Chapter 75, LIBRARIES

(75 ILCS 5/1-0.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-0.1) Sec. 1-0.1. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Local Library Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(75 ILCS 16/1-1) Sec. 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Library District Act of 1991. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 5/1-1) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-1) Sec. 1-1. For the purposes of this Act the term "corporate authorities" means, as applied to cities, villages and incorporated towns, the corporate authorities as defined in Section 1-1-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and, as applied to t…

(75 ILCS 16/1-10) Sec. 1-10. Establishment of districts and libraries. To provide local public institutions of general education for citizens of Illinois, library districts and libraries may be established, equipped, and maintained by the board pursuant to this Act. That library …

(75 ILCS 16/1-15) Sec. 1-15. Districts established under prior laws. (a) Any library district established or formed under any prior law, including those formed under "An Act authorizing the creation of public library districts", approved May 26, 1943, "An Act in relation to the c…

(75 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-2) Sec. 1-2. Public libraries may be established under this Act by cities by action of the corporate authorities and by villages, incorporated towns and townships by vote of the legal voters thereof in the manner provided in Article 2, except …

(75 ILCS 16/1-20) Sec. 1-20. Violations of district ordinances; penalties. (a) A person who violates an ordinance of a district that provides for a penalty is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense. (b) All actions for v…

(75 ILCS 16/1-25) Sec. 1-25. Confidentiality of records. Each library subject to this Act is subject to the provisions of the Library Records Confidentiality Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/1-27) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 1-27. Suicide prevention information. A public library shall place contact information for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the library in a prominent location …

(75 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-3) Sec. 1-3. Every library established under this Act shall be forever for the use of the residents and taxpayers of the city, village, incorporated town or township where located, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the librar…

(75 ILCS 16/1-30) Sec. 1-30. Notice. (a) Notice of elections and referenda shall be given in the manner provided by the Election Code. (b) Whenever notice must be given by any other provision in this Act, the notice shall be given by publication once in one or more daily or weekl…

(75 ILCS 16/1-35) Sec. 1-35. Election and referendum procedures. (a) Elections and referenda provided for in this Act shall be conducted at the time and in the manner provided by the Election Code. (b) The Election Code shall govern elections under this Act, except that provision…

(75 ILCS 5/1-4) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-4) Sec. 1-4. Any public library established under Division 48.1 of Article 11 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended, or "An Act to authorize townships to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading ro…

(75 ILCS 16/1-40) Sec. 1-40. Ordinances. (a) The contents, date of enactment, date of publication or posting, and effective date of every district ordinance shall be determined from the records of the district secretary and may be proved by the secretary's certificate under the d…

(75 ILCS 16/1-45) Sec. 1-45. Continued effectiveness of ordinances and regulations. All ordinances and regulations of a district shall continue in full force and effect until amended or repealed, notwithstanding the enactment of this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 5/1-5) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-5) Sec. 1-5. The corporate authorities may provide for suitable penalties for persons committing injury upon a library or the grounds or other property thereof and for injury to or failure to return any library material belonging to the librar…

(75 ILCS 16/1-5) Sec. 1-5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, terms have the following meanings: "Board" or "board of trustees" means a board of trustees created under this Act to administer this Act. "Certified copy" means a copy o…

(75 ILCS 16/1-50) Sec. 1-50. Captions. Article and Section captions in this Act are a part of this Act but shall not limit, govern, or modify the meaning or intent of other provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/1-55) Sec. 1-55. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A library district must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois Transparency and Accou…

(75 ILCS 5/1-6) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-6) Sec. 1-6. Any person or persons desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real estate, for the benefit of any library, may vest title to the donation in the board of library trustees receiving the donation, to be held and co…

(75 ILCS 5/1-7) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-7) Sec. 1-7. Each library subject to this Act is subject to the provisions of The Library Records Confidentiality Act. (Source: P.A. 83-179.)

(75 ILCS 5/1-8) Sec. 1-8. Opioid antagonists. (a) As used in this Section: "Authorized personnel" means an employee or volunteer of the library who has completed training under subsection (d). "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Library" means a public library e…

(75 ILCS 5/1-9) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 1-9. Suicide prevention information. A public library shall place contact information for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the library in a prominent location tha…

(75 ILCS 5/2-1) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-1) Sec. 2-1. To provide local public institutions of general education for citizens of Illinois, the corporate authorities of any city may establish and maintain a public library for the use and benefit of the residents of the city and may, su…

(75 ILCS 5/2-2) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-2) Sec. 2-2. To provide local public institutions of general education for citizens of Illinois, the citizens residing in a village, incorporated town or township without local library service may establish and maintain a public library for th…

(75 ILCS 5/2-3) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-3) Sec. 2-3. Whenever the petition signed and filed with the clerk of an incorporated town, village or township requests the holding of a referendum for the purpose of voting upon the question of establishing and maintaining a public library a…

(75 ILCS 5/2-4) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-4) Sec. 2-4. In the event a village not under a commission form of government converts to a commission form of government or becomes a city, or a village or city under a commission form of government changes to a village or city not under a co…

(75 ILCS 5/2-5) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-5) Sec. 2-5. In the event the voters approve of a merger of 2 or more cities, or villages, or incorporated towns or townships, a merger of the affected public libraries shall also occur as follows: Where the merger affects a city, village, inc…

(75 ILCS 5/2-6) (from Ch. 81, par. 2-6) Sec. 2-6. A public library established by any city, village or incorporated town under this Act may be disestablished if the library has no bonded indebtedness and the municipality is wholly included within a township which has a library es…

(75 ILCS 5/2-7) Sec. 2-7. Dissolution for failure to perform duties. (a) If the board of trustees of a public library established under this Act has failed to perform its duties and functions under this Act, then a petition for dissolution that is signed by at least 1% of the ele…

(75 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-1) Sec. 3-1. In any city of 500,000 or fewer inhabitants, the corporate authorities shall levy a tax for library purposes of not to exceed .15% of the value of all the taxable property in the city, as equalized or assessed by the Department of…

(75 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-2) Sec. 3-2. The corporate authorities of any city of over 500,000 population may levy a tax for library maintenance and operation for the years 1970 and 1971 of not to exceed .10% and for the years thereafter of not to exceed .12% of the valu…

(75 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-3) Sec. 3-3. The corporate authorities shall adopt an ordinance providing for submitting the question of increasing the library tax for maintenance and operation at such general election and the municipal clerk shall certify the proposition to…

(75 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-4) Sec. 3-4. When the electors of an incorporated town, village or township have voted to establish and maintain a public library as provided in Section 2-2, the corporate authorities of such incorporated town, village or township shall levy a…

(75 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-5) Sec. 3-5. The library taxes provided for in this Act shall be levied by the corporate authorities in the amounts determined by the board and collected in like manner with other general taxes of the city, village, incorporated town or townsh…

(75 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-6) Sec. 3-6. The library taxes provided for in this Article are in addition to all other taxes or tax rates authorized to be levied by any city, incorporated town, village or township and shall not be a part of the taxes making up any rate pre…

(75 ILCS 5/3-7) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-7) Sec. 3-7. (1) When a municipality levies a tax under this Article, which municipality is situated wholly or partly in a township which also levies a tax under this Article, the levy and collection of the library taxes are subject to these p…

(75 ILCS 5/3-8) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-8) Sec. 3-8. In the event the voters approve of a merger of 2 or more cities, or villages, or incorporated towns or townships and the merger affects one or more public libraries the library taxes levied before such merger, shall continue to be…

(75 ILCS 5/3-9) (from Ch. 81, par. 3-9) Sec. 3-9. For the purpose of providing money to establish and replenish a local library working cash fund authorized by Section 4-13, corporate authorities shall have the power to levy, upon all the taxable property of a city, village, inco…

(75 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-1) Sec. 4-1. When the corporate authorities of a city establish a public library, the mayor shall, with the approval of the city council, appoint a board of 9 trustees chosen from city residents with reference to their fitness for such office.…

(75 ILCS 5/4-1.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-1.1) Sec. 4-1.1. Term of office; removal. (a) The first library trustees of a city shall hold office as follows: one-third shall serve for one year, one-third for 2 years, and one-third for 3 years, from the first of July following their app…

(75 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-10) Sec. 4-10. Within 60 days after the expiration of each fiscal year of the city, incorporated town, village or township, the board of trustees shall make a report of the condition of their trust on the last day of the fiscal year, to the c…

(75 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-11) Sec. 4-11. The powers granted boards of trustees shall be suspended during any period that the city, incorporated town, village or township is included within any public library district established under "The Illinois Public Library Dist…

(75 ILCS 5/4-12) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-12) Sec. 4-12. Whenever any historical society or other civic body or corporation, organized for the promotion of historical education, is maintaining a historical museum and library within the territory served by a public library subject to …

(75 ILCS 5/4-13) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-13) Sec. 4-13. A Board of Library Trustees may, by resolution, create and maintain a working cash fund, for the sole purpose of enabling the library board to have in its funds, at all times, sufficient money to meet demands thereon for ordina…

(75 ILCS 5/4-13.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-13.1) Sec. 4-13.1. A Board of Library Trustees may, by resolution, abolish a working cash fund established pursuant to Section 4-13 and direct the transfer of any balance in such fund, including any interest that has accrued, to the general…

(75 ILCS 5/4-14) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-14) Sec. 4-14. A Board of Library Trustees may, by resolution, provide for (a) the payment, in the manner provided for in Section 9-104 of the "Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act", of any judgment for which it is …

(75 ILCS 5/4-15) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-15) Sec. 4-15. Appropriations for library purposes within the annual appropriation ordinance of the corporate authority, shall terminate with the close of the fiscal year of the library, except that any remaining balances shall be available f…

(75 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-16) Sec. 4-16. When the board of trustees has determined to sell or otherwise dispose of real or personal property that it deems no longer necessary or useful for library purposes, such may be sold or disposed of at a public sale, but the cor…

(75 ILCS 5/4-17) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-17) Sec. 4-17. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)