(75 ILCS 65/0.01)

(from Ch. 81, par. 40.9)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Libraries in Parks Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

(75 ILCS 65/1)

(from Ch. 81, par. 41)

Sec. 1.

That the corporate authorities of cities and park districts, or any board of park commissioners having the control or supervision of any public park or parks, are hereby authorized to permit any free public library, organized under the terms and provisions of an act entitled, "An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public libraries in cities, villages and towns of this State," approved June 17, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, to erect and maintain, at its own expense, its library building within any public park now or hereafter under the control or supervision of such city, park district or board of park commissioners and to contract with any such free public library relative to the erection, maintenance and administration thereof. If any owner or owners of any lands or lots abutting or fronting on any such park, or adjacent thereto, or any other person or persons, have any right, easement, interest or property in such public park appurtenant to their lands or lots, or otherwise, which would be interfered with by the erection and maintenance of any free public library building, as hereinbefore provided, or any right to have such public park, or any part thereof, remain open and vacant and free from any buildings the corporate authorities of the city or park district or any board of park commissioners, having control of such park, may condemn the same in the manner prescribed for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, and the amendments thereto.

(Source: P.A. 82‑783.)

(75 ILCS 65/2)

(from Ch. 81, par. 42)

Sec. 2.

The directors, trustees or managers of any public library which shall erect its library building in or upon any public park, under the terms and provisions as aforesaid, shall, so long as said building is maintained as a free public library, control, direct and manage the affairs of such library, as heretofore, under the terms and provisions of an act entitled, "An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public libraries in cities, villages and towns of this State," approved June 17, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, and in all respects the same as though the said building was not erected in or upon a public park.

(Source: Laws 1903, p. 262.)

(75 ILCS 65/3)

(from Ch. 81, par. 43)

Sec. 3.

In case the directors, trustees or managers of any free public library, or a majority of them, shall make request in writing, of the corporate authorities of such city, park district or board of park commissioners for permission to erect a free public library building in or upon any public park, under the control, supervision or jurisdiction of such city, park district or board of park commissioners designating the site desired and the general style and approximate cost of such building, it shall be the duty of the clerk or secretary thereof to certify the resolution and proposition of granting such request to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law; and if a majority of the legal voters, voting upon such question at any such election shall favor the granting by said city, park district or board of park commissioners of the aforesaid request, then the said authorities or board of park commissioners shall authorize the erection of said building, as aforesaid, and if necessary proceed to condemn, as aforesaid, any right, easement or interest, belonging to such abutting property owners, which would be interfered with by the erection of said library building, and such city or park district shall have the power to pay for any right, easement or interest so condemned out of its general revenues.

(Source: P.A. 81‑1489.)

(75 ILCS 65/3a)

(from Ch. 81, par. 44)

Sec. 3a.

The corporate authorities of any park district whose limits are co‑extensive with the limits of any city, village, or incorporated town lying wholly within any congressional township, in which there is established and maintained a free public library under "The Illinois Local Library Law", approved July 12, 1965, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or the corporate authorities of any such city, village, or incorporated town having the control or supervision of any public park or parks, may permit the board of library trustees having control of such library or the board of trustees of a library district whose geographical area of service includes all or part of a public park or park district to erect and maintain in any public park of such park district, city, village, or incorporated town, a library building which shall be under the exclusive control and supervision of the board of library trustees, so long as such building is used as a free public library; and may contract with such board of library trustees relative to the erection and maintenance and administration thereof. Any portion of such building less than the whole which shall not from time to time be needed for library purposes, may be rented for public purposes only by the board of library trustees to or with the consent of such park district, city, village, or incorporated town.

(Source: P.A. 84‑770.)