75 ILCS 16/10-10

(75 ILCS 16/10-10)

Sec. 10-10.

Conversion by library board resolution and referendum.

(a) A tax supported public library in a municipality, county, or
township maintained and operated under any other Act may, by conversion, become
a library organized, maintained, and operated under this Act
by resolution of the public library board of trustees and referendum
as provided in this Section.

(b) The board of trustees of a tax supported public library desiring
to convert the existing library to a library district may adopt a resolution
calling for the conversion. The board shall certify the question of conversion
to the proper election authority, who shall submit the question to the voters
at the next regular election. If the board specifies in its resolution that the
converted library shall have a maximum tax rate in excess of the existing
ceiling or limitation of the library to be converted, the question shall so
specify.  Notice of the election shall be given in accordance with Section
1-30.

(c) The proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the
following form:

Shall the board of trustees of the public library in

(name of municipality, county, or township), Illinois, be authorized to convert the public library to a public library district as determined by the board's resolution of (date)?

(d) If the resolution specified a maximum tax rate in excess of the
existing ceiling or limitation, the proposition shall be
submitted to the voters in substantially the following form:

Shall the board of trustees of the public library in

(name of municipality, county, or township), Illinois, be authorized to convert the public library to a public library district, with a maximum annual public library tax rate established at (rate)% of the value of all taxable property in the district as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, as determined by the board's resolution of (date)?

(e) If a majority of the votes cast on the
proposition are in the affirmative,
the board of trustees shall convert the public library to
a public library district.

(f) This Section shall not apply to any library established by
the corporate authorities of a municipality under the Illinois Local
Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)