Chapter 75 — LIBRARIES

(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…

(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…