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    (75 ILCS 5/Art. 1 heading)
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

    (75 ILCS 5/1-0.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-0.1)
    Sec. 1-0.1. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Local Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-1) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-1)
    Sec. 1-1. For the purposes of this Act the term "corporate authorities" means, as applied to cities, villages and incorporated towns, the corporate authorities as defined in Section 1-1-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and, as applied to townships, the Township Board of Trustees. The terms "board", "board of trustees" or "board of library trustees" means any Board of Library Trustees of a city, village, incorporated town or township.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-2)
    Sec. 1-2. Public libraries may be established under this Act by cities by action of the corporate authorities and by villages, incorporated towns and townships by vote of the legal voters thereof in the manner provided in Article 2, except that after December 31, 1987, no public library may be established under the provisions of this Act if any part of the city, village, incorporated town or township lies within an existing public library territory or district established under the provisions of this Act or The Illinois Public Library District Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-751.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-3)
    Sec. 1-3. Every library established under this Act shall be forever for the use of the residents and taxpayers of the city, village, incorporated town or township where located, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt in order to render the use of the library of the greatest benefit to the greatest number of such residents and taxpayers.
(Source: P.A. 85-788.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-4) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-4)
    Sec. 1-4. Any public library established under Division 48.1 of Article 11 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended, or "An Act to authorize townships to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms", approved March 7, 1872, as amended, shall be treated as libraries established under this Act and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1402.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-5) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-5)
    Sec. 1-5. The corporate authorities may provide for suitable penalties for persons committing injury upon a library or the grounds or other property thereof and for injury to or failure to return any library material belonging to the library.
(Source: P.A. 78-426.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-6) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-6)
    Sec. 1-6. Any person or persons desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real estate, for the benefit of any library, may vest title to the donation in the board of library trustees receiving the donation, to be held and controlled by such trustees when accepted according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such donation. Such board of library trustees shall be held and considered to be a special trustee of such donated property.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-7) (from Ch. 81, par. 1-7)
    Sec. 1-7. Each library subject to this Act is subject to the provisions of The Library Records Confidentiality Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-179.)

    (75 ILCS 5/1-8)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 1-8. Opioid antagonists.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Authorized personnel" means an employee or volunteer of the library who has completed training under subsection (d).
    "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
    "Library" means a public library established under or otherwise subject to the requirements of this Act.
    "Opioid antagonist" means a drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration or recommended for use by the World Health Organization that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. "Opioid antagonist" shall be limited to medications approved by the Department for such purpose.
    (b) All libraries open to the general public in this State shall maintain a supply of opioid antagonists in an accessible location.
    (c) Any authorized personnel may administer an opioid antagonist to any person whom the authorized personnel believes, in good faith, to be having an opioid overdose (i) on library grounds, (ii) in the immediate vicinity of the library, or (iii) at a library-sponsored event. Authorized personnel may carry an opioid antagonist while in the library or at a library-sponsored activity.
    (d) During operating hours, a library shall take reasonable steps necessary to have at least one person present in the library who has completed training in how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose, including the administration of an opioid antagonist. Training may be conducted by an organization recognized for providing such training or may be created by the library using free resources available on the website of the Department or the website of the Department of Public Health.
    (e) A library and its authorized personnel are immune from liability for the administration of an opioid antagonist under this Section, except for wilful or wanton misconduct.
    (f) The Director of Public Health may identify organizations qualified to offer the training required by subsection (d) and may make a list of such organizations available on the Department's website.
    (g) A public library may receive an opioid antagonist from any lawful source.
(Source: P.A. 104-56, eff. 1-1-26.)