22RS HB 480

House Bill 480

Actions

Last Action	02/10/22: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to library district boards.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	340
Sponsor	P. Flannery
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to public library districts to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023; establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.520 to provide libraries the authority to lease and build to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing or constructing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to library districts formed by petition to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023, and establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.745 to provide libraries the authority to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Index Headings of Original Version	Courts, Fiscal - Library district boards, approval of county judge/executive appointments Education, Elementary and Secondary - Library district boards, building usage permitted Education, Higher - Library district boards, building usage permitted Education, Vocational - Library district boards, building usage permitted Effective Dates, Delayed - Library district boards, January 1, 2023 Libraries - Library district boards, appointments Local Government - County judge/executive, library district boards, appointments Special Districts - Library district boards, county judge/executive appointments Counties - Judge/executive, library district boards, appointments