Chapter 75 — LIBRARIES

(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 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 16/1-30) 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 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 All ordinances and regulations of a district shall continue in full force and effect until amended or repealed, notwithstanding the enactment of this Act.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 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 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 und…

(75 ILCS 16/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Conversion by library board resolution and approval of corporate authorities. (a) The board of trustees of a tax supported public library desiring to convert the existing library to a library maintained and operated under this Act may, rather than u…

(75 ILCS 16/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Contents of county library board resolution. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, whenever after August 30, 1989 the board of trustees of a tax supported public library adopt a resolution under Section 10-10 or 10-15 calling for conversi…

(75 ILCS 16/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Conversion by petition and referendum. (a) An election for conversion of a public library established in any municipality, county, or township shall be called upon the filing of a petition signed by not less than 10% of the voters (or, if there are …

(75 ILCS 16/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Limitation on referendum. A proposition for the conversion of a public library to a public library district shall not be submitted to the voters more often than once every 2 years. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/10-35) Sec. 10-35. Petition by library trustees for court order. (a) If the voters in the election resulting from the board of library trustees' resolution to convert under Section 10-10, or from the petition of the voters calling for a referendum under Section 10-25,…

(75 ILCS 16/10-40) Sec. 10-40. Existing bond issue. An existing bond issue shall not be affected by a conversion under this Article and shall continue in full force and effect under the laws governing the bond issue. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/10-45) Sec. 10-45. Transfer of assets and liabilities; sharing library building. (a) Whenever a tax supported library in a county, township, or municipality has been converted to a public library district under this Article, all of the assets (including any building o…

(75 ILCS 16/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Application. This Article shall not apply in any municipality having a population greater than 500,000. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/10-50) Sec. 10-50. Continuation of public library tax levy. In any county or counties in which more than one year will elapse between the effective date of the final order entered by the circuit court and the levy of an annual public library tax of the district librar…

(75 ILCS 16/10-55) Sec. 10-55. Employee retirement program. When the employees of a public tax supported library of a county, municipality, or township are participating in an employer provided Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund or other retirement or pension program and the libr…

(75 ILCS 16/10-60) Sec. 10-60. Home rule unit library; reduction of tax levy. If a tax supported public library of a home rule unit, as defined in Article VII, Section 6, of the Illinois Constitution, converts to a public library district under this Article, that home rule unit, …

(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 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 16/15-20) Sec. 15-20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-1277. Repealed by P.A. 101-99, eff. 7-19-19.)

(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.)