Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to be elected or serve as library trustee: unless he or she is a qualified elector of the local jurisdiction and has resided in it for at least one year at the time he or she files nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a write-in candidate or is presented for appointment; or who, at the time of his or her appointment or filing of nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a write-in candidate, is in arrears in the payment of property tax due to the library or has been convicted in any court in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991 making conforming changes to the wording of the trustee eligibility requirements. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1149 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Third Reading in House	2019-05-21	116	0	0	0	116	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2019-03-07	55	0	4	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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