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75 ILCS 16/5-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-5.     Authorization.     All or any portion of the  territory within one or more counties  may, under this Act, be organized and formed into a district for the  purpose of levying a tax or taxes to pay for establishing, equipping,  maintaining, and supporting library services.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-10.     Petition to establish district.(a) The organization of a district library in a territory without  a local tax supported library or in such a territory and contiguous territory  of a municipality, township, or county operating a local tax supported library  may be initiated as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection.(1) One hundred or more of the voters of a territory     without a local tax supported library may petition the circuit court of the county that contains all of the territory (or a larger portion of the territory than any other county containing a portion of the territory) to cause to be submitted to the voters of the proposed district the question of whether the proposed territory shall be organized as a public library district. The petition shall contain the provisions set forth in this Section and, in addition, shall allege that the territory of the proposed district does not include, in whole or in part, any existing tax supported public library.(2) The library  board of a local tax supported     library established by a municipality, township, or county, or 100 or more of the voters of the municipality, township, or county, may petition to cause to be submitted to the voters of the entire territory the question of whether a public library district shall be organized to include the municipality, township, or county and contiguous territory that is without a local tax supported library.(b) The petition specified in this Section shall contain a legal description  of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced within the proposed district,  shall specify the name of the district and the proposed tax rate limit for the  district if it is in excess of 0.15%, and shall petition the circuit court to  set the date of a hearing on the petition before a judge of the circuit court.  If the territory of the proposed district encompasses the same  territory as an existing school district, municipality, township, or county,  the description of the proposed district may be by  reference to that entity.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-15.     Order for hearing; notice.(a) Upon the submission of the petition to the circuit court as provided in  Section 5-10, the circuit court shall enter an order setting the date of the  hearing on the petition and naming the judge who will preside at the hearing.(b) The petitioners shall publish notice of the time, date, and place of the  hearing, including the name of the judge who will preside at the hearing.  The  notice shall be published in accordance with Section 1-30.  The petitioners  shall also, concurrently with the publication of the notice of the hearing,  send notice of the hearing and a copy of the petition to the board of trustees  of each public library serving an area contiguous to or within the proposed  library district boundaries.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-20.     Hearing.     At the hearing ordered under Section 5-15, the  petitioners shall present proof of the notice of the hearing and of  the matters alleged in the petition to the presiding judge.  All  persons residing within the proposed  district shall have a reasonable  opportunity to be heard regarding the location of the boundaries of  the proposed district and to make suggestions regarding the  boundaries.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-25.     Order for election; notice.(a) The judge, after hearing the statements, evidence, and suggestions  of the petitioners and other persons appearing before the court, shall enter an  order calling an election.  The order shall do the following:(1) Fix the boundaries of the proposed district. For     that purpose and only to that extent, and only upon a showing of good cause, the judge may alter and amend the petition.(2) Require a map to be prepared depicting (i) the     boundaries of the proposed district, (ii) the boundaries of any municipality or township that lies wholly or partially within the proposed district, and (iii) the county lines of all counties affected.(3) Designate the regular election when the election     to establish a district will be held.  The judge shall certify the order and the question of organization and establishment of the proposed public library district to the proper election authority, who shall submit the question to the voters of the proposed district in accordance with the Election Code.(b) In addition to the requirements of the Election Code, notice of the  election shall specify the purpose of the election and contain a map and legal  description of the proposed district.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-30.     Election; form of proposition.(a) The proposition at the election shall be  in substantially the following form:Shall a public library district be established in all     or part of (name of county)?(b) If no tax rate limit is specified in the ballot, the tax rate limit  of the newly organized district shall be as set forth in Section 35-5. If,  however, the petitioners, under Section 5-10, specify a rate higher than the  rate set forth in Section 35-5, the proposition shall be in substantially the  following form:Shall a public library district be established in all     or part of (name of county) with a maximum annual public library tax rate established at (rate)% of the value of all taxable property in the district as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue?    In no event shall the tax rate exceed the maximum tax rate set forth in  Section 35-10.(c) A proposition for the establishment of a public library district shall  not be submitted to the voters in the proposed district more often than once in  a 12-month period.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-35.     Election results.(a) The election authority shall, within 10 days after the election, file  with the circuit court ordering the election its certificate setting  forth the results of the election in each precinct.(b) The judge assigned to hear the case shall enter a final judgment  setting forth the results of the election based upon the certificate filed  in the court by the election authority, and the order shall become a part of  the records of the court.(c) The question of establishment of a district shall be based upon the  majority of votes cast on the question by the voters of the proposed  territory determined as follows:(1) Where the proposed territory does not include a     municipality or any portion of a municipality, then the majority of all the votes cast upon the question shall determine establishment.(2) Where the proposed territory does include a     municipality or any portion of a municipality, then the votes cast shall be  divided into 2 lots. The votes cast within the municipalities shall be counted together, and the votes cast outside of the municipalities shall be counted together, and the question must carry in each group in order to establish the district. If there are 2 or more municipalities within the proposed territory, and the question of establishment carries in both groups as provided in this paragraph but the votes cast in one municipality having its own tax supported library are against establishment of the district, then the district shall be deemed established, but the dissenting municipality with its own tax supported library shall be excluded from the territory of the district.(3) Where the proposed territory includes a township     having its own tax supported library and the question of establishment carries in all areas as provided in paragraph (2), the township votes on the question shall also be counted separately, and if the votes cast within the township with its own tax supported library are against establishment, then the dissenting township shall be excluded from the territory of the district.   (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

Sec. 5-40.     Transfer and sharing of assets.(a) Any assets, including real and personal property and tax and other  monies, received or due for the purposes of the library and held by the  corporate authority of a municipal, township, or county library included in the  library district, shall be transferred to the library district.  "Property"  includes any building or buildings permanently occupied by and publicly  designated as the library building or buildings and used solely for library  purposes.(b) Nothing in Section 5-35 or 5-45 or this Section  shall preclude a municipality, township, or county,  by written agreement, from sharing a library building or buildings  with a district library when the establishment of a  library district has been approved and the district includes wholly within its  territory a municipal, township, or county library.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/5-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 5 - Creation Of District By Petition

(75 ILCS 16/5-45)Sec. 5-45.     Authorization to levy tax.     When the establishment of a library  district has been approved and the district includes wholly within its  territory a municipal, township, or county library, only the library district  shall levy the annual public library tax.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/Art. 10 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

 ARTICLE 10.      CONVERSION OF TAX SUPPORTED PUBLIC LIBRARY TO PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
75 ILCS 16/10-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-5.     Application.     This Article shall not apply in any municipality  having a population greater than 500,000.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-10.     Conversion by library board resolution and referendum.(a) A tax supported public library in a municipality, county, or  township maintained and operated under any other Act may, by conversion, become  a library organized, maintained, and operated under this Act  by resolution of the public library board of trustees and referendum  as provided in this Section.(b) The board of trustees of a tax supported public library desiring  to convert the existing library to a library district may adopt a resolution  calling for the conversion. The board shall certify the question of conversion  to the proper election authority, who shall submit the question to the voters  at the next regular election. If the board specifies in its resolution that the  converted library shall have a maximum tax rate in excess of the existing  ceiling or limitation of the library to be converted, the question shall so  specify.  Notice of the election shall be given in accordance with Section  1-30.(c) The proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the  following form:Shall the board of trustees of the public library in     (name of municipality, county, or township), Illinois, be authorized to convert the public library to a public library district as determined by the board's resolution of (date)?(d) If the resolution specified a maximum tax rate in excess of the  existing ceiling or limitation, the proposition shall be  submitted to the voters in substantially the following form:Shall the board of trustees of the public library in     (name of municipality, county, or township), Illinois, be authorized to convert the public library to a public library district, with a maximum annual public library tax rate established at (rate)% of the value of all taxable property in the district as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, as determined by the board's resolution of (date)?(e) If a majority of the votes cast on the  proposition are in the affirmative,  the board of trustees shall convert the public library to  a public library district.(f) This Section shall not apply to any library established by  the corporate authorities of a municipality under the Illinois Local  Library Act.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-15.         Conversion by library board resolution and approval of  corporate authorities.(a) The board of trustees of a tax supported public library  desiring to convert the existing library to a library maintained and  operated under this Act may, rather than utilizing the  procedures prescribed in Section 10-5, adopt a resolution calling for  the conversion and requesting the approval of the conversion by the  corporate authorities of the municipality, county, or township maintaining  the existing library.  If the corporate authorities approve the conversion  within 60 days after the resolution is adopted by the board of trustees,  the board of trustees shall convert the public library to a public library  district.(b) Any library in a home rule unit, as defined in Article VII,  Section 6, of the Illinois Constitution, converted under this Section shall  have a maximum tax rate not to exceed the greater of 0.15% or the last  rate levied by the municipality for library purposes for the most recent year  before the conversion, and that rate shall not be subject to any rate  limitations or referendum requirements imposed by this Act.  That  rate may thereafter be increased, however, as provided in Section 35-10.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-20.     Contents of county library board resolution.     Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Act, whenever after August 30, 1989 the board of  trustees of a tax supported public library adopt a resolution under Section  10-10 or 10-15 calling for conversion of a county library in existence on  August 30, 1989 to a public library district, the resolution shall specify the  following:(1) The number of trustees to be elected for the new     public library district.  That number shall be not more than the number of trustees on the existing board before conversion.(2) The maximum number of trustees who may reside in     a single township.   (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-25.     Conversion by petition and referendum.(a) An election for conversion of a public library established in any  municipality, county, or township shall be called upon  the filing of a petition signed by not less than 10% of the voters (or, if  there are 100 or fewer voters, then a majority of the voters) residing within  that territory.  The petition shall be addressed  to and filed simultaneously with the board  of library trustees of the existing public library and the corporate  authorities of the municipality, county, or township.  The original petition shall be filed with the corporate authorities.(b) The petition shall specify the new maximum tax rate of the public  library district and state the existing tax rate of the public library to be  converted if the rate is to be in excess of the existing ceiling or limitation  of the library converted.(c) Upon receipt of a certified copy of the petition, the board of library  trustees shall, within 30 days, file with the corporate authorities an addendum  to the petition setting forth (i) the establishment date of the existing public  library, (ii) the lawful ceiling on its public library tax levies, (iii) the  geographic area of territory involved, and (iv) the identity of the  municipality, county, or township involved.(d) The corporate authorities shall certify the question to the proper  election authority, who shall submit to the voters of the district the question  of conversion at an election in accordance with the Election Code.  The proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following  form:Shall the public library in (name of municipality,     county, or township), Illinois, be converted to a public library district?(e) If the petition specified a maximum tax rate in excess of the existing  ceiling or limitation, the proposition shall be submitted in substantially the  following form:Shall the public library in (name of municipality,     county, or township), Illinois, be converted to a public library district, with a maximum annual public library tax rate established at (rate)% of the value of all taxable property in the district as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue?(f) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the  affirmative, the board of library trustees shall convert the public library  to a public library district, with the maximum annual public library tax  rate specified in the proposition.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-30.     Limitation on referendum.     A proposition for the conversion of a  public library to a public library district shall not be submitted to the  voters more often than once every 2 years.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-35.     Petition by library trustees for court order.(a) If the voters in the election resulting from the board of library  trustees' resolution to convert under Section 10-10, or from the petition of  the voters calling for a referendum under Section 10-25, approve the conversion  to a library district, or if the appropriate corporate authorities approve the  conversion under Section 10-20, the board of library trustees of the public  library affected shall, within 30 days, petition the circuit court of the  county in which the majority of the territory affected lies for a final order  to convert the public library to a library district.  The petition shall  incorporate, if applicable, the election results and the addendum to  the petition for the election.(b) The circuit court, upon finding the petition  sufficient, shall enter its final order doing the following:(1) Approving the conversion of the existing public     library of the county, township, or municipality to a public library district subject to this Act.(2) Naming the district.(3) Designating all incumbent library trustees as     trustees of the district until the next regular election of the trustees of the district.(4) Fixing the boundary of the newly formed district.(5) Specifying the ceiling or limitation upon the     annual public library tax or any special tax that may be levied by the district thereafter based upon (i) the existing ceilings or limitations and the obligation of the public library converted or (ii) the ceiling specified in the conversion petition and ballot, but in any case not to exceed the maximum specified in Section 35-10.(6) Specifying the first fiscal year of the newly     formed district.(7) Specifying the first year when appropriation and     levy ordinances may be enacted by the newly formed district and requiring the library trustees to cause an abatement of any annual public library tax levy for that same year, so that only one annual public library tax will be levied in that year.(8) Specifying the effective date of (i) the     conversion and (ii) the acquisition, by the board of library trustees of the newly formed district, of the assets (including personal property, titles to real property, and moneys received or due for the purposes of the public tax supported library by the corporate authority) and assumption of the liabilities of the board of library trustees and of the public library affected by the conversion.(9) Specifying the date when the newly formed     district shall commence to render library service.(c) The trustees of the newly formed district shall promptly publish notice  of the order and of its effect.(d)  The order shall be effective not later than 30 days after the date of  its entry.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-40.     Existing bond issue.     An existing bond issue shall not be  affected by a conversion under this Article and shall continue in full force  and effect under the laws governing the bond issue.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
75 ILCS 16/10-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES|75 ILCS 16/ - Public Library District Act of 1991.|Article 10 - Conversion Of Tax Supported Public Library To Public Library District

Sec. 10-45.     Transfer of assets and liabilities; sharing library building.(a) Whenever a tax supported library in a county, township, or municipality  has been converted to a public library district under this Article, all of the  assets (including any building or buildings (i) solely occupied by and publicly  designated as the library building or buildings and (ii) solely  used for library purposes) and any liabilities of the public tax supported  library's board of library trustees in connection with the operation of  its library shall become the assets and liabilities of the public library  district.  If the library converted to a public library district was  eligible to receive its proportionate share of the Personal Property Tax  Replacement Fund, that eligibility shall continue to apply to the public  library district created by the conversion.(b) Nothing in this Section shall preclude a municipality, township, or  county, by written agreement, from sharing a library building or buildings with  a district library if the establishment of a district library has been approved  and the district includes wholly within its territory a municipal, township, or  county library.    (Source: P.A. 87-1277.)