Last Action | 04/14/22: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 221) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to library district boards. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 221
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1820 |
Sponsors | P. Wheeler, J. Turner, J. Schickel |
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 |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3 House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Governor's Veto Message | Veto |
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Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; eliminate the requirement for library members to have a postsecondary credential that is at least the level of an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. |
Index Headings |
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Library district board members, education requirements, adjusted Education, Higher - Library district board members, education requirements, adjusted Education, Vocational - Library district board members, education requirements, adjusted Libraries - Library district board members, education requirements, adjusted Special Districts - Library district board members, education requirements, adjusted Counties - Library district board members, education requirements, adjusted |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | M. Nemes |
Summary | Remove requirement that existing library board members' terms expire as of December 31, 2022; allow the library board members to finish serving their terms; require vacancies to be filled. |
Index Headings |
Libraries - Board members' terms, expiration mandate, removal Boards and Commissions - Library board members' terms, expiration mandate, removal |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | P. Wheeler |
Summary | Lower the requirement of an unanimous vote of the board to a majority vote of the board when voting on leasing or constructing appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions or approving expenditures for capital projects over $500,000; increase the total capital project expenditure amount that requires a vote of the board and approval of the fiscal court from $500,000 to $1,000,000; make technical corrections. |
Index Headings |
Courts, Fiscal - Library district boards, building usage and capital project expenditure, approval Education, Elementary and Secondary - Library district boards, building usage, vote requirements Education, Higher - Library district boards, building usage, vote requirements Education, Vocational - Library district boards, building usage, vote requirements Libraries - Building usage and capital project expenditure, vote requirement Libraries - Capital projects, total expenditure amount, approval requirement Technical Corrections - SB 167/SCS 1 |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 3 |
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Sponsor | P. Wheeler |
Summary | Remove the requirement that the terms of the existing board members expire; remove the requirement that new persons be appointed to the board as of January 1, 2023; remove the age, residency, and geographical requirements of board members; allow the county judge/executive to use an alternative appointment process for appointing members to a library board when the fiscal court adopts an alternative appointment process through the passage of a resolution. |
Index Headings |
County Judges/Executive - Library boards, membership requirements, alternative appointment process Courts, Fiscal - Library boards, membership requirements, alternative appointment process Libraries - Board membership requirements, alternative appointment process Boards and Commissions - Library districts, membership requirements, alternative appointment process |
Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions, except amend the process when appointing board members or filling vacancies throughout the bill to require the county judge/executive to request the Department for Libraries and Archives to submit two additional recommendations for each board position that remains unfilled from the first set of recommendations prior to allowing the judge/executive to appoint members of his or her choosing; exempt public library construction fund awards that were made before the effective date of this Act from the requirement that projects costing $1,000,000 or more must receive a majority vote of the board and approval of the fiscal court. |
Index Headings |
County Judges/Executive - Library districts, board appointment process Courts, Fiscal - Library districts, board appointment process Courts, Fiscal - Library districts, public library facilities construction fund, award approval of awards, timing Libraries - Library districts, board appointment process Libraries - Library districts, public library facilities construction fund, award approval of awards, timing Local Government - Library districts, board appointment process Local Government - Library districts, public library facilities construction fund, award approval of awards, timing Special Districts - Library districts, board appointment process Special Districts - Library districts, public library facilities construction fund, award approval of awards, timing Counties - Library districts, board appointment process Counties - Library districts, public library facilities construction fund, award approval of awards, timing |
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