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August 21, 2008

Blagojevich Goes 1-2 on Library Bills

Governor Blagojevich has been busy this week.

As ILA reports, he has signed the Internet Safety Education Curriculum Bill into law, but has vetoed two other library-related bills: a per capita equalization grant bill, and a bill supporting an increase in county law library fees.

On the first vetoed bill, ILA’s Bob Doyle writes:

In ILA’s estimation, the governor’s changes take away local control and greatly adds to the cost of providing local library service. While the ILA Public Policy Committee and the ILA Executive Board have not taken a formal position yet, ILA will most likely oppose the governor’s changes. The sponsor of the bill will likely ask for an override of the governor’s changes during the Fall 2008 Veto Session in November. ILA assumes that the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office will oppose the governor’s action, since this changes the intention of their legislation.

The House is expected to override the governor’s action; it is unclear what action the Senate may take; and if both chambers override the governor’s veto, then HB 4527 will become law as originally passed. If the Illinois General Assembly fails to override the governor veto, then both the original bill and the amendatorily vetoed bill will both fail.

And on the second, Bob just states that “ILA will work for an override of the governor’s veto during the Fall 2008 Veto Session in November.”

If you’re interested in hearing more about these bills, or want to get a sense of ILA’s next steps on them, you might want to stop by NSLS (or another system headquarters, if one is closer to you) on Monday, September 8 at noon for ILA’s Public Policy Committee meeting.

posted by Alan at 12:15 pm | Comments (0)