Bill Text: IL HB0591 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of library districts and libraries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0591 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0591-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0591 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
75 ILCS 16/1-10
Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of library districts and libraries.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
amended by changing Section 1-10 as follows:
(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 and libraries may
be established, equipped, and maintained by the board pursuant
to this Act. That library shall be forever for the use of the
residents and taxpayers of the district in which it is located,
subject to reasonable rules and regulations the board adopts to
render the use of the library of the greatest benefit to the
greatest number of those residents and taxpayers.
(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)