HB 2747 — LIBRARY SYSTEMS-STATE GRANTS

*LRB10409718RTM19784b* HB2747 104THEngrossed GENERALLRB104 ASSEMBLY09718 StateRTM of19784 Illinoisb andAN 2026ACT HB2747concerning Introducedlocal 2/6/2025,government. by Rep.

Michelle Mussman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 10/8 from Ch.

81, par.

118 Amends the Illinois Library System Act.

In provisions concerning State grants, provides that the grants shall include, among other things, planning and construction grants to library systems and public libraries that are members of a library system (rather than planning and construction grants to public libraries and library systems) and grants to improve or enhance security of libraries.

LRB104 09718 RTM 19784 b A BILL FOR HB2747 LRB104 09718 RTM 19784 b AN ACT concerning local government.

(b) An annual equalization grant shall be made to all public libraries for which the corporate authorities levy a HB2747 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 09718 RTM 19784 b tax for library purposes at a rate not less than .13% of the value of all the taxable property as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue if the amount of tax revenue obtained from a rate of .13% produces less than $17.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property taxes for Fiscal Year 2025 and thereafter.

If a library is subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code and its tax levy for library purposes has been lowered to a rate of less than .13%, the library will qualify for this grant if the library levied a tax for library purposes that met the requirements for this grant in the previous year and if the tax levied for library HB2747 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 09718 RTM 19784 b purposes in the current year produces tax revenue for the library that is an increase over the previous year's extension of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, and the tax revenue produced by this levy is less than $17.50 per capita in property tax revenue from property taxes for the Fiscal Year 2025 and thereafter.

(1) For library systems, the sum of $1.46 per capita of the population of the area served plus the sum of $50.75 HB2747 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 09718 RTM 19784 b per square mile or fraction thereof of the area served except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection.

(d) The "area served" for the purposes of making and expending annual Library System grants means the area that lies within the geographic boundaries of the library system as approved by the State Librarian, except that grant funding awarded to a library system may also be expended for the provision of services to members of other library systems if such an expenditure is included in a library system's plan of HB2747 Engrossed - 5 - LRB104 09718 RTM 19784 b service and is approved by the State Librarian.