Bill Text: IL SB0864 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Limits provisions regarding converting a public library to a public library district by prohibiting expansion of the territory that currently supports a public library to include areas that were not previously taxed before the conversion. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0864 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0864-Engrossed.html

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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 15-15 as follows:
(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 partially,
within the district;
(2) contiguous to the district; and
(3) without local, tax-supported public library
service.
An ordinance under this subsection must describe the territory
to be annexed. Prior to adopting the ordinance, the board of
trustees of the library district shall send notice of the
proposed ordinance to the president of the board of trustees of
each public library located within one mile of the territory to
be annexed. The library district may, in addition, provide
notice of a proposed annexation ordinance on a website

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maintained by the library district. At any meeting of the board
of trustees in which an annexation ordinance under this Section
is considered, the board shall provide a reasonable opportunity
for any interested person to make public comments on the
proposed annexation ordinance.
(b) Within 15 days of the passage of the annexation
ordinance, the library district shall send notice of the
adoption of the ordinance, a copy of the map showing the
boundaries of the territory to be annexed, and a copy of the
text of the publication notice required in this Section to the
president of the board of trustees of each public library with
territory within one mile of the territory to be annexed.
Within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance it shall be
published as provided in Section 1-30. The board may vacate an
annexation ordinance before its publication.
(c) The publication or posting of the ordinance shall
include a notice of (i) the specific number of voters required
to sign a petition requesting that the question of the adoption
of the ordinance to be submitted to the voters of the district
or the territory to be annexed and or both, (ii) the time in
which the petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the
prospective referendum. The district secretary shall provide a
petition form to any individual requesting one.
(d) Upon the passage of the annexation ordinance under this
Section If no petition is filed with the library district
within 30 days after publication or posting of the ordinance,

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the annexation shall take effect. If, however, within the 30
day period, a petition is filed with the Board of Trustees of
the library district, signed by voters of the district or the
territory to be annexed, or both, equal in number to 10% or
more of the total number of registered voters in the district,
the territory to be annexed or both, asking that the question
of the annexation of the territory be submitted to the voters
of the territory, the board of trustees shall may vacate the
annexation ordinance or certify the question to the proper
election authority, who shall submit the question at the next
regular election. Notice of this election shall be given and
the election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election
Code. The proposition shall be submitted to the voters in
substantially the following form:
Shall (description of territory) be annexed to (name of
public library district), (location), Illinois?
(e) If a majority of votes cast upon the proposition in the
district, and also a majority of votes cast upon the
proposition in the territory to be annexed, are in favor of the
proposition, the Board of Trustees of the library district may
conclude the annexation of the territory.
(f) If, before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 100th General Assembly this amendatory Act of the 94th
General Assembly, a district has annexed territory under this
Section and that annexation complies with the requirements set
forth in this Section, as changed by this amendatory Act of the

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94th General Assembly, then, for all purposes, that annexation
is hereby validated, ratified, and declared to be in full force
and effect. from: (i) 30 days after publication or posting of
the ordinance if no petition was filed with the library
district under subsection (d); or (ii) if a petition was filed,
on the date that the district concluded the annexation of the
territory under subsection (e).
(Source: P.A. 94-899, eff. 6-22-06; 95-161, eff. 1-1-08.)
(75 ILCS 16/15-20 rep.)
Section 10. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
amended by repealing Section 15-20.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.