Illinois Compiled Statutes 75 ILCS 65 — Libraries in Parks Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Libraries in Parks Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

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 establ…

Eminent domain

Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

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 t…

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, supe…

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 he…