Illinois Compiled Statutes
60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.
Article 153 - Township Library

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 153 heading)

 
(60 ILCS 1/153-5)
Sec. 153-5.
Establishment and maintenance of library.
A township
may establish and maintain a public library as provided in the Illinois
Local Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
 
(60 ILCS 1/153-50)
Sec. 153-50.
Township committee on literacy.
(a) The township board of trustees may appoint a township committee on
literacy of at least 5 members, and shall initially establish the length of the
members' terms for one, 2, and 3 years, staggering the terms so that after the
initial appointments, the term of each member shall be for 3 years, and that
the smallest possible portion of the terms on the committee will expire in any
single calendar year.
(b) The township committee on literacy may provide programs to combat
and prevent illiteracy and alliteracy and meet the basic skill needs of local
residents.
(c) The township committee on literacy shall cooperate with existing
alliteracy and literacy programs, libraries, other governmental entities, and
with any other organization, association, agency, or person in the fostering,
development, and provision of local programs designed to combat and prevent
illiteracy and alliteracy and to meet the basic skill needs of local residents.
(d) The township committee on literacy, with the approval of the
township board of trustees, may contract with other governmental entities
and with any other organization, association, agency, or person in order to
provide programs to combat and prevent illiteracy and alliteracy and to meet
the basic skill needs of local residents.
(e) Members of the township committee on literacy shall select one of
its members to serve as chairperson and may elect any other officers as
necessary.

(Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-356; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

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