Section 3030.120  Adjustment of the Geographic Boundaries of Library Systems

a)         The State Librarian may direct the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee to review the geographic boundary in a specific area, or the existing geographic boundaries for all library systems, whenever one or more of the following conditions are present.

1)         There is new demographic information available from a federal census or other sources.

2)         Two or more library systems request that the State Librarian review a shared boundary in a specific area of the State.

3)         A change in library management practices, governance, funding, or technology significantly impacts one of the factors considered in Section 3030.30 of this Part.

b)         The Illinois State Library Advisory Committee will notify libraries and library systems that would be directly affected by a proposed adjustment of a geographic boundary that the boundary is being reviewed and will provide them with the following information:

1)         A general description of the boundary adjustment that is being considered.

2)         The effect that the boundary adjustment would have on system membership in the area under review.

3)         The criteria from Section 3030.30 of this Part that are being used to evaluate the proposed boundary adjustment.

4)         The date by which comments on the proposal must be received by the Illinois State Library and the address to which comments must be sent.

5)         The date, time, and location of the meeting at which the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee will discuss the proposed adjustment to geographic boundaries.

c)         The Illinois State Library Advisory Committee will review the information which prompted the proposed adjustment, the comments received from potentially affected libraries and library systems, and any other information that may be provided by the Illinois State Library, and will hold a meeting to discuss the proposed adjustments to geographic boundaries.

d)         The Advisory Committee will make a recommendation to the State Librarian on each suggested adjustment to the geographic boundaries of library systems.

e)         The State Librarian shall issue a final decision regarding the proposed boundary adjustment after reviewing the recommendation of the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee and any information presented to the Advisory Committee in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 3030.30 of this Part.

f)          When boundary adjustments are approved, the area and population of the affected library systems shall be adjusted at the beginning of the State fiscal year that commences at least eight months after, but no more than twenty months after, the final decision by the State Librarian.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 3909, effective February 16, 1996)