Section 3060.400  Definitions

For the purposes of this Part:

"Act" means the Illinois Library System Act [75 ILCS 10].

"Application round" means the period in which applications for grants are available to prospective applicants and completed applications are reviewed and grants awarded as indicated in Section 3060.100 of this Part.

"Appropriation" means the amount of funds actually approved by the General Assembly for a particular fiscal year and allocated to fund the construction grant program under Section 8 of the Illinois Library System Act.

"Audit" means a report of financial compliance of a construction grant project by a certified public accountant.

"Construction" includes, but is not limited to:

The construction of new public library and library systems buildings.

The acquisition, expansion, remodeling and/or alteration of existing buildings.

The purchase of initial equipment for new buildings or existing buildings that are being expanded, remodeled, or altered under this grant.

Any combination of such activities (including architect's fees and the cost of the site if acquired in the last 2 years).

"Conversion" means converting a building currently not used as a library into a public library facility.

"Equipment" includes machinery, utilities and built-in equipment and any necessary enclosures or structures to house them, and all other items necessary for the functioning of a particular facility as a library or as a library system facility.  By way of illustration, "equipment" includes fixtures, furnishings, shelving, and carpeting.  "Equipment" does not include, for example, books, periodicals, films, or recordings.

"Intersystem reciprocal borrowing" means reciprocal borrowing transactions involving a lending library and a patron registered as a borrower at a library in another system.

"Library" means a tax-supported public library within an Illinois  Library System.  "Library" also means a branch library of a main library facility.

"Library building consultant" refers to an individual, chosen by the applicant library, with a Master's degree in library science from a library school accredited by the American Library Association with prior experience in at least one library construction project.  An architect licensed to practice in Illinois or a structural or other type of engineer, depending on the scope of work, licensed to practice in Illinois, with prior experience in at least one library construction project, may also be a library building consultant.  The architect or engineer may be retained for other services by the applicant library.

"Library system" means an organization defined at Section 2 of the Library System Act.

"Local matching funds" means general funds, securities, general revenue bonds, tax levies, mortgages and locally generated monies.  Local matching funds do not include any pledges as defined in this Section; any funds from the State of Illinois or the federal government; any funds from collateralized pledges; or pending referendum to authorize funds for the construction project.

"Mini-grants" means projects to enable public libraries with limited funds, as defined in this Section, to remodel or refurbish the library.

"Pledge" means a non-collateralized offer or guarantee in writing of a specified dollar amount as part of the local matching funds for a construction project.

"Political unit" refers to the local governing authority.

"Public libraries with limited funds" refers to public libraries that would have received an income of less than $12 per capita in the preceding fiscal year by using a formula in which the library's equalized assessed valuation is multiplied by .13% and divided by the population of the library's service area.

"Security system" means an electronic system designed to protect the library property, facility and contents and individuals on the premises.

"Shared use facility" means a building occupied by a public library and a school or another entity that is open to the public and complements the concept of public library service.

"State fiscal year" means the period from July 1 through June 30.

"State Librarian" means the Illinois Secretary of State.

"Technology wiring" means the installation of wiring to allow for the transmission of electronic data.

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 16341, effective November 20, 2007)