102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4092

 

Introduced 5/25/2021, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 320/3  from Ch. 128, par. 103
15 ILCS 320/7  from Ch. 128, par. 107

    Amends the State Library Act. Provides that it is the policy of the State of Illinois to provide direct library services, particularly for electronic or digital resources, for all Illinois residents on a State level, as well as to promote, support, implement, and maintain library services for all State officers, offices, the General Assembly, the judiciary, and all State agencies, bodies, and commissions. Adds to the purposes of the State Library concerning the availability of digital or electronic resources and the availability of direct library services to residents served by local libraries with lower per capita budgets than the State average and in consideration of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility of such residents. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2023.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Library Act is amended by changing
5Sections 3 and 7 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 320/3)  (from Ch. 128, par. 103)
7    Sec. 3. Declaration of policy-State Library.
8    It is the policy of the State of Illinois to provide direct
9library services, particularly for electronic or digital
10resources, for all Illinois residents on a State level, as
11well as to promote, support, implement, and maintain library
12services for all State officers, offices, the General
13Assembly, the judiciary, and all State agencies, bodies, and
14commissions. Direct library services, particularly for
15electronic or digital resources, will enhance the cultural,
16educational, and economic development of Illinois residents
17and will help bring greater equity to residents served by
18local libraries with fewer resources that cannot procure as
19large of a collection as local libraries with greater
20resources. It is the policy of the State of Illinois, to
21promote, support, implement and maintain library services on a
22State level for all State Officers, Offices, the General
23Assembly, the Judiciary and all State agencies, bodies and

 

 

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1commissions, and to promote, support and implement library
2services on a statewide basis. It is the responsibility of
3government at all levels to promote, support, implement and
4maintain library services for the cultural, educational and
5economic development of the State of Illinois and of the
6inhabitants of the State of Illinois.
7(Source: P.A. 77-1690.)
 
8    (15 ILCS 320/7)  (from Ch. 128, par. 107)
9    Sec. 7. Purposes of the State Library. The Illinois State
10Library shall:
11    (a) Maintain a library for officials and employees of the
12State, consisting of informational material and resources
13pertaining to the phases of their work, and serve as the
14State's library by extending its resources to citizens of
15Illinois.
16    (b) Maintain and provide research library services for all
17State agencies.
18    (c) Administer the Illinois Library System Act.
19    (d) Promote and administer the law relating to Interstate
20Library Compacts.
21    (e) Enter into interagency agreements, pursuant to the
22Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, including agreements to
23promote access to information by Illinois students and the
24general public.
25    (f) Promote and develop a cooperative library network

 

 

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1operating regionally or statewide for providing effective
2coordination of the library resources of public, academic,
3school, and special libraries.
4    (g) Administer grants of federal library funds pursuant to
5federal law and requirements.
6    (h) Assist libraries in their plans for library services,
7including funding the State-funded library systems for the
8purpose of local library development and networking.
9    (i) Assist local library groups in developing programs by
10which library services can be established and enhanced in
11areas without those services.
12    (j) Be a clearing house, in an advisory capacity, for
13questions and problems pertaining to the administration and
14functioning of libraries in Illinois and to publish booklets
15and pamphlets to implement this service.
16    (k) Seek the opinion of the Attorney General for legal
17questions pertaining to public libraries and their function as
18governmental agencies.
19    (l) Contract with any other library or library agency to
20carry out the purposes of the State Library. If any such
21contract requires payments by user libraries for goods and
22services, the State Library may distribute billings from
23contractors to applicable user libraries and may receive and
24distribute payments from user libraries to contractors. There
25is hereby created in the State Treasury the Library Trust
26Fund, into which all moneys payable to contractors which are

 

 

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1received from user libraries under this paragraph (l) shall be
2paid. The Treasurer shall pay such funds to contractors at the
3direction of the State Librarian.
4    (m) Compile, preserve and publish public library
5statistical information.
6    (n) Compile the annual report of local public libraries
7and library systems submitted to the State Librarian pursuant
8to law.
9    (o) Conduct and arrange for library training programs for
10library personnel, library directors and others involved in
11library services.
12    (p) Prepare an annual report for each fiscal year.
13    (q) Make available to the public, by means of access by way
14of the largest nonproprietary nonprofit cooperative public
15computer network, certain records of State agencies.
16    As used in this subdivision (q), "State agencies" means
17all officers, boards, commissions and agencies created by the
18Constitution; all officers, departments, boards, commissions,
19agencies, institutions, authorities, universities, and bodies
20politic and corporate of the State; administrative units or
21corporate outgrowths of the State government which are created
22by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local
23government and their officers, school districts and boards of
24election commissioners; and all administrative units and
25corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be created by
26executive order of the Governor; however, "State agencies"

 

 

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1does not include any agency, officer, or other entity of the
2judicial or legislative branch.
3    As used in this subdivision (q), "records" means public
4records, as defined in the Freedom of Information Act, that
5are not exempt from inspection and copying under that Act.
6    The State Librarian and each appropriate State agency
7shall specify the types and categories of records that shall
8be accessible through the public computer network and the
9types and categories of records that shall be inaccessible.
10Records currently held by a State agency and documents that
11are required to be provided to the Illinois State Library in
12accordance with Section 21 shall be provided to the Illinois
13State Library in an appropriate electronic format. The cost to
14each State agency of making records accessible through the
15public computer network or of providing records in an
16appropriate electronic format shall be considered in making
17determinations regarding accessibility.
18    As soon as possible and no later than 18 months after the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, the types and
20categories of information, specified by the State Librarian
21and each appropriate State agency, shall be made available to
22the public by means of access by way of the largest
23nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer network.
24The information shall be made available in one or more formats
25and by one or more means in order to provide the greatest
26feasible access to the general public in this State. Any

 

 

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1person who accesses the information may access all or any part
2of the information. The information may also be made available
3by any other means of access that would facilitate public
4access to the information. The information shall be made
5available in the shortest feasible time after it is publicly
6available.
7    Any documentation that describes the electronic digital
8formats of the information shall be made available by means of
9access by way of the same public computer network.
10    Personal information concerning a person who accesses the
11information may be maintained only for the purpose of
12providing service to the person.
13    The electronic public access provided by way of the public
14computer network shall be in addition to other electronic or
15print distribution of the information.
16    No action taken under this subdivision (q) shall be deemed
17to alter or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary
18interest or entitlement of the State of Illinois relating to
19any of the information made available under this subdivision
20(q).
21    (r) Coordinate literacy programs for the Secretary of
22State.
23    (s) Provide coordination of statewide preservation
24planning, act as a focal point for preservation advocacy,
25assess statewide needs and establish specific programs to meet
26those needs, and manage state funds appropriated for

 

 

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1preservation work relating to the preservation of the library
2and archival resources of Illinois.
3    (t) Create and maintain a State Government Report
4Distribution Center for the General Assembly. The Center shall
5receive all reports in all formats available required by law
6or resolution to be filed with the General Assembly and shall
7furnish copies of such reports on the same day on which the
8report is filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives
9and the Secretary of the Senate, as required by the General
10Assembly Organization Act, without charge to members of the
11General Assembly upon request. This paragraph does not affect
12the requirements of Section 21 of this Act relating to the
13deposit of State publications with the State library.
14    (u) Make available to any Illinois resident with a
15driver's license, State identification, or public school,
16college, or university identification access to the digital or
17electronic resources in the library's collection. These
18existing identification cards shall be considered library
19cards for purposes of issuing access to digital or electronic
20resources in the library's collection.
21    (v) The library shall negotiate with providers of digital
22or electronic resources by licensing or procuring as many
23resources as possible in large quantities for direct service
24to Illinois residents. The library shall offer to purchase or
25procure electronic or digital resources on behalf of public
26school and university libraries to secure the best possible

 

 

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1price in order to support library systems in Illinois.
2    (w) The library shall make a special effort to offer
3direct library services to residents served by local libraries
4with lower per capita budgets than the State average and
5consider diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as
6core values in offering direct library services to Illinois
7residents.
8(Source: P.A. 91-507, eff. 8-13-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01;
992-617, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
111, 2023.