of the value
23of all the taxable property as equalized and assessed by the

 

 

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1Department of Revenue if the amount of tax revenue obtained
2from a rate of .13% produces less than (i) $4.25 per capita in
3property tax revenue from property taxes for the 2006 taxable
4year payable in 2007 and (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax
5revenue from property taxes for the 2007 taxable year and
6thereafter. In that case, the State Librarian is authorized to
7make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference between
8the amount obtained from a rate of .13% and an annual income of
9$4.25 per capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and
10an annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal
11Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants
12under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian
13shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the
14qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita,
15but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the
16difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from
17the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a
18library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy
19below the amount levied at the time the original application is
20approved, it shall be ineligible to receive further
21equalization grants.
22    If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension
23Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code and its tax levy for
24library purposes has been lowered to a rate of less than .13%,
25the library will qualify for this grant if the library levied a
26tax for library purposes that met the requirements for this

 

 

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1grant in the previous year and if the tax levied for library
2purposes in the current year produces tax revenue for the
3library that is an increase over the previous year's extension
4of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index,
5whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced by this levy is
6less than (i) $4.25 per capita in property tax revenue from
7property taxes for the 2006 taxable year payable in 2007 and
8(ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property
9taxes for the 2007 taxable year and thereafter. In this case,
10the State Librarian is authorized to make an equalization grant
11equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax revenue
12obtained from the current levy and an annual income of $4.25
13per capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and an
14annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal
15Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants
16under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian
17shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the
18qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita,
19but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the
20difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from
21the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a
22library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy
23below the amount levied at the time the original application is
24approved, it shall be ineligible to receive further
25equalization grants.
26    (c) Annual Library System grants shall be made, upon

 

 

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1application, to each library system approved by the State
2Librarian on the following basis:
3        (1) For library systems, the sum of $1.46 per capita of
4    the population of the area served plus the sum of $50.75
5    per square mile or fraction thereof of the area served
6    except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection.
7        (2) If the amounts appropriated for grants are
8    different from the amount provided for in paragraph (1) of
9    this subsection, the area and per capita funding shall be
10    proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
11        (3) For library systems, additional funds may be
12    appropriated. The appropriation shall be distributed on
13    the same proportional per capita and per square mile basis
14    as provided in paragraphs (1) and (4) of this subsection.
15        (4) Per capita and area funding for a multitype library
16    system as defined in subparagraph (3) of the definition of
17    "library system" in Section 2 and a public library system
18    in cities with a population of 500,000 or more as defined
19    in subparagraph (2) of the definition of "library system"
20    in Section 2 shall be apportioned with 25% of the funding
21    granted to the multitype library system and 75% of the
22    funding granted to the public library system.
23    (d) The "area served" for the purposes of making and
24expending annual Library System grants this Act means the area
25that lies within the geographic boundaries of the library
26system as approved by the State Librarian, except that grant

 

 

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1funding awarded to a library system may also be expended for
2the provision of services to members of other library systems
3if such an expenditure is included in a library system's plan
4of service and is approved by the State Librarian. In
5determining the population of the area served by the library
6system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest federal
7census for the political subdivisions in the area served.
8    (e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section,
9the corporate authorities, instead of a tax levy at a
10particular rate, may provide an amount equivalent to the amount
11produced by that levy.
12(Source: P.A. 95-976, eff. 9-22-08.)
 
13    (75 ILCS 10/8.1)  (from Ch. 81, par. 118.1)
14    Sec. 8.1. The State Librarian shall make grants annually
15under this Section to all qualified public libraries in the
16State from funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Such
17grants shall be in the amount of up to $1.25 per capita for the
18population of the area served by the respective public library
19and, in addition, the amount of up to $0.19 per capita to
20libraries serving populations over 500,000 under the Illinois
21Major Urban Library Program. If the moneys appropriated for
22grants under this Section fail to meet the $1.25 and the $0.19
23per capita amounts above, the funding shall be decreased pro
24rata so that qualifying public libraries receive the same
25amount per capita. If the moneys appropriated for grants under

 

 

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1this Section exceed the $1.25 and the $0.19 per capita amounts
2above, the funding shall be increased pro rata so that
3qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita
4are not sufficient the State Librarian shall reduce the per
5capita amount of the grants so that the qualifying public
6libraries receive the same amount per capita.
7    To be eligible for grants under this Section, a public
8library must:
9        (1) Provide, as determined by the State Librarian,
10    library services which either meet or show progress toward
11    meeting the Illinois library standards, as most recently
12    adopted by the Illinois Library Association.
13        (2) Be a public library for which is levied a tax for
14    library purposes at a rate not less than .13% or a county
15    library for which is levied a tax for library purposes at a
16    rate not less than .07%. If a library is subject to the
17    Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax
18    Code and its tax levy for library purposes has been lowered
19    to a rate of less than .13%, this requirement will be
20    waived if the library qualified for this grant in the
21    previous year and if the tax levied for library purposes in
22    the current year produces tax revenue for library purposes
23    that is an increase over the previous year's extension of
24    5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index,
25    whichever is less. Beginning in State Fiscal Year 2012 and
26    continuing through and including State Fiscal Year 2015,

 

 

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1    the eligibility requirement in this subsection shall be
2    waived if a library's tax levy for library purposes has
3    been lowered to a rate of less than 0.13%, and the State
4    Librarian determines that the library (i) continues to meet
5    the requirements of item (1) of this Section and (ii)
6    received a grant under this Section in the previous fiscal
7    year.
8    Any other language in this Section to the contrary
9notwithstanding, grants under this Section 8.1 shall be made
10only upon application of the public library concerned, which
11applications shall be entirely voluntary and within the sole
12discretion of the public library concerned.
13    In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, the
14corporate authorities, in lieu of a tax levy at a particular
15rate, may provide funds from other sources, an amount
16equivalent to the amount to be produced by that levy.
17(Source: P.A. 97-675, eff. 2-6-12.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
192015.