Chapter 75, LIBRARIES

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.20) Sec. 30-55.20. Purchase or lease of property; construction of buildings. (a) The board may purchase or lease real or personal property and may construct an appropriate building or buildings for the use of the library or libraries established under this Act, …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.25) Sec. 30-55.25. Remodeling or reconstructing a building. The board may remodel or reconstruct a building erected, purchased, or leased by the board when the building needs remodeling or reconstructing or is not adapted to the board's purposes and needs. (Sour…

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.30) Sec. 30-55.30. Disposal of property. The board may sell or otherwise dispose of real or personal property that it deems no longer necessary or useful for library purposes under terms the board deems best, but in no event on contracts extending over a period …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.32) Sec. 30-55.32. Sale or disposition of property. (a) When the board has determined to sell or otherwise dispose of real or personal property that it deems no longer necessary or useful for library purposes, the property may be sold or disposed of at a public …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.35) Sec. 30-55.35. Administrator; legal counsel; consultants. (a) The board may appoint and fix the compensation of a qualified librarian to act as administrator of the district's daily operations. The administrator may hire other employees deemed necessary by t…

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.40) Sec. 30-55.40. Contracts for library services and other matters. The board may contract with any public or private corporation or entity for the purpose of providing or receiving library service or of performing other acts necessary and proper to carry out t…

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.45) Sec. 30-55.45. Common library or services. The board may join with the board or boards of one or more public libraries within this State in maintaining libraries or for the maintenance of a common library or common library services for the participants upon …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.5) Sec. 30-55.5. Ordinances, regulations, and resolutions. The board may enact, amend, and rescind ordinances and may make and adopt regulations and resolutions for their own guidance and for the government of the library that are expedient and not inconsistent …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.50) Sec. 30-55.50. Title to property. The board may enter into contracts and may take title to any property acquired by it for library purposes. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.55) Sec. 30-55.55. Exclusion of certain persons from library. The board may exclude from the use of the library any person who willfully violates an ordinance or regulation prescribed by the board. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.60) Sec. 30-55.60. Use of library by nonresidents. The board may extend the privileges and use of the library, including the borrowing of materials on an individual basis by persons residing outside the district. If the board exercises this power, the privilege …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.65) Sec. 30-55.65. Encouraging additions to district. The board may undertake programs to encourage the addition to the district of adjacent areas without local tax supported library service and may spend funds for this purpose. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.70) Sec. 30-55.70. Fines and penalties. The board may provide, by ordinance, fines and penalties (i) for injury to any book or other library material or to any real or personal property belonging to or in the custody of the library and (ii) for failure to return…

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.75) Sec. 30-55.75. Investment of funds. The board shall invest funds pursuant to the Public Funds Investment Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.80) Sec. 30-55.80. Eminent domain. The board may exercise the power of eminent domain. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.82) Sec. 30-55.82. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: …

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.85) Sec. 30-55.85. Reserve funds for self-insurance. The board may accumulate and set apart as reserve funds portions of the unexpended balances of the proceeds received from taxes or other sources, for the purpose of providing self-insurance against liabilities…

(75 ILCS 16/30-55.90) Sec. 30-55.90. Joining associations. The board may join the district and its employees or trustees as a member or members of the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association or any nonprofit, nonpolitical, Section 501(c)(3) associations,…

(75 ILCS 16/30-60) Sec. 30-60. Resolution concerning library materials and facilities. The board of each district shall adopt, and review at least every 2 years, a resolution for the selection of library materials and the use of library materials and facilities. No employee may b…

(75 ILCS 16/30-62) Sec. 30-62. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority of the members of the board, the board may authorize an advisory question directly related to the operation of the library to be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the distr…

(75 ILCS 16/30-65) Sec. 30-65. Reports and audits. (a) On or before September 1 of each year, the board shall prepare a written report for the past fiscal year. The secretary shall file certified copies of the report on or before the due date with the Illinois State Librarian and…

(75 ILCS 16/30-75) Sec. 30-75. Donations of money or property. Any person or persons desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of a library may vest title to the donation in the board of library trustees of the district receiving the d…

(75 ILCS 16/30-85) Sec. 30-85. Budget and appropriation ordinance; levy ordinance. (a) The board shall, within the first quarter of each fiscal year and no later than the fourth Tuesday of September, prepare and enact a budget and appropriation ordinance pursuant to the provision…

(75 ILCS 16/30-90) Sec. 30-90. Termination of appropriations. (a) Notwithstanding any limitations imposed by law, all appropriations made in the annual budget shall terminate with the close of the fiscal year provided for, except that remaining balances, in amounts up to 20% of t…

(75 ILCS 16/30-95) Sec. 30-95. Working cash fund. (a) A board may, by ordinance, create and maintain a working cash fund, for the sole purpose of enabling the district to have in its funds, at all times, sufficient money to meet demands for ordinary and necessary and committed ex…

(75 ILCS 16/35-10) Sec. 35-10. Increase in annual tax rate. (a) The annual public library tax may be increased to not more than 0.60% if the voters of the district determine and approve the increase by a majority vote of those voting upon the question at any regular election. The…

(75 ILCS 16/35-15) Sec. 35-15. Transferred territory; tax liability. (a) When any territory has been transferred from a district under this Act and the court order providing for the transfer also sets forth a continuing liability to be paid and retired by property owners of the t…

(75 ILCS 16/35-20) Sec. 35-20. Status of taxes; multiple counties; annexation. (a) The library taxes provided for in this Act shall be in addition to all other taxes or tax rates authorized to be levied by the district or any other taxing authority lying wholly or partially withi…

(75 ILCS 16/35-25) Sec. 35-25. Levy, collection, and deposit of taxes. (a) The library taxes provided for in this Act shall be levied by the district and collected in the same manner as other general taxes by the county collector or collectors affected by the levy. The proceeds o…

(75 ILCS 16/35-30) Sec. 35-30. Building restoration tax. (a) If a library building is destroyed or seriously impaired by storm, fire, or other casualty, the board, in order to rebuild or restore that library building, may levy an annual tax (to be called the Restoration Fund Tax)…

(75 ILCS 16/35-35) Sec. 35-35. Working cash fund tax. (a) For the purpose of providing money to establish and replenish a library district working cash fund authorized by Section 30-95, the board may levy an annual tax not to exceed 0.05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by…

(75 ILCS 16/35-40) Sec. 35-40. Fiscal year. The first fiscal year of any district shall close on June 30 following establishment of the district. Thereafter, the fiscal year of any district shall commence on July 1 and close on June 30. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/35-5) Sec. 35-5. Tax levy for establishment, maintenance, and support of district library. (a) When a district has been organized and established under this Act, the board, upon its formation and qualification of the trustees to serve, may levy an annual public librar…

(75 ILCS 16/40-10) Sec. 40-10. Bonds for buildings and equipment. (a) If the board of trustees determines that funds for any or all of the purposes authorized in Section 40-5 are to be provided by a bond issue, 30 days after the posting of the notice required under Section 40-5, …

(75 ILCS 16/40-15) Sec. 40-15. Voter approval of bonds. (a) Bonds shall not be issued, nor the special tax imposed, until the proposition to issue the bonds has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting upon the proposition at a regular ele…

(75 ILCS 16/40-20) Sec. 40-20. Funds instead of bonds. (a) If the board of trustees determines to provide funds for any or all of the purposes authorized in Section 40-5 by the annual certification and apportionment of costs (instead of issuing bonds for that purpose), the board …

(75 ILCS 16/40-25) Sec. 40-25. Mortgage on library building or site. If the trustees deem it best, in order to provide and secure the necessary money to do any or all of the things they are authorized to do in this Article, they may, at any time, borrow money and execute a mortga…

(75 ILCS 16/40-30) Sec. 40-30. Special tax rate; referendum. (a) No board or district may levy the special tax provided for in Section 40-20 or 40-25 unless the ordinance authorizing the special tax is submitted to and approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question a…

(75 ILCS 16/40-35) Sec. 40-35. Filing of documents; levy and collection of special tax. (a) Upon the voters' approval of a bond issue or a special tax supporting an annual certification or a mortgage, the secretary shall file certified copies of each ordinance, and of the certifi…

(75 ILCS 16/40-40) Sec. 40-40. Accumulation of funds. (a) The board shall determine when it will proceed with constructing a building, purchasing a site or building, remodeling, repairing, or improving an existing library building, building an addition to an existing library buil…

(75 ILCS 16/40-45) Sec. 40-45. Bids for construction, improvements, or equipment purchases. (a) When the trustees determine to commence constructing the building, purchasing a site or a building, remodeling, repairing, or improving an existing library building, erecting an additi…

(75 ILCS 16/40-5) Sec. 40-5. Buildings and equipment. (a) Whenever the board determines or resolves to erect a building to be used as a library, purchase a site for erecting such a building, purchase a building, repair, remodel, or improve an existing library building, build an a…

(75 ILCS 16/40-50) Sec. 40-50. Special reserve fund; plan. (a) The board may, by ordinance, establish a special reserve fund, for the purpose of Section 40-5 or for emergency expenditures for the repair of an existing library building or its equipment. The board may transfer to t…

(75 ILCS 16/40-55) Sec. 40-55. Insurance Reserve Fund; transfers. The board of the Byron Public Library District may, within one year from the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, by proper resolution following a public hearing (that is preceded by …

(75 ILCS 16/45-5) Sec. 45-5. Bonds and referenda under repealed Acts. Repeal of "An Act in relation to the creation of public library districts", approved May 16, 1957, and repeal of the Illinois Public Library District Act shall not abrogate any referendum held under either of t…

(75 ILCS 16/50-10) Sec. 50-10. Other Acts of the 87th General Assembly. If any other Act of the 87th General Assembly changes, adds, or repeals a provision of prior law that is continued in this Act, then that change, addition, or repeal in the other Act shall be construed togeth…

(75 ILCS 16/50-15) Sec. 50-15. Home rule; mandates. Nothing in this Act as initially enacted (i) is a denial or limitation on home rule powers where no denial or limitation existed under prior law or (ii) creates a State mandate under the State Mandates Act where no mandate exist…

(75 ILCS 16/50-20) Sec. 50-20. Repeal. The following Act is repealed: The Illinois Public Library District Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/50-5) Sec. 50-5. Prior law. (a) A provision of this Act that is the same or substantially the same as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and not as a new or different law. (b) A citation in another Act to an Act or to a Section of an Act…

(75 ILCS 16/55-5) Sec. 55-5. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)