Chapter 75, LIBRARIES

(75 ILCS 16/10-65) Sec. 10-65. Inclusion of area subject to local library tax. If a tax supported public library of a governmental unit that levies a tax within an area pursuant to a referendum held under subsection (c) of Section 3-7 of the Illinois Local Library Act converts to…

(75 ILCS 23/10-905) Sec. 10-905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03; text omitted.)

(75 ILCS 16/15-10) Sec. 15-10. Uninhabited private property within municipality. (a) Territory within the boundaries of a municipality that has no voters residing in it and that consists in whole or in part of private property may be annexed to the district as provided in this Se…

(75 ILCS 16/15-15) Sec. 15-15. Territory included within municipality or school district. (a) A district may, by ordinance and referendum, annex territory if that territory is: (1) located within the boundaries of a municipality or school district that is included, entirely or pa…

(75 ILCS 16/15-25) Sec. 15-25. Territory designated for use as street or highway. A library district by ordinance may annex contiguous territory dedicated for use as a street or highway under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Transportation or a county or township hi…

(75 ILCS 16/15-30) Sec. 15-30. Petition of property owners. A library district by ordinance may annex contiguous private property upon receiving a petition by the owner or owners of record of the property for annexation. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/15-35) Sec. 15-35. Uninhabited territory included within municipality. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 15-5 through 15-30, 15-40, and 15-45, whenever a municipality included entirely or partially within a library district has annexed or otherwise includes w…

(75 ILCS 16/15-45) Sec. 15-45. Territory annexed. (a) For the purpose of Sections 15-5 through 15-40, any territory to be annexed to a library district shall be considered contiguous to the district notwithstanding that the territory is separated from the library district by a ra…

(75 ILCS 16/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Annexation of contiguous territory. Territory outside of any district but contiguous to the district may be annexed as provided in Sections 15-10 through 15-45, and each of these Sections constitutes an independent authorization for the annexation of …

(75 ILCS 16/15-50) Sec. 15-50. Annexation of territory without tax supported public library service. Territory without tax supported public library service outside of any district, but contiguous to the district, may be annexed to the district by referendum as provided in Section…

(75 ILCS 16/15-55) Sec. 15-55. Petition of residents or library district board; notice. (a) Upon the filing of a petition with the circuit court of the county that contains all of the territory of the district or the larger part of the district, signed by not fewer than 100 voter…

(75 ILCS 16/15-60) Sec. 15-60. Hearing. At the hearing, the petitioners shall present proof of the notice of the hearing and the matters set forth in the petition to the judge assigned to the case. All persons residing within the proposed district shall have a reasonable opportun…

(75 ILCS 16/15-63) Sec. 15-63. Court order. The judge, after hearing the statements, evidence, and suggestions of the petitioners and other persons appearing before the court, shall enter a final judgment that shall do the following: (1) Fix the boundaries of the territory propos…

(75 ILCS 16/15-65) Sec. 15-65. Referendum; order concerning results. (a) Each voter within the territory proposed to be annexed and each voter within the district has the right to cast a ballot. (b) If a majority of the votes cast upon the question in the district, and also a maj…

(75 ILCS 16/15-70) Sec. 15-70. District library building within municipality that is partially within district. (a) If a library district has a public library building within the corporate limits of a municipality located partially within the public library district and if the mu…

(75 ILCS 16/15-75) Sec. 15-75. Conflicting annexations. If 2 or more districts under Sections 15-5 through 15-70 adopt ordinances on the same date annexing the same territory, the conflict in the annexation shall be decided by the State Librarian with the advice of the Illinois S…

(75 ILCS 16/15-80) Sec. 15-80. Recording annexation ordinance and map. A copy of each annexation ordinance of any library district annexing territory, together with an accurate map of the territory annexed, shall be deposited with and recorded by the recorder and filed with the c…

(75 ILCS 16/15-82) Sec. 15-82. Disconnection of municipalities and townships; advisory question; disconnection procedures. (a) An advisory question of public policy concerning the disconnection of a municipality or township from the public library district may be placed on the ba…

(75 ILCS 16/15-85) Sec. 15-85. Automatic disconnection from district. (a) Any territory within a public library district that is or has been annexed to a municipality (where that municipality maintains a public library) is, by operation of law, disconnected from the public librar…

(75 ILCS 16/15-90) Sec. 15-90. Transfer of contiguous territory to adjoining district. (a) Territory that is in a public library district and contiguous with another library district may be transferred to the latter district. Upon the mutual agreement of the boards of trustees of…

(75 ILCS 16/15-95) Sec. 15-95. Inclusion of local governmental unit in district. At any time after the establishment of a district library, any county, municipality, or township having its own public tax supported library and contiguous to the district may become a part of the di…

(75 ILCS 16/20-10) Sec. 20-10. Ordinance for merger; notice of intent. (a) The board of trustees of a district wishing to merge with a contiguous district having the same limitations upon the annual library taxes that may be levied shall publish notice of its intent to adopt an o…

(75 ILCS 16/20-15) Sec. 20-15. Petition of residents; referendum. (a) An election for a merger may be called upon the filing of petitions signed by at least 100 of the voters residing in each of the districts. The petitions shall specify the new maximum tax rate if the districts …

(75 ILCS 16/20-20) Sec. 20-20. Petition by districts after ordinance or referendum. (a) Each district shall, upon enactment of a merger ordinance or upon an election approving a merger, file an appropriate petition with the circuit court of the county in which the majority of the…

(75 ILCS 16/20-25) Sec. 20-25. Hearing; court order for merger. (a) The circuit court shall enter its order setting forth the date of the hearing and naming the judge who will preside at the hearing. The trustees of each district shall publish notice of the petition and the time,…

(75 ILCS 16/20-30) Sec. 20-30. Existing bond issue or special tax levy. (a) An existing bond issue shall not be affected by a merger of districts, but shall continue in full force and effect, and a special tax supporting the existing bond issue shall continue to be levied upon th…

(75 ILCS 16/20-5) Sec. 20-5. Mergers authorized. Mergers of 2 or more districts contiguous to each other may be accomplished as provided in this Article. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/25-10) Sec. 25-10. Petition for dissolution; court order. (a) Voters representing 25% of a district's population, but not less than 100 of the voters of a district, may petition the circuit court of the county that contains all or a greater portion of the district tha…

(75 ILCS 16/25-15) Sec. 25-15. Form of proposition at referendum. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: Shall (name of public library district), (location), Illinois, lying in all or part of (name of county), be dissolved? (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)…

(75 ILCS 16/25-20) Sec. 25-20. Election results; court order. (a) The majority of the votes cast upon the proposition shall determine the matter. (b) The judge assigned to the matter shall enter a judgment setting forth the results of the referendum, and the judgment shall be fil…

(75 ILCS 16/25-25) Sec. 25-25. Board action to dissolve district and wind up affairs. (a) Upon the approval of dissolution under this Article and the entry of the judgment of the circuit court, the board shall proceed with dissolution of the district in compliance with the judgme…

(75 ILCS 16/25-30) Sec. 25-30. Limitation on referendum. A proposition for dissolution of a district may not be submitted to the voters of the district oftener than once every 5 years. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/25-5) Sec. 25-5. Dissolution authorized. Dissolution of a district may be accomplished as provided in this Article. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-10) Sec. 30-10. Election and terms of trustees. (a) Trustees shall be elected every 2 years at the regular election scheduled for trustees of public library districts under the Election Code for 6-year terms. Seven trustees shall constitute a board. (b) The trustee…

(75 ILCS 16/30-100) Sec. 30-100. Abolition of working cash fund. The board may, by resolution, abolish a working cash fund established under Section 30-95 and direct the transfer of any balance in the fund, including any interest that has accrued, to the general library fund at t…

(75 ILCS 16/30-105) Sec. 30-105. Tax warrants. (a) When there is insufficient money in the general fund to defray the necessary expenses of the district, and the working cash fund has been drawn upon and depleted, the board may cause warrants to be issued and drawn against and in…

(75 ILCS 16/30-20) Sec. 30-20. Nomination of candidates; ballot. (a) Nomination of candidates for election as trustees shall be by petition, signed by a number of qualified voters equivalent to at least 2% of the votes cast at the last election for library trustees, or 50, whiche…

(75 ILCS 16/30-25) Sec. 30-25. Vacancies. (a) Vacancies shall be declared in the office of trustee by the board when an elected or appointed trustee (i) declines, fails, or is unable to serve, (ii) becomes a nonresident of the district, (iii) is convicted of a misdemeanor by fail…

(75 ILCS 16/30-30) Sec. 30-30. Compensation of trustees. Trustees shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed from district funds for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-35) Sec. 30-35. Board name; status; headquarters. (a) The board of trustees of each district shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Board of Library Trustees of the .... Public Library District, ...., Illinois", and in that name may enact ordina…

(75 ILCS 16/30-40) Sec. 30-40. Organization of board; qualification and oath of trustees. (a) Within 74 days after their election or appointment, the incumbent and new trustees shall take their oath of office as prescribed by law and meet to organize the board. (b) The first acti…

(75 ILCS 16/30-45) Sec. 30-45. Duties of officers. (a) The duties of the officers of the board are as provided in this Section. (b) The president shall preside over all meetings, appoint members of committees authorized by the district's regulations, and perform other duties spec…

(75 ILCS 16/30-5) Sec. 30-5. Initial appointment of trustees; first election. (a) Within 60 days after the establishment of a library district, and if the district is wholly contained within a single county, the presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent o…

(75 ILCS 16/30-50) Sec. 30-50. Board meetings; quorum; voting. (a) The board shall call not fewer than 5 regular meetings each fiscal year. Each year, the board by ordinance shall specify the time, place, and date of the regular meetings. Special meetings may be called by the pre…

(75 ILCS 16/30-52) Sec. 30-52. Trustee's failure or neglect to discharge duty; penalty. Any trustee who, while acting as a trustee or as an officer, fails or neglects to discharge any duty imposed upon him or her by this Act is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not les…

(75 ILCS 16/30-55) Sec. 30-55. Powers of trustees. The board of trustees of a district shall carry out the spirit and intent of this Act in establishing, supporting, and maintaining a public library or libraries within the district and for providing library service. In addition, …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.10) Sec. 30-55.10. Expenditure of moneys. The board shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected for the library and deposited to the credit of the appropriate funds. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.100) Sec. 30-55.100. Historical museum or library. The board may participate in maintaining a historical museum or library located in the district. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.12) Sec. 30-55.12. Purchases. Purchases made under this Act shall be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.15) Sec. 30-55.15. Supervision of facilities. The board shall have exclusive control of the construction of any library building and of the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased, or set apart for that purpose. (Sou…