12-1247. Library districts; tax levy, procedure to increase levy; certification to county clerk.
12-1247
12-1247. Library districts; tax levy, procedure to increase levy;
certification to county clerk.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the directors of the
library district, as the governing body thereof and in the same manner
as required by law applying to other taxing
units, shall levy annually a tax not to exceed 1.5 mills on
each dollar assessed tangible valuation for the property of the library
district, for the maintenance and support of a free public library, to be
levied and collected in like manner with other taxes. The
library board shall certify the levy on or
before August 25th of each
year to the county clerk who is hereby authorized and required to place the
same on the tax rolls of the county to be collected by the treasurer
of the county and to be paid over by the county
treasurer to the treasurer of the
library district.
(b) The directors of the library district shall
have the authority to increase the mill levy authorized by subsection (a)
in an amount not to exceed 3 mills on each dollar
assessed tangible valuation for the property of the library district for
the acquisition, maintenance and support of a free public library by
adoption of a resolution. Such resolution shall be published once each
week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the
library district. If within 30 days after the last publication of the
resolution, a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors
in the library district is filed in the office of the county election
officer requesting an election thereon, no levy in an amount exceeding 1.5
mills shall be made unless the question is submitted to and approved by a
majority of the voters of the library district voting at an election. Such
election shall be called and held in the manner provided under the general
bond law. If the question is approved, the levy shall be
certified and placed on the tax rolls in the same manner provided by subsection (a).
History: L. 1965, ch. 145, § 12;
L. 1986, ch. 72, § 1; April 17.