2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 75 - LIBRARIES › 75 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Local Library Act. › Article 4 - Trustees

(75 ILCS 5/Art. 4 heading)
ARTICLE 4.  
		TRUSTEES
(75 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-1)
Sec. 4-1. 
		
		When the corporate authorities of a city establish a public
library, the mayor shall, with the approval of the city council, appoint a
board of 9 trustees chosen from city residents with reference to their
fitness for such office. Not more than one member of the city council shall
be at any one time a member of the library board.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-1.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-1.1)
Sec. 4-1.1. 
		Term of office; removal.
(a) The first library trustees of a
city shall hold office
as follows: one-third shall serve for one year, one-third for 2
years, and one-third for 3 years,
from the first of July following their appointment. At their first
regular meeting, those trustees shall cast lots for the respective terms.
Annually
thereafter the mayor shall, before the first of July of each year, appoint
as before 3 trustees to take the place of the retiring trustees.  The
trustees appointed by the mayor
shall hold office for 3 years and until their successors are appointed.
(b) The
mayor may remove any trustee in the manner provided in Section 3.1-35-10 of
the Illinois Municipal Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-2)
Sec. 4-2. 
		
		In villages under the commission form of government, the
village council at its first regular meeting following the election
establishing a public library, shall appoint a board of library
trustees of 6 members who are village residents, 2 to hold until the
first regular meeting of the next succeeding fiscal year, 2 to hold for
one year thereafter and 2 to hold for 2 years thereafter. The respective
successors of the initial appointees shall be appointed for 6 year terms
and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Any board may provide by resolution that the term of its trustees
shall be 4 years.  If the board adopts such a resolution, then at the time
the next appointments are made, one trustee shall be appointed for a 2 year term.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-2.5)
Sec. 4-2.5. Aurora Public Library; change to elected board of library trustees.
(a)   The Aurora Public Library may change to an elected board of trustees if approved by referendum following either item (1) or (2):
(1)   The Aurora City Council, by ordinance, requests     that a proposition to have an elected board of library trustees be submitted to the voters.  Upon adoption of the ordinance, the Aurora City Council shall submit the ordinance to the Aurora City Clerk.
(2)   Upon filing with the Aurora City Clerk of a     petition, subject to the requirements of Section 28-3 of the Election Code, signed by registered voters of the City of Aurora equaling not less than 10% of the number of persons who voted at the last regular election in the City of Aurora in which the City of Aurora voted as a unit for the election of officers to serve its respective territorial area. A petition may be filed at any time.
Upon the Aurora City Clerk's receipt of an ordinance adopted under item (1) or a petition filed under item (2), the Clerk shall certify the proposition to the appropriate election authorities who shall submit the proposition at the next general primary  election in accordance with the general election law.
(b)   The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall the trustees of the                YES
Aurora Public Library be           ---------------
elected, rather than appointed?           NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative, the trustees of the Aurora Public Library shall thereafter be elected as provided by this Section. The Aurora Public Library shall continue to function as a municipal library in all ways except that the trustees are elected.
(c) After approval of a proposition under subsection (b), nominations for members of the board of trustees shall be made by a petition signed by 250 registered voters of the City of Aurora and shall be filed with the Aurora City Clerk. The requirements of general election law shall determine the form of the nominating petition and any other requirements for nomination.
(d)   After approval of a proposition under subsection (b) and nomination of candidates under subsection (c), one trustee from each of the City of Aurora's Wards and one at-large trustee shall be elected at the consolidated election next following the approval of the proposition under subsection (b). Except as provided under subsection (e), the length of the terms of the trustees elected shall be determined by lot at their first meeting as follows: one-third of the trustees for a 2-year term, a 4-year term, and then a 4-year term; one-third of the trustees (including the at-large trustee) for a 4-year term, a 2-year term, and then a 4-year term; and the remaining trustees for a 4-year term, a 4-year term, and then a 2-year term. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the third Monday of the month following the month of the trustee's  election and continue until  the trustee's successor is elected and qualified.
No party designation shall appear on the ballot for election of trustees. The provisions of the general election law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of trustees.
The Aurora City Clerk shall, within 7 days of filing or on the last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the petitioner in writing of the Clerk's acceptance of the petition.
(e) After each redistricting following each federal decennial census, the terms of the elected trustees on the Aurora Public Library's board shall terminate upon the nomination, election (at the consolidated election next following redistricting), and qualification of successor trustees in the manner provided for in subsections (c) and (d).  The terms of the successor trustees shall be determined by lot at the board's first meeting following redistricting with trustee terms as provided for in subsection (d).
(f)   The provisions of this Act relating to eligibility, powers, and disabilities of appointed trustees shall apply to elected trustees. The Aurora Public Library shall continue to function the same except that the trustees are elected.
(g)   After the election of trustees under subsection (d), the appointed trustees shall continue to constitute the board of trustees until the third Monday of the month following the month of the first election of trustees. The terms of all appointed trustees shall expire on the third Monday of the month following the month of the first election of trustees under this Section or when all successors have been elected and have qualified, whichever occurs later.
If the term of an appointed trustee expires or an appointed trustee's office is vacated before the first election of trustees, the authority which appointed that trustee shall appoint a successor to serve until a successor is elected and has qualified.
(h)   If the Aurora Public Library has changed to an elected rather than an appointed board of trustees under this Section, then it may, in the manner provided in this subsection, revert back to an appointed board of trustees.
Upon filing with the Aurora City Clerk of a petition, subject to the requirements of Section 28-3 of the Election Code, signed by registered voters of the City of Aurora equaling not less than 10% of the number of persons who voted at the election approving the election of trustees under subsection (b),  the Aurora City Clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters of the municipality at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall the trustees of the                 YES
Aurora Public Library be            ---------------
appointed, rather than elected?            NO
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If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative, the trustees of the Aurora Public Library shall thereafter be appointed as provided by this Act. Once an elected trustee's successor is appointed and qualified, the elected trustee's term expires.  Vacancies shall be filled as provided in Section 4-4.
(Source: P.A. 101-126, eff. 7-26-19.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-3) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-3)
Sec. 4-3. 
		
		The election of the 7 trustees for the first board of
library trustees shall be held at the time of the library establishment
election.  If a majority of the votes cast in any incorporated town or
village (except a village under the commission form of government) on the proposition
pursuant to Section 2-2 are in favor of the establishment of a
public library, the 7 persons
who receive, for the respective terms designated on the ballot, the highest
number of votes for library trustees cast at such election shall constitute
the board of library trustees.  Two of these terms shall be until the
next election held in an odd-numbered year in the incorporated town, village
or township, 2 shall be until the second such election after the election
establishing the library, and 3 shall be until the third such election
after the election establishing the library.  The trustees so elected shall
serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified in accordance
with the provisions of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 85-751.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-3.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-3.1)
Sec. 4-3.1. 
		
		As the terms of the library trustees elected in any
incorporated town or village expire, (except a village under the
commission form of government) their successors shall be elected in accordance with the
general election law to hold their office for 6 years until their
successors are elected and qualified.
Any board may provide by resolution that the term of its trustees
shall be 4 years.  If the board adopts such a resolution, then if 3
trustees are to be elected at the next election or if 2
trustees are to be elected at each of the next 2 elections, one of the
trustees elected at the first election, to be determined by lot at the
first meeting after that election, shall serve a 2 year term.
(Source: P.A. 85-751.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-3.2) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-3.2)
Sec. 4-3.2. 
		
		The election of the 7 trustees for the first board of
library trustees shall be held at the time of the library establishment
election.  The 7 persons who receive, for their respective terms designated
on the ballot, the highest number of votes for library trustees cast at
such election shall constitute the board of library trustees.  Of the 7
trustees elected, 4 shall serve terms of 4 years, and 3 shall serve terms
of 2 years.  As the terms of the library trustees elected in any township
expire, their successors shall be
elected for terms of 4 years.   Trustees shall serve for 4 years and until their
successors are elected and have qualified.
(Source: P.A. 85-751.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-3.3) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-3.3)
Sec. 4-3.3. Nominations for the position of library trustee including
the first board of library trustees shall be by petition, signed by
at least 25 legal voters residing in the incorporated town or village (except
a village under the commission form of government) or township and filed
with the clerk of such incorporated
town, village, or township within the time prescribed by the general election
law.  Such clerk shall certify the candidates for library trustees to the
proper election authorities who shall conduct the election in accordance
with the general election law.  All candidates must be residents of the
incorporated town, village or township involved. The ballots shall not
designate any political party, platform or political principle.
(Source: P.A. 95-65, eff. 1-1-08.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-4)
Sec. 4-4. 
Vacancies shall be declared in the office of trustee by the
board when the elected or appointed trustee declines or is unable to
serve, or is absent without cause from all regular board meetings for a
period of one year, or is convicted of a misdemeanor for failing,
neglecting, or refusing to discharge any duty imposed upon a trustee by
this Act, or becomes a nonresident of the city, village, incorporated town,
or township, or who fails to pay the library taxes levied by the
corporate authorities.  Vacancies shall also be declared in the office of
trustee by the board when, at the election of the first board of library
trustees or at any subsequent election, there are not sufficient trustees
elected to fill an entire board of 7 trustees.
Vacancies in the board of trustees in a city or a village under the
commission form of government shall be reported to the mayor or
president and be filled in like manner as original appointments.
If a vacancy occurs in the board of trustees in any incorporated
town or village (other than a village under the commission form of
government) or in any township, the vacancy may be filled by the remaining
trustees until the next regular library election at which library trustees
are scheduled to be elected under the consolidated schedule of elections in
the general election law, at which election a trustee shall be elected to
fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. If, however, the
vacancy occurs with less than 28 months remaining in the term, and if the
vacancy occurs less than 88 days before the next regular scheduled election
for this office, then the person so appointed shall serve the remainder of
the unexpired term, and no election to fill the vacancy shall be held. If
there is a failure to appoint a library trustee or a failure to elect a
library trustee, or if the person elected or appointed fails to qualify for
office, the trustee may continue in office if available and qualified until
his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall
be filled within 90 days after a vacancy has been declared.
(Source: P.A. 102-977, eff. 5-27-22.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-5) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-5)
Sec. 4-5. 
		
		Trustees shall serve without compensation but shall be
reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties from library funds.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-6)
Sec. 4-6. 
		
		Within 60 days after their election or appointment, the trustees
shall take the oath of office and meet to
organize the board.  The required oath may be taken and subscribed before
the Secretary or Secretary pro tempore of the library board, the County
Clerk of the county containing all or a larger portion of the library, the
Judge entering the order for the establishment referendum or before any
other person authorized to administer oaths.
The first action taken at the organizational meeting of the board shall
be the election of a President and a Secretary and such other officers as
the board may deem necessary, and the board shall further provide in the
bylaws of the board as to the length of the terms in office.  The trustees
shall determine the time and place of all official meetings of the board at
which any legal action may be taken and shall post notice thereof at the
public library maintained by the board and at not less than one public
place within the corporate confines of the area of library service one day
in advance thereof.
(Source: P.A. 85-751.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-7)
Sec. 4-7. 
Each board of library trustees of a city, incorporated
town, village or township shall carry out the spirit and intent of this
Act in establishing, supporting and maintaining a public library or
libraries for providing library service and, in addition to but without
limiting other powers conferred by this Act, shall have the following powers:
1. To make and adopt such bylaws, rules and     regulations, for their own guidance and for the government of the library as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this Act;
2. To have the exclusive control of the expenditure     of all moneys collected for the library and deposited to the credit of the library fund;
3. To have the exclusive control of the construction     of any library building and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose;
4. To purchase or lease real or personal property,     and to construct an appropriate building or buildings for the use of a library established hereunder, using, at the board's option, contracts providing for all or part of the consideration to be paid through installments at stated intervals during a certain period not to exceed 20 years with interest on the unpaid balance at any lawful rate for municipal corporations in this State, except that contracts for installment purchases of real estate shall provide for not more than 75% of the total consideration to be repaid by installments, and to refund at any time any installment contract entered into pursuant to this paragraph by means of a refunding loan agreement, which may provide for installment payments of principal and interest to be made at stated intervals during a certain period not to exceed 20 years from the date of such refunding loan agreement, with interest on the unpaid principal balance at any lawful rate for municipal corporations in this State, except that no installment contract or refunding loan agreement for the same property or construction project may exceed an aggregate of 20 years;
5. To remodel or reconstruct a building erected or     purchased by the board, when such building is not adapted to its purposes or needs;
6. To sell or otherwise dispose of any real or     personal property that it deems no longer necessary or useful for library purposes, and to lease to others any real property not immediately useful but for which plans for ultimate use have been or will be adopted but the corporate authorities shall have the first right to purchase or lease except that in the case of the City of Chicago, this power shall be governed and limited by the Chicago Public Library Act;
7. To appoint and to fix the compensation of a     qualified librarian, who shall have the authority to hire such other employees as may be necessary, to fix their compensation, and to remove such appointees, subject to the approval of the board, but these powers are subject to Division 1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal Code in municipalities in which that Division is in force.  The board may also retain counsel and professional consultants as needed;
8. To contract with any public or private corporation     or entity for the purpose of providing or receiving library service or of performing any and all other acts necessary and proper to carry out the responsibilities, the spirit, and the provisions of this Act.  This contractual power includes, but is not limited to, participating in interstate library compacts and library systems, contracting to supply library services, and expending of any federal or State funds made available to any county, municipality, township or to the State of Illinois for library purposes. However, if a contract is for the supply of library services for residents without a public library established under the provisions of this Act, the terms of that contract will recognize the principle of equity or cost of services to non-residents expressed in this Section of this Act, and will provide for the assumption by the contracting party receiving the services of financial responsibility for the loss of or damage to any library materials provided to non-residents under the contract;
9. To join with the board or boards of any one or     more libraries in this State in maintaining libraries, or for the maintenance of a common library or common library services for participants, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by and between the boards;
10. To enter into contracts and to take title to any     property acquired by it for library purposes by the name and style of "The Board of Library Trustees of the (city, village, incorporated town or township) of ...." and by that name to sue and be sued;
11. To exclude from the use of the library any person     who wilfully violates the rules prescribed by the board;
12. To extend the privileges and use of the library,     including the borrowing of materials on an individual basis by persons residing outside of the city, incorporated town, village or township.  If the board exercises this power, the privilege of library use shall be upon such terms and conditions as the board shall from time to time by its regulations prescribe, and for such privileges and use, the board shall charge a nonresident fee at least equal to the cost paid by residents of the city, incorporated town, village or township, with the cost to be determined according to the formula established by the Illinois State Library. A person residing outside of a public library service area must apply for a non-resident library card at the public library located closest to the person's principal residence.  The nonresident cards shall allow for borrowing privileges at all participating public libraries in the regional library system.  The nonresident fee shall not apply to: privilege and use provided under the terms of the library's membership in a library system operating under the provisions of the Illinois Library System Act, under the terms of any reciprocal agreement with a public or private corporation or entity providing a library service; a nonresident who as an individual or as a partner, principal stockholder, or other joint owner owns or leases property that is taxed for library service  or is a senior administrative officer of a firm, business, or other corporation owning taxable property within the city, incorporated town, village or township upon the presentation of the most recent tax bill upon that taxable property or a copy of the commercial lease of that taxable property; or a nonresident in an unincorporated area in Illinois who is a student whose household falls at or below the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Income Eligibility Guidelines. The board may adopt regulations waiving the nonresident fee for persons under the age of 18;
13. To exercise the power of eminent domain subject     to the prior approval of the corporate authorities under Sections 5-1 and 5-2 of this Act;
14. To join the public library as a member and to     join the library trustees as members in the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association, non-profit, non-political, 501(c)(3) associations, as designated by the federal Internal Revenue Service, having the purpose of library development and librarianship; to provide for the payment of annual membership dues, fees and assessments and act by, through and in the name of such instrumentality by providing and disseminating information and research services, employing personnel and doing any and all other acts for the purpose of improving library development;
15. To invest funds pursuant to the Public Funds     Investment Act; and
16. To accumulate and set apart as reserve funds     portions of the unexpended balances of the proceeds received annually from taxes or other sources, for the purpose of providing self-insurance against liabilities relating to the public library.
(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20; 102-843, eff. 5-13-22.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-7.05)
Sec. 4-7.05. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-7.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-7.1)
Sec. 4-7.1. 
		
		In addition to all other powers and authority now possessed
by it, the board of library trustees shall have the following powers:
(1) To lease from any public building commission created pursuant to the
provisions of the Public Building Commission Act, as now or hereafter
amended, any real or personal property for library purposes for a period of
time not exceeding 20 years;
(2) To pay for the use of this leased property in accordance with the
terms of the lease and with the provisions of the Public Building
Commission Act, as now or hereafter amended;
(3) Such lease may be entered into without making a previous
appropriation for the expense thereby incurred. However, if the board
undertakes to pay all or any part of the costs of operating and maintaining
the property of a public building commission as authorized in subparagraph
(4) of this Section, such expenses of operation and maintenance shall be
included in the annual budget of such board annually during the term of
such undertaking;
(4) In addition, the board may undertake, either in the lease with a
public building commission or by separate agreement or contract with a
public building commission, to pay all or any part of the costs of
maintaining and operating the property of a public building commission for
any period of time not exceeding 40 years.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-7.2) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-7.2)
Sec. 4-7.2. 
		
		The board of library trustees shall establish, and review
at least biennially, a written policy for the selection of library
materials and the use of library materials and facilities.  No employee may
be disciplined or dismissed for the selection of library materials when the
selection is made in good faith and in accordance with the written policy
required to be established pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 85-751.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-7.3) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-7.3)
Sec. 4-7.3. 
		
		In municipalities of more than 500,000 population, the
board of library trustees shall make available at various branches of the
public library of the municipality applications for examination for and
appointment to positions as firefighters or police on the regularly
constituted fire or police department of such municipality. It is declared
to be the law of this State, pursuant to paragraph (g) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, that this Section is a denial of
the power of a home rule unit to fail to make applications available as
required by this Section.
(Source: P.A. 85-1342.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-8)
Sec. 4-8. 
		
		In cities of more than 500,000 population, the board of trustees
shall be governed by the provisions of Division 10 of Article 8 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and hereafter amended, in relation
to the letting of contracts and purchase orders in behalf of any library
and the power, functions and authority of the purchasing agent, board of
standardization and corporate authority in such cities.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-9) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-9)
Sec. 4-9. 
In townships and in cities, villages and incorporated towns
having a population of 500,000 or less, the board of trustees shall require
the treasurer of such board or such other person as may be designated as
the custodian of the moneys paid over to such board to give a bond to be
approved by such board and in such amount, not less than 50% of the total
funds received by the library in the last fiscal year, conditioned that
he will safely keep and
pay over upon the order of such board all funds received and held by him
for such board of trustees.  For a library in a city, village,
incorporated town or township, the board of library trustees may designate
the treasurer of the corporate authority, or the supervisor in the case
of a township, as the custodian of the library fund, and the bond
given by the treasurer or the supervisor shall satisfy the bond
requirements of this section when properly endorsed.  The cost of any
surety bond shall be borne by the library. As an alternative to a personal bond on the treasurer or custodian of funds, the board of trustees may require the treasurer or custodian to secure for the library an insurance policy or other insurance instrument that provides the library with coverage for negligent or intentional acts by library officials and employees that could result in the loss of library funds.  The coverage shall be in an amount at least equal to 50% of the average amount of the library's operating fund from the prior 3 fiscal years.  The coverage shall be placed with an insurer approved by the board.  The cost of any such coverage shall be borne by the library.  The library shall provide the Illinois State Library a copy of the library's certificate of insurance at the time the library's annual report is filed.
(Source: P.A. 97-101, eff. 1-1-12.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-10)
Sec. 4-10. 
Within 60 days after the expiration of each fiscal year of the
city, incorporated town, village or township, the board of trustees shall
make a report of the condition of their trust on the last day of the fiscal
year, to the city council, board of trustees or board of town trustees, as
the case may be. This report shall be made in writing and shall be verified
under oath by the secretary, or some other responsible officer of the board
of trustees. It shall contain (1) an itemized statement of the various
sums of money received from the library fund and from other sources; (2) an
itemized statement of the objects and purposes for which those sums of
money have been expended; (3) a statement of the number of books and
periodicals available for use, and the number and character thereof
circulated; (4) a statement of the real and personal property acquired by
legacy, purchase, gift or otherwise; (5) a statement of the
character of any extensions of library service which have been undertaken;
(6) (blank); (7) a statement as to the amount of
accumulations and the reasons therefor; (8) a statement as to any
outstanding liabilities including those for bonds still outstanding or
amounts due for judgments, settlements, liability insurance, or for amounts
due under a certificate of the board; (9) any other statistics, information
and suggestions that may be of interest. A report shall also be filed, at
the same time, with the Illinois State Library.
The board of trustees of a municipal library shall also submit to the city council, board of trustees or board of town trustees, along with the Illinois State Library, a statement of financial requirements of the library for the ensuing fiscal year for inclusion in the appropriation of the corporate authority, and of the amount of money which, in the judgment of the board of library trustees, will be necessary to levy for library purposes in the next annual tax levy ordinance. This statement shall be submitted no less than 60 days prior to when the tax levy must be certified under subsection (b) of Section 18-15 of the Property Tax Code.
The board of trustees in a
township shall also submit its appropriation and levy determinations to the
Board of Township Trustees as provided in "The Illinois Municipal Budget Law", as amended.
(Source: P.A. 100-245, eff. 8-22-17.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-11)
Sec. 4-11. 
		
		The powers granted boards of trustees shall be suspended during
any period that the city, incorporated town, village or township is included
within any public library district established under "The Illinois Public
Library District Act", as hereafter amended. However, such board shall
exercise its powers as to any portion of a city, village, incorporated town
or township which is not included within the district.
The board shall, under a court order or law, provide for payment of its
liabilities, transfer of its assets to and continuation of library services
by the library district within which has been wholly included, a city, or
village, or incorporated town or township.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-12) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-12)
Sec. 4-12. 
		
		Whenever any historical society or other civic body or
corporation, organized for the promotion of historical education, is
maintaining a historical museum and library within the territory served by
a public library subject to this Act, the board of trustees of such public
library may participate in the maintenance of such historical museum and
library upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by
the board of trustees of such public library and the governing
board of such historical society or other civic body or corporation.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-13) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-13)
Sec. 4-13. 
		
		A Board of Library Trustees may, by resolution, create
and maintain a working cash fund, for the sole purpose of enabling the
library board to have in its funds, at all times, sufficient money to
meet demands thereon for ordinary and necessary and committed
expenditures for library purposes.
Such working cash fund shall be known as the local library working
cash fund and may contain any amount deemed necessary by the Board to
satisfy the purpose of the fund; provided, that the balance in the fund
shall not at any time be allowed to exceed .2% of the full, fair cash
value of all taxable property within the corporate limits, as equalized
or assessed by the Department of Revenue as of the year
the fund is established or, if such fund is established after January 1,
1979, then for the year 1978. The money for such fund shall only accrue
from the local library working cash fund tax authorized to be levied
pursuant to Section 3-9.  The Board may appropriate moneys to the Working
cash fund up to the maximum amount allowable in the fund, and the working
cash fund may receive such appropriations and any other contributions.
Once the fund has been created, the proceeds shall be deposited in a
special and separate fund, and may be carried over, from year to year
without in any manner reducing or abating a future annual library tax
levy. It shall be identified in the appropriation each year, but shall
not be deemed as a current asset available for library purposes.
The proceeds of such fund may be transferred from the local library
working cash fund to the general library fund, and disbursed therefrom
in anticipation of the collection of taxes lawfully levied for general
library purposes or in anticipation of such taxes, as by law now or
hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the
State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government
and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal
property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution
of the State of Illinois. Such taxes when collected, and after payment
of tax warrants, shall be drawn upon to reimburse the working cash fund.
(Source: P.A. 85-459.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-13.1) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-13.1)
Sec. 4-13.1. 
		
		A Board of Library Trustees may, by resolution, abolish
a working cash fund established pursuant to Section 4-13 and direct the
transfer of any balance in such fund, including any interest that has accrued,
to the general library fund at the close of the fiscal year.  However, if
the board abolished a working cash fund under this provision, it shall not
establish another working cash fund, unless establishment of the fund is
approved by a majority of the voters of the city, village, incorporated
town or township voting on the question at a referendum.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-14) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-14)
Sec. 4-14. 
		
		A Board of Library Trustees may, by resolution, provide for
(a) the payment, in the manner provided for in Section 9-104 of the "Local
Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act", of any judgment
for which it is liable; (b) the making of payments to settle or compromise
a claim or action against the board; and (c) the contracting and payment of
premiums for insurance against loss or liability, as provided in Section
9-103 of the "Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act".
In addition, the board may include in the statement of financial
requirements in its annual report to the corporate authorities the specific
sums required to make the payments provided for in the first paragraph of
this Section and the amount of any additional taxes it will be necessary to
levy for those purposes. The corporate authorities may levy a tax for these
purposes under Section 9-107 of the "Local Governmental and Governmental
Employees Tort Immunity Act".
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-15) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-15)
Sec. 4-15. 
		
		Appropriations for library purposes within the annual appropriation
ordinance of the corporate authority, shall terminate with the close of the
fiscal year of the library, except that any remaining balances shall be
available for 90 days thereafter for the authorization of the
payment and the payment of
obligations incurred either before the close of the fiscal year or
within the 90-day period thereafter.  All balances remaining after such
90-day period shall
be available for transfer to be accumulated
under Sections 5-1 and 5-8 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-998.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-16)
Sec. 4-16. 
		
		When the board of trustees has determined to sell or
otherwise dispose of real or personal property that it deems no longer
necessary or useful for library purposes, such may be sold or disposed of
at a public sale, but the corporate authorities shall have the first right
to purchase such property for public or corporate purposes by meeting bids
acceptable to the board.
1.  Personal property of any value may be donated or be sold to any
other tax supported library or to any library system operating under the
provisions of the Illinois Library System Act under such terms or conditions
as the board may determine.
2.  Personal property having a unit value of $1,000 or less may be
disposed of as the board may determine.
3.  Personal property having a unit value of more than $1,000 but less
than $2,500 may be displayed at the library, and a public notice of its
availability, the date and the terms of the proposed sale shall be posted.
4. In all other cases, the board shall publish notice of the
availability and location of the real or personal property and the date and
terms of the proposed sale, giving such notice once each week for 2
successive weeks.  Such notice shall be published in one or more newspapers
published within the city, incorporated town, village or township, or, if
there is no such newspaper, then at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the city, incorporated town, village, or township.
On the day of a sale conducted pursuant to the provisions of this
Section the board shall proceed with the sale and may sell such property
for a price determined by the board, or, to the highest bidder.  Where the
board deems the bids inadequate, it may reject such bids and re-advertise the
sale.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-17) (from Ch. 81, par. 4-17)
Sec. 4-17. 
		
		Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in
compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the
Eighty-fourth General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 84-731.)
(75 ILCS 5/4-18)
Sec. 4-18. Advisory referenda.  By a vote of the majority of the members of the board of trustees, the board may authorize an advisory question directly related to the operation of the library to be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the city, village, incorporated town, or township in which the public library is located. The board shall certify the question to the proper election authority, which must submit the question at an election in accordance with the Election Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-462, eff. 8-25-17.)