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 1        AN ACT concerning the use of libraries.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Local Library Act is amended  by
 5    changing Section 4-7 as follows:

 6        (75 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-7)
 7        Sec.  4-7.   Each  board  of  library trustees of a city,
 8    incorporated town, village or township shall  carry  out  the
 9    spirit and intent of this Act in establishing, supporting and
10    maintaining  a  public  library  or  libraries  for providing
11    library service and, in  addition  to  but  without  limiting
12    other  powers conferred by this Act, shall have the following
13    powers:
14             1.  To  make  and  adopt  such  bylaws,  rules   and
15        regulations,   for   their   own  guidance  and  for  the
16        government of  the  library  as  may  be  expedient,  not
17        inconsistent with this Act;
18             2.  To have the exclusive control of the expenditure
19        of  all moneys collected for the library and deposited to
20        the credit of the library fund;
21             3.  To   have   the   exclusive   control   of   the
22        construction  of  any  library  building   and   of   the
23        supervision,  care  and  custody of the grounds, rooms or
24        buildings constructed,  leased  or  set  apart  for  that
25        purpose;
26             4.  To  purchase or lease real or personal property,
27        and to construct an appropriate building or buildings for
28        the use of a library established hereunder, using, at the
29        board's option, contracts providing for all  or  part  of
30        the  consideration  to  be  paid  through installments at
31        stated intervals during a certain period not to exceed 20
 
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 1        years with interest on the unpaid balance at  any  lawful
 2        rate  for  municipal  corporations  in this State, except
 3        that contracts for installment purchases of  real  estate
 4        shall  provide  for  not  more  than  75%  of  the  total
 5        consideration to be repaid by installments, and to refund
 6        at   any  time  any  installment  contract  entered  into
 7        pursuant to this paragraph by means of a  refunding  loan
 8        agreement,  which may provide for installment payments of
 9        principal and interest to be  made  at  stated  intervals
10        during  a  certain period not to exceed 20 years from the
11        date of such refunding loan agreement, with  interest  on
12        the  unpaid  principal  balance  at  any  lawful rate for
13        municipal corporations in  this  State,  except  that  no
14        installment  contract or refunding loan agreement for the
15        same property  or  construction  project  may  exceed  an
16        aggregate of 20 years;
17             5.  To  remodel or reconstruct a building erected or
18        purchased by the board, when such building is not adapted
19        to its purposes or needs;
20             6.  To sell or otherwise  dispose  of  any  real  or
21        personal  property  that  it deems no longer necessary or
22        useful for library purposes, and to lease to  others  any
23        real  property not immediately useful but for which plans
24        for ultimate use have been or will  be  adopted  but  the
25        corporate  authorities  shall  have  the  first  right to
26        purchase or lease except that in the case of the City  of
27        Chicago,  this power shall be governed and limited by the
28        Chicago Public Library Act;
29             7.  To appoint and to  fix  the  compensation  of  a
30        qualified librarian, who shall have the authority to hire
31        such  other  employees  as may be necessary, to fix their
32        compensation, and to remove such appointees,  subject  to
33        the  approval  of the board, but these powers are subject
34        to Division 1 of Article 10  of  the  Illinois  Municipal
 
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 1        Code  in  municipalities  in  which  that  Division is in
 2        force.   The  board   may   also   retain   counsel   and
 3        professional consultants as needed;
 4             8.  To   contract   with   any   public  or  private
 5        corporation or entity for the  purpose  of  providing  or
 6        receiving  library  service  or of performing any and all
 7        other  acts  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  out   the
 8        responsibilities,  the spirit, and the provisions of this
 9        Act.  This contractual power includes, but is not limited
10        to, participating  in  interstate  library  compacts  and
11        library  systems, contracting to supply library services,
12        and  expending  of  any  federal  or  State  funds   made
13        available to any county, municipality, township or to the
14        State  of  Illinois  for library purposes.  However, if a
15        contract is  for  the  supply  of  library  services  for
16        residents  without a public library established under the
17        provisions of this Act, the terms of that  contract  will
18        recognize  the principle of equity or cost of services to
19        non-residents expressed in this Section of this Act,  and
20        will  provide for the assumption by the contracting party
21        receiving the services of  financial  responsibility  for
22        the  loss  of or damage to any library materials provided
23        to non-residents under the contract;
24             9.  To join with the board or boards of any  one  or
25        more libraries in this State in maintaining libraries, or
26        for the maintenance of a common library or common library
27        services  for  participants,  upon  such  terms as may be
28        agreed upon by and between the boards;
29             10.  To enter into contracts and to  take  title  to
30        any  property  acquired by it for library purposes by the
31        name and style of "The Board of Library Trustees  of  the
32        (city,  village,  incorporated town or township) of ...."
33        and by that name to sue and be sued;
34             11.  To exclude from the  use  of  the  library  any
 
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 1        person  who wilfully violates the rules prescribed by the
 2        board;
 3             12.  To  extend  the  privileges  and  use  of   the
 4        library,  including  the  borrowing  of  materials  on an
 5        individual basis by persons residing outside of the city,
 6        incorporated town, village or  township.   If  the  board
 7        exercises  this power, the privilege of library use shall
 8        be upon such terms and conditions as the board shall from
 9        time to time by its regulations prescribe, and  for  such
10        privileges  and use, the board shall charge a nonresident
11        fee at least equal to the cost paid by residents  of  the
12        city,  incorporated  town,  village or township, with the
13        cost  to  be  determined   according   to   the   formula
14        established  by  the  Illinois  State  Library.  A person
15        residing outside of a public library  service  area  must
16        apply  for  a  non-resident  library  card  at the public
17        library  located  closest  to  the   person's   principal
18        residence.     The  nonresident  cards  shall  allow  for
19        borrowing  privileges   at   all   participating   public
20        libraries  in  the  regional  library  system only at the
21        library where the card was issued.  The  nonresident  fee
22        shall  not  apply to privilege and use provided under the
23        terms of the library's membership  in  a  library  system
24        operating  under  the  provisions of the Illinois Library
25        System Act, under the terms of any  reciprocal  agreement
26        with  a public or private corporation or entity providing
27        a  library  service,  or  to  a  nonresident  who  as  an
28        individual or as a  partner,  principal  stockholder,  or
29        other  joint  owner owns taxable property  or is a senior
30        administrative officer of  a  firm,  business,  or  other
31        corporation  owning  taxable  property  within  the city,
32        incorporated  town,  village   or   township   upon   the
33        presentation  of  the  most  recent  tax  bill  upon that
34        taxable property, provided that the privilege and use  of
 
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 1        the  library is extended to only one such nonresident for
 2        each parcel of such taxable  property.  Nothing  in  this
 3        item 12 requires any public library to participate in the
 4        non-resident  card  reciprocal  borrowing  program  of  a
 5        regional library system as provided for in this Section;
 6             13.  To exercise the power of eminent domain subject
 7        to  the prior approval of the corporate authorities under
 8        Sections 5-1 and 5-2 of this Act;
 9             14.  To join the public library as a member  and  to
10        join  the  library  trustees  as  members in the Illinois
11        Library Association and the American Library Association,
12        non-profit,  non-political,  501(c)(3)  associations,  as
13        designated  by  the  federal  Internal  Revenue  Service,
14        having   the   purpose   of   library   development   and
15        librarianship; to  provide  for  the  payment  of  annual
16        membership dues, fees and assessments and act by, through
17        and  in the name of such instrumentality by providing and
18        disseminating   information   and   research    services,
19        employing  personnel and doing any and all other acts for
20        the purpose of improving library development;
21             15.  To invest funds pursuant to  the  Public  Funds
22        Investment Act;
23             16.  To  accumulate  and  set apart as reserve funds
24        portions of  the  unexpended  balances  of  the  proceeds
25        received  annually  from  taxes or other sources, for the
26        purpose of providing self-insurance  against  liabilities
27        relating to the public library.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

29        Section  10.   The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
30    amended by changing Section 30-55.60 as follows:

31        (75 ILCS 16/30-55.60)
32        Sec. 30-55.60. Use of library by nonresidents. The  board
 
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 1    may  extend  the privileges and use of the library, including
 2    the borrowing of materials on an individual basis by  persons
 3    residing  outside  the district.  If the board exercises this
 4    power, the privilege of library use shall be upon  terms  and
 5    conditions  prescribed  by the board in its regulations.  The
 6    board shall charge a nonresident fee for the  privileges  and
 7    use  of  the  library  at  least  equal  to  the cost paid by
 8    residents of the district, with the  cost  to  be  determined
 9    according  to  the  formula established by the Illinois State
10    Library. A  person  residing  outside  of  a  public  library
11    service  area  must  apply for a non-resident library card at
12    the  public  library  closest  to  the   person's   principal
13    residence.    The nonresident cards shall allow for borrowing
14    privileges at  all  participating  public  libraries  in  the
15    regional  library  system  only at the library where the card
16    was issued.  The nonresident fee shall not apply  to  any  of
17    the following:
18             (1)  Privileges and use provided (i) under the terms
19        of   the   district's  membership  in  a  library  system
20        operating under the provisions of  the  Illinois  Library
21        System  Act  or  (ii)  under  the terms of any reciprocal
22        agreement with a public or private corporation or  entity
23        providing a library service.
24             (2)  Residents  of  an  area in which the library is
25        conducting a program for the purpose of  encouraging  the
26        inclusion of the area in the library district.
27             (3)  A  nonresident  who,  as  an individual or as a
28        partner, principal stockholder,  or  other  joint  owner,
29        owns  taxable  property  or  is  a  senior administrative
30        officer of a firm, business, or other corporation  owning
31        taxable  property  within the district, upon presentation
32        of the most recent tax bill upon that  taxable  property,
33        provided  that  the  privileges and use of the library is
34        extended to only one such nonresident for each parcel  of
 
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 1        taxable property.
 2        Nothing  in  this  Section requires any public library to
 3    participate in the  non-resident  card  reciprocal  borrowing
 4    program  of a regional library system as provided for in this
 5    Section.
 6    (Source: P.A. 87-1277; 88-253.)

 7        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
 8    Section 8.25 as follows:

 9        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
10        Sec.  8.25.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
11    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
12    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
13    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

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