Public Act 095-0976
 		





HB4527 Enrolled
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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 Illinois Library System Act is amended  by 
changing Sections 8 and 8.4 as follows:
 



    (75 ILCS 10/8)  (from Ch. 81, par. 118)



    Sec. 8. State grants. 

    (a) There shall be a program of State grants within the

limitations of funds appropriated by the Illinois General 
Assembly
together with other funds made available by the 
federal government or
other sources for this purpose. This 
program of State grants shall be
administered by the State 
Librarian in accordance with rules and
regulations as provided 
in Section 3 of this Act and shall include the
following: (i) 
annual equalization grants; (ii) Library System
grants; (iii) 
per
capita
grants to public libraries; and (iv) planning and 
construction
grants to public
libraries and library systems.  
Libraries, in order to
be eligible for
grants under this 
Section, must be members of a library system.

    (b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all 
public libraries
for which the corporate authorities levy a tax 
for library purposes at a
rate not less than .13%  of the value 
of all the taxable property as
equalized and assessed by the 
Department of Revenue if
the amount of tax revenue obtained 
from a rate of .13%  produces less
than (i) $4.25 per capita in 
property tax revenue from property taxes for the 2006 taxable 
year payable in 2007 and (ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax 
revenue from property taxes for the 2007 taxable year and 
thereafter. In that case, the State Librarian is authorized
to 
make an equalization grant equivalent to the difference between 
the
amount obtained from a rate of .13% and an annual income of 
$4.25 per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and 
an annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal 
Year 2009 and thereafter. If moneys appropriated for grants 
under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian 
shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the 
qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita, 
but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the 
difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from 
the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a 
library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy

below the amount levied at the time the original application is 
approved,
it shall be ineligible to receive further 
equalization grants.

    If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension 
Limitation Law in the
Property Tax Code and its tax levy for 
library purposes has been lowered to a
rate of less than .13%, 
the library will qualify for this grant if the library
levied a 
tax for library purposes that met the requirements for this 
grant in
the previous year and if the tax levied for library 
purposes in the current
year produces tax revenue for the 
library that is an increase over the previous
year's extension 
of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index,

whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced by this levy is 
less than (i) $4.25
per capita in property tax revenue from 
property taxes for the 2006 taxable year payable in 2007 and 
(ii) $7.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property 
taxes for the 2007 taxable year and thereafter.  In this case, 
the State Librarian is authorized to make an
equalization grant 
equivalent to the difference between the amount of tax
revenue 
obtained from the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 
per
capita for grants made through Fiscal Year 2008, and an 
annual income of $7.50 per capita for grants made in Fiscal 
Year 2009 and thereafter.  If moneys appropriated for grants 
under this Section are not sufficient, then the State Librarian 
shall reduce the per capita amount of the grants so that the 
qualifying public libraries receive the same amount per capita, 
but in no event shall the grant be less than equivalent to the 
difference between the amount of the tax revenue obtained from 
the current levy and an annual income of $4.25 per capita. If a 
library receiving an equalization grant reduces its tax levy

below the amount levied at the time the original application is 
approved, it
shall be ineligible to receive further 
equalization grants.

    (c) Annual Library System grants
shall be made, upon 
application,
to each library system approved by the State 
Librarian on the following basis:


        (1) For library systems, the sum of $1.46 per capita of 
    the
population of the area served plus the sum of $50.75 
    per square mile or
fraction thereof of the area served 
    except as provided in paragraph (4) of
this subsection.


        (2) If the amounts appropriated for grants are 
    different from
the
amount provided for in paragraph (1) of 
    this subsection, the area and per
capita funding shall
be 
    proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.


        (3) For library systems, additional funds may be

    appropriated.
The appropriation shall be distributed on 
    the same proportional per capita
and per square mile basis 
    as provided in paragraphs (1) and
(4) of this
subsection.


        (4) Per capita and area funding for a multitype library 
    system as
defined in subparagraph (3) of the definition of 
    "library system" in Section 2
and a public library system

    in cities with a population of 500,000 or more as defined 
    in subparagraph (2)
of
the definition of "library system" 
    in Section 2 shall be apportioned with 25%
of the funding 
    granted to
the multitype library system and 75% of the 
    funding granted to the public
library system.

    (d) The "area served" for the purposes of this Act means 
the area that
lies within the geographic boundaries of the 
library system as approved by
the State Librarian. In 
determining the population of the area served by the
library 
system, the Illinois State Library shall use the latest federal 
census
for the
political subdivisions in the area served.

    (e) In order to be eligible for a grant under this Section, 
the corporate
authorities, instead of a tax levy at a 
particular rate, may provide an amount equivalent
to the amount 
produced by that levy.

(Source: P.A. 93-527, eff. 8-14-03.)

 



    (75 ILCS 10/8.4)  (from Ch. 81, par. 118.4)



    Sec. 8.4. School library grants. Beginning July 1, 1989, 
the State
Librarian shall make grants
annually under this 
Section to all school districts in the State for the

establishment and operation of qualified school libraries, or 
the additional
support of existing qualified school libraries, 
from funds appropriated
by the General Assembly.  Such grants 
shall be in the amount of $0.75 per
student as determined by 
the official enrollment as of the previous
September 30 of the 
respective school having a qualified school library.  If
the

moneys appropriated for grants under this Section are not 
sufficient,
the State Librarian shall reduce the amount of the 
grants as necessary; in
making these reductions, the State 
Librarian shall endeavor to provide each
school district that 
has a qualifying school library (i)
at least the same amount 
per student as the district
received under this Section in the 
preceding fiscal year, and (ii) a total
grant of at least $750, 
which, in the event of an insufficient appropriation, shall not 
be reduced to a total grant of less than $100 $100.

    To qualify for grants under this Section, a school library 
must:


        (1) Be an entity which serves the basic information and 
    library needs
of the school's employees and students 
    through a bibliographically
organized collection of 
    library materials, has at least one employee whose
primary 
    duty is to serve as a librarian, and has a collection 
    permanently
supported financially, accessible centrally, 
    and occupying identifiable
quarters in one principal 
    location.


        (2) Meet the requirements for membership in a library 
    system under the
provisions of this Act.


        (3) Have applied for membership in the library system 
    of jurisdiction if
the system is a multitype library system 
    under this Act.


        (4) Provide, as mutually determined by the Illinois 
    State Librarian and
the Illinois State Board of Education, 
    library services which either meet
or show progress toward 
    meeting the Illinois school library standards as
most 
    recently adopted by the Illinois School Library Media 
    Association.


        (5) Submit a statement certifying that the financial 
    support for
the school library or libraries
of the applying 
    school district has been maintained undiminished, or if

    diminished, the percentage of diminution of financial 
    support is no more
than the percentage of diminution of the 
    applying school's total financial
support for educational 
    and operations purposes since the submission of the
last 
    previous application of the school district for the school 
    library per
student grant that was funded.

    Grants under this Section shall be made only upon 
application of the
school district for its qualified school 
library or school libraries.

(Source: P.A. 91-507, eff. 8-13-99.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2008.