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Bill	LIBRARY SYSTEM ACT-AREA SERVED	Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the definition of "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. Provides 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 service and approved by the State Librarian. Provides that if moneys appropriated for grants exceed or fail to meet the $1.25 per capita amount for the population of the area served by a qualifying public library, the funding shall be increased or decreased pro rata so that qualifying public libraries receive the same amount in excess of or less than the $1.25 per capita amount. Effective July 1, 2015.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 1523	Illinois SB 1523 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2015-02-20	2015-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/7de5290d-74e7-4437-a250-3682b41ebecd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1523&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88185&SessionID=88&GA=99	93ec1fb9fe9551fc219c4aae1c46f8fb9e5fe4735ea13aaa088a970cc06630e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1523 (99th) — LIBRARY SYSTEM ACT-AREA SERVED

Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the definition of "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. Provides 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 service and approved by the State Librarian. Provides that if moneys appropriated for grants exceed or fail to meet the $1.25 per capita amount for the population of the area served by a qualifying public library, the funding shall be increased or decreased pro rata so that qualifying public libraries receive the same amount in excess of or less than the $1.25 per capita amount. Effective July 1, 2015.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pat McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-03 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Postponed - Local Government
• 2015-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2015-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-03-18 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
• 2015-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2015
• 2015-04-23 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2015-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-04 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-08 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
• 2015-05-14 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-29 Effective Date July 29, 2015
• 2015-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0186 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7de5290d-74e7-4437-a250-3682b41ebecd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).