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90_SB0039eng
75 ILCS 10/8.1 from Ch. 81, par. 118.1
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that,
notwithstanding any other provision, if a library that is
receiving a grant is located in a taxing district that
becomes subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
in the Property Tax Code and if, as a result of becoming
subject to that Law the corporate authorities of the taxing
district no longer levy a tax at a rate that meets the rate
prescribed to qualify for the grant, the library shall still
receive the grant it received prior to becoming subject to
the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Effective
immediately.
SRS90S0012NCsa
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Library System Act by
2 changing Sections 8 and 8.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 8 and 8.1 as follows:
7 (75 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 81, par. 118)
8 Sec. 8. State grants.
9 (a) There shall be a program of State grants within the
10 limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General
11 Assembly together with other funds made available by the
12 federal government or other sources for this purpose. This
13 program of State grants shall be administered by the State
14 Librarian in accordance with rules and regulations as
15 provided in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the
16 following: (i) annual equalization grants; (ii) Library
17 System grants; (iii) annual grants to Research and Reference
18 Centers; (iv) per capita grants to public libraries; and (v)
19 planning and construction grants to public libraries and
20 library systems. Libraries, in order to be eligible for
21 grants under this Section, must be members of a library
22 system.
23 (b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all
24 public libraries for which the corporate authorities levy a
25 tax for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% of the
26 value of all the taxable property as equalized and assessed
27 by the Department of Revenue if the amount of tax revenue
28 obtained from a rate of .13% produces less than $4.25 per
29 capita. In that case, the State Librarian is authorized to
30 make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference
31 between the amount obtained from a rate of .13% and an annual
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1 income of $4.25 per capita. If a library receiving an
2 equalization grant reduces its tax levy below the amount
3 levied at the time the original application is approved, it
4 shall be ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
5 If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension
6 Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code and its tax levy for
7 library purposes has been lowered to a rate of less than
8 .13%, the library will qualify for this grant if the library
9 levied a tax for library purposes that met the requirements
10 for this grant in the previous year and if the tax levied for
11 library purposes in the current year produces tax revenue for
12 the library that is an increase over the previous year's
13 extension of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
14 Price Index, whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced
15 by this levy is less than $4.25 per capita. In this case,
16 the State Librarian is authorized to make an equalization
17 grant equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax
18 revenue obtained from the current levy and an annual income
19 of $4.25 per capita. If a library receiving an equalization
20 grant reduces its tax levy below the amount levied at the
21 time the original application is approved, it shall be
22 ineligible to receive further equalization grants.
23 (c) Annual Library System grants shall be made, upon
24 application, to each library system approved by the State
25 Librarian on the following basis:
26 (0.5) The distribution of annual library system
27 grants, from all fund sources for this purpose, at the
28 rate of 90% for distribution by means of area and per
29 capita served, as provided in paragraph (1) of this
30 subsection. Additionally, the remaining 10% of funds
31 available for annual library system grants shall be made
32 available for distribution based upon approved
33 application, by the State Librarian, for the provision of
34 services to member libraries and for technological
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1 developments.
2 (1) For cooperative public library systems, public
3 library systems, or multitype library systems, the sum of
4 $1.46 per capita of the population of the area served
5 plus the sum of $50.75 per square mile or fraction
6 thereof of the area served.
7 (2) If the amounts appropriated for grants is
8 different from the amount provided for in paragraph (1)
9 of this subsection, the area and per capita funding shall
10 be proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
11 Remaining funding comprising 10% of the annual library
12 systems grants shall be distributed upon approval of
13 application for initiatives of library development and
14 technological innovations according to rules and
15 regulations promulgated by the State Librarian on
16 criteria for awarding the grants.
17 (3) For multitype library systems, additional funds
18 may be appropriated. The appropriation shall be
19 distributed on the same proportional per capita and per
20 square mile basis as provided in paragraph (1) of this
21 subsection.
22 (d) The "area served" for the purposes of this Act means
23 the area that lies within the geographic boundaries of the
24 library system as approved by the State Librarian. In
25 determining the population of the area served by the library
26 system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest
27 federal census for the political subdivisions in the area
28 served.
29 (e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this
30 Section, the corporate authorities, instead of a tax levy at
31 a particular rate, may provide from a source other than
32 federal revenue sharing an amount equivalent to the amount
33 produced by that levy.
34 (Source: P.A. 88-78; 89-188, eff. 7-19-95.)
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1 (75 ILCS 10/8.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 118.1)
2 Sec. 8.1. The State Librarian shall make grants annually
3 under this Section to all qualified public libraries in the
4 State from funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Such
5 grants shall be in the amount of up to $1.25 per capita for
6 the population of the area served by the respective public
7 library and, in addition, the amount of up to $0.19 per
8 capita to libraries serving populations over 500,000 under
9 the Illinois Major Urban Library Program. If the moneys
10 appropriated for grants under this Section are not
11 sufficient the State Librarian shall reduce the per capita
12 amount of the grants so that the qualifying public libraries
13 receive the same amount per capita.
14 To be eligible for grants under this Section, a public
15 library must:
16 (1) Provide, as determined by the State Librarian,
17 library services which either meet or show progress
18 toward meeting the Illinois library standards, as most
19 recently adopted by the Illinois Library Association.
20 (2) Be a public library for which is levied a tax
21 for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% or a
22 county library for which is levied a tax for library
23 purposes at a rate not less than .07%. If a library is
24 subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in
25 the Property Tax Code and its tax levy for library
26 purposes has been lowered to a rate of less than .13%,
27 this requirement will be waived if the library qualified
28 for this grant in the previous year and if the tax levied
29 for library purposes in the current year produces tax
30 revenue for library purposes that is an increase over the
31 previous year's extension of 5% or the percentage
32 increase in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less.
33 Any other language in this Section to the contrary
34 notwithstanding, grants under this Section 8.1 shall be made
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1 only upon application of the public library concerned, which
2 applications shall be entirely voluntary and within the sole
3 discretion of the public library concerned.
4 Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section,
5 during fiscal year 1978, the amount of grants under this
6 Section shall be .25 per capita, during fiscal year 1979 the
7 amount of grants under this Section shall be $0.50 per
8 capita, during fiscal year 1980 the amount of grants under
9 this Section shall be $0.75 per capita, during fiscal year
10 1981 through fiscal year 1993 the amount of grants shall be
11 $1 per capita, and during fiscal year 1994 and thereafter the
12 amount of public library grants shall be $1.25 per capita,
13 and the amount of the Major Urban Library Program grants
14 shall be $0.19 per capita. If the monies appropriated for
15 these grants are not sufficient, the State Librarian shall
16 reduce the per capita amount of the grants proportionately.
17 In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section,
18 the corporate authorities, in lieu of a tax levy at a
19 particular rate, may provide funds from other sources, an
20 amount equivalent to the amount to be produced by that levy.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-78.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.