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February 28, 2007

We Accept It! We Reject It!

ILA has weighed in on upcoming state legislation: the most recent ILA update spells out which bills ILA supports, which it opposes, and which it’s neutral on. All told, there are nine supported bills, eight opposed bills, and five neutral bills. To break it down simply:

ILA supports bills regarding Public Library District Annexation, the Open Meetings Act, the Public Library District Act, petition requirements for library board candidates, the state library’s Literacy Advisory Board, mandatory Internet safety education, and tax cap flexibility.

ILA opposes bills regarding expanded and extended tax caps, mandatory computer filters (including the infamous social network site ban), registered sex offenders’ access to libraries as voting facilities, and changes to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.

ILA is neutral on bills regarding appropriations for a state library partnership, the Illinois Library Records Confidentiality Act, and libraries being provided with lists of area sex offenders.

So there’s a lot of stuff in there—some of it more exciting than others, but all of it important. Check out ILA Update #3 for the nitty-gritty details on all of these.

posted by Alan at 8:55 am |

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