Section 3060.600  Grant Funding Limitations

Fiscal limitations on library building construction grants under Section 8 of the Illinois Library System Act shall include the following:

a)         The public libraries in any one county shall not receive more than 50% of the funding in each application round unless there are insufficient applications from libraries in other counties to expend the entire appropriation.  Grants to library systems shall not be included in calculating this 50% limitation.

b)         The maximum grant for each library political unit shall be $125,000 per annual funding cycle, unless there are insufficient applications from other political units to expend the entire appropriation.  This subsection (b) shall not be used to award grants in excess of the maximum grants per project specified in subsection (c).

c)         The minimum grant awarded for mini-grants shall be $2,500.  The minimum grant awarded for projects other than mini-grants and remodeling for accessibility shall be $25,000.  The maximum grant awarded for mini-grants shall not exceed $25,000; the maximum grant awarded for remodeling for accessibility projects shall not exceed $50,000; and the maximum grant awarded for other projects shall not exceed $125,000.

d)         Library buildings that received any State or federal construction funding, whether under a library construction grant program or a specific appropriation, during the three prior State fiscal years, including the current State fiscal year, are not eligible for any construction grant funding under this Part.

e)         For projects of a unique nature or resulting from a disaster, the Secretary of State, on the advice of the Illinois State Library, may raise the ceiling, award less than the minimum grant amount, make a special grant award and/or allow for consecutive years of funding.

f)          Competitive bids for construction projects shall not be let until after the grant contract with the Secretary of State has been signed.

g)         Grant contracts awarded under this Part must be signed within 90 days after the grant award notification.

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