Full Text of SB1523 99th General Assembly
SB1523 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB1523 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Pat McGuire SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 75 ILCS 10/8 | from Ch. 81, par. 118 | 75 ILCS 10/8.1 | from Ch. 81, par. 118.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the definition of "area served" for the purposes of making and expending annual Library System grants means the area that lies within the geographic boundaries of the library system as approved by the State Librarian. Provides that grant funding awarded to a library system may also be expended for the provision of services to members of other library systems if such an expenditure is included in a library system's plan of service and approved by the State Librarian. Provides that if moneys appropriated for grants exceed or fail to meet the $1.25 per capita amount for the population of the area served by a qualifying public library, the funding shall be increased or decreased pro rata so that qualifying public libraries receive the same amount in excess of or less than the $1.25 per capita amount. Effective July 1, 2015.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by | 5 | | changing 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
| 9 | | limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General | 10 | | Assembly
together with other funds made available by the | 11 | | federal government or
other sources for this purpose. This | 12 | | program of State grants shall be
administered by the State | 13 | | Librarian in accordance with rules and
regulations as provided | 14 | | in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the
following: (i) | 15 | | annual equalization grants; (ii) Library System
grants; (iii) | 16 | | per
capita
grants to public libraries; and (iv) planning and | 17 | | construction
grants to public
libraries and library systems. | 18 | | Libraries, in order to
be eligible for
grants under this | 19 | | Section, must be members of a library system.
| 20 | | (b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all | 21 | | public libraries
for which the corporate authorities levy a tax | 22 | | for library purposes at a
rate not less than .13% of the value | 23 | | of all the taxable property as
equalized and assessed by the |
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| 1 | | Department of Revenue if
the amount of tax revenue obtained | 2 | | from a rate of .13% produces less
than (i) $4.25 per capita in | 3 | | property tax revenue from property taxes for the 2006 taxable | 4 | | year payable in 2007 and (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax | 5 | | revenue from property taxes for the 2007 taxable year and | 6 | | thereafter. In that case, the State Librarian is authorized
to | 7 | | make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference between | 8 | | the
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 | 10 | | an annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal | 11 | | Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants | 12 | | under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian | 13 | | shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the | 14 | | qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita, | 15 | | but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the | 16 | | difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from | 17 | | the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a | 18 | | library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy
| 19 | | below the amount levied at the time the original application is | 20 | | approved,
it shall be ineligible to receive further | 21 | | equalization grants.
| 22 | | If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension | 23 | | Limitation Law in the
Property Tax Code and its tax levy for | 24 | | library purposes has been lowered to a
rate of less than .13%, | 25 | | the library will qualify for this grant if the library
levied a | 26 | | tax for library purposes that met the requirements for this |
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| 1 | | grant in
the previous year and if the tax levied for library | 2 | | purposes in the current
year produces tax revenue for the | 3 | | library that is an increase over the previous
year's extension | 4 | | of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index,
| 5 | | whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced by this levy is | 6 | | less than (i) $4.25
per capita in property tax revenue from | 7 | | property taxes for the 2006 taxable year payable in 2007 and | 8 | | (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property | 9 | | taxes for the 2007 taxable year and thereafter. In this case, | 10 | | the State Librarian is authorized to make an
equalization grant | 11 | | equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax
revenue | 12 | | obtained from the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 | 13 | | per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and an | 14 | | annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal | 15 | | Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants | 16 | | under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian | 17 | | shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the | 18 | | qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita, | 19 | | but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the | 20 | | difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from | 21 | | the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a | 22 | | library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy
| 23 | | below the amount levied at the time the original application is | 24 | | approved, it
shall be ineligible to receive further | 25 | | equalization grants.
| 26 | | (c) Annual Library System grants
shall be made, upon |
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| 1 | | application,
to each library system approved by the State | 2 | | Librarian 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 | 24 | | expending annual Library System grants this Act means the area | 25 | | that
lies within the geographic boundaries of the library | 26 | | system as approved by
the State Librarian , except that grant |
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| 1 | | funding awarded to a library system may also be expended for | 2 | | the provision of services to members of other library systems | 3 | | if such an expenditure is included in a library system's plan | 4 | | of service and is approved by the State Librarian . In | 5 | | determining the population of the area served by the
library | 6 | | system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest federal | 7 | | census
for the
political subdivisions in the area served.
| 8 | | (e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, | 9 | | the corporate
authorities, instead of a tax levy at a | 10 | | particular rate, may provide an amount equivalent
to the amount | 11 | | produced 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
| 15 | | under this Section to all qualified public libraries in the
| 16 | | State from funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Such
| 17 | | grants shall be in the amount of up to $1.25 per capita for the
| 18 | | population of the area served by the respective public
library | 19 | | and, in addition, the amount of up to $0.19 per capita to | 20 | | libraries
serving populations over 500,000 under the Illinois | 21 | | Major Urban Library
Program. If the moneys appropriated for | 22 | | grants under this
Section fail to meet the $1.25 per capita | 23 | | amount above, the funding shall be decreased pro rata so that | 24 | | qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita. | 25 | | If the moneys appropriated for grants under this Section exceed |
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| 1 | | the $1.25 per capita amount above, the funding shall be | 2 | | increased pro rata so that qualifying public libraries receive | 3 | | the same amount per capita are not sufficient the State | 4 | | Librarian shall reduce
the per capita amount of the grants so | 5 | | that the qualifying
public libraries receive the same amount | 6 | | per capita .
| 7 | | To be eligible for grants under this Section, a public | 8 | | library 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
| 9 | | notwithstanding, grants under this Section 8.1 shall be made
| 10 | | only upon application of the public library concerned, which
| 11 | | applications shall be entirely voluntary and within the sole
| 12 | | discretion of the public library concerned.
| 13 | | In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, the | 14 | | corporate
authorities, in lieu of a tax levy at a particular | 15 | | rate, may provide
funds from other sources, an amount | 16 | | equivalent 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, | 19 | | 2015.
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