SB0864 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0864

Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Andy Manar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

75 ILCS 16/10-7 new

Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Limits provisions regarding converting a public library to a public library district by prohibiting expansion of the territory that currently supports a public library to include areas that were not previously taxed before the conversion. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is amended by adding Section 10-7 as follows:

(75 ILCS 16/10-7 new)

Sec. 10-7. Expansion of territory. This Article shall not be used to expand the territory that currently supports a public library to include areas that were not previously taxed before the conversion. Nothing in this Section prohibits a public library district from adding territory under Article 15 of this Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.