Illinois Statutes Chapter 75. Libraries § 16/10-10. 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.  1