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| 1 | 2 | HOUSE BILL No. 2176 | |
| 2 | - | AN ACT concerning library districts; creating the Arkansas city area public library district | |
| 3 | - | act and the Udall area public library district act; requiring an election to create such | |
| 4 | - | district; authorizing a tax levy therefor; amending K.S.A. 75-2554 and repealing the | |
| 5 | - | existing section. | |
| 3 | + | By Representatives Rhiley and Roth | |
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| 5 | + | AN ACT creating the Arkansas city area public library district act; | |
| 6 | + | requiring an election to create such district; authorizing a tax levy | |
| 7 | + | therefor; amending K.S.A. 75-2554 and repealing the existing section. | |
| 6 | 8 | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: | |
| 7 | 9 | New Section 1. When used in this act and unless otherwise | |
| 8 | 10 | specifically provided therein: | |
| 9 | 11 | (a) "Board of education" means the board of education of unified | |
| 10 | 12 | school district No. 470; | |
| 11 | 13 | (b) "city" means the city of Arkansas city, Kansas; | |
| 12 | 14 | (c) "county" means Cowley county; | |
| 13 | 15 | (d) "library" means a library that serves the general public and is | |
| 14 | 16 | supported in whole or in part with tax moneys and shall be called the | |
| 15 | 17 | Arkansas city area library district; | |
| 16 | - | (e) "library district" means all territory located within the | |
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| 18 | - | (f) "library district board" means the library district board of | |
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| 18 | + | (e) "library district" means all territory located within the boundaries | |
| 19 | + | of unified school district No. 470; and | |
| 20 | + | (f) "library district board" means the library district board of trustees | |
| 21 | + | appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act. | |
| 20 | 22 | New Sec. 2. (a) The board of trustees of the Arkansas city public | |
| 21 | 23 | library may adopt a resolution proposing to create a library district and | |
| 22 | - | stating the proposed tax levy amount for the library district. Copies of | |
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| 24 | + | stating the proposed tax levy amount for the library district. Copies of the | |
| 25 | + | resolutions shall be filed with the county election officer, who shall call | |
| 26 | + | and hold an election thereon in the manner provided by the general bond | |
| 27 | + | law. | |
| 26 | 28 | (b) If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed library | |
| 27 | 29 | district vote in favor of the proposition: | |
| 28 | 30 | (1) A library district shall be established and maintained, and a | |
| 29 | 31 | library district board shall be appointed as provided in this act; | |
| 30 | - | (2) all contracts entered into by the Arkansas city public library | |
| 31 | - | shall be binding on the library district board appointed pursuant to | |
| 32 | - | section 3, and amendments thereto; and | |
| 33 | - | (3) all outstanding bonds, debts and other obligations of the | |
| 34 | - | Arkansas city public library shall become an obligation of the Arkansas | |
| 35 | - | city area library district, except that all bonds and debts relating to the | |
| 36 | - | ownership or improvement of the real property on which the Arkansas | |
| 37 | - | city public library operates shall remain an obligation of the city of | |
| 38 | - | Arkansas city, Kansas. | |
| 39 | - | New Sec. 3. (a) Any library district created pursuant to the | |
| 40 | - | provisions of this act shall be governed by a board of trustees. The | |
| 41 | - | board shall consist of seven members. Each member shall be a resident | |
| 42 | - | of the library district. Four members shall be appointed by the | |
| 43 | - | governing body of the city of Arkansas city with one such member | |
| 44 | - | residing outside the city. Three members shall be appointed by the | |
| 45 | - | board of education and shall reside outside the city of Arkansas city. | |
| 32 | + | (2) all contracts entered into by the Arkansas city public library shall | |
| 33 | + | be binding on the library district board appointed pursuant to section 3, | |
| 34 | + | and amendments thereto; and | |
| 35 | + | (3) all outstanding bonds, debts and other obligations of the Arkansas | |
| 36 | + | city public library shall become an obligation of the Arkansas city area | |
| 37 | + | library district, except that all bonds and debts relating to the ownership or | |
| 38 | + | improvement of the real property on which the Arkansas city public library | |
| 39 | + | operates shall remain an obligation of the city of Arkansas city, Kansas. | |
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| 76 | + | New Sec. 3. (a) Any library district created pursuant to the provisions | |
| 77 | + | of this act shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board shall consist | |
| 78 | + | of seven members. Four members shall be appointed by the governing | |
| 79 | + | body of the city of Arkansas city with one such member residing outside | |
| 80 | + | the city. Three members shall be appointed by the board of education and | |
| 81 | + | shall reside outside the city of Arkansas city. | |
| 46 | 82 | (b) Members of the board of directors of the Arkansas city public | |
| 47 | - | library serving prior to the election creating the library district shall | |
| 48 | - | remain on the board until the expiration of the term for which the | |
| 49 | - | member was originally appointed. Such members shall be eligible for | |
| 50 | - | reappointment. | |
| 51 | - | (c) Members of the library district board shall be appointed for a | |
| 52 | - | term of four years and until their successors are appointed and | |
| 53 | - | qualified. No person who has been appointed for two consecutive four- | |
| 54 | - | year terms to the library board shall be eligible for further appointment | |
| 55 | - | to the library board until one year after the expiration of the second | |
| 56 | - | term. Vacancies on the library district board shall be filled by | |
| 57 | - | appointment for the unexpired term. | |
| 58 | - | (d) Members of the library district board shall receive no | |
| 59 | - | compensation but shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses in | |
| 60 | - | attending meetings and in carrying out their duties as members of the HOUSE BILL No. 2176—page 2 | |
| 61 | - | board. | |
| 62 | - | New Sec. 4. (a) Each year, the members of the library district | |
| 63 | - | board shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson, a | |
| 64 | - | secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as they may deem | |
| 65 | - | necessary. The board shall fix the date and place of its regular meetings, | |
| 66 | - | and special meetings may be called by the chairperson or upon written | |
| 67 | - | request of a majority of the members. Written notice, stating the time | |
| 68 | - | and place of any special meeting and the purpose for which called, | |
| 69 | - | unless waived, shall be given to each member of the board at least two | |
| 70 | - | days in advance of such meeting, and no business other than business | |
| 71 | - | stated in the notice shall be transacted at such meeting. | |
| 72 | - | (b) The treasurer of the library district board shall give bond in an | |
| 73 | - | amount fixed by the library district board and approved by the board of | |
| 74 | - | education. The bond shall be filed with the county clerk. | |
| 75 | - | (c) The county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of the | |
| 76 | - | library district board all funds collected for the maintenance and | |
| 77 | - | support of the library district, and the treasurer of the library district | |
| 78 | - | board shall pay out the funds on orders of the board signed by the | |
| 79 | - | secretary and chairperson. Such treasurer shall keep an accurate record | |
| 80 | - | of all moneys received and disbursed and make a report to the library | |
| 81 | - | board monthly, or as often as the board requires. | |
| 82 | - | New Sec. 5. The library shall be free for the use of the residents of | |
| 83 | - | the library district, subject to reasonable rules and regulations as the | |
| 84 | - | library district board may adopt. The library district board may exclude | |
| 85 | - | from the use of the library any person who shall willfully violate such | |
| 86 | - | rules. The library district board may extend the use and privilege of | |
| 87 | - | such library to nonresidents of the district, charge nonresidents a | |
| 88 | - | reasonable fee and make exchanges of books with any other library | |
| 89 | - | upon such terms and conditions as the library district board may | |
| 90 | - | prescribe. | |
| 91 | - | New Sec. 6. The library district board shall constitute a body | |
| 92 | - | corporate and politic, possessing the usual powers of a corporation for | |
| 93 | - | public purposes and may contract, sue and be sued and acquire, hold | |
| 94 | - | and convey real and personal property in accordance with law. Further, | |
| 95 | - | the board shall have the power to: | |
| 96 | - | (a) Make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of | |
| 97 | - | the library; | |
| 98 | - | (b) purchase or lease a site or sites and to lease or to erect a | |
| 99 | - | building or buildings for the use of the library; | |
| 100 | - | (c) acquire by purchase, gift or exchange any books, magazines, | |
| 101 | - | papers, printed materials, slides, pictures, films, projection equipment, | |
| 102 | - | phonograph records and other materials and equipment deemed | |
| 103 | - | necessary by the board for the maintenance and extension of modern | |
| 104 | - | library services; | |
| 105 | - | (d) employ a librarian and such other employees as the board | |
| 106 | - | deems necessary, to remove such employees and to fix their | |
| 107 | - | compensation; | |
| 108 | - | (e) establish and maintain a library or libraries and traveling | |
| 109 | - | library services within the district or within any other municipality with | |
| 110 | - | which service contract arrangements have been made; | |
| 111 | - | (f) contract with other libraries or with the governing body of a | |
| 112 | - | municipality for the furnishing of library services to the inhabitants of | |
| 113 | - | such municipality to the extent and upon such terms as may be agreed | |
| 114 | - | upon and to contract with any school board to furnish library services | |
| 115 | - | to any school library or to use the library facilities of the public school | |
| 116 | - | to supplement the facilities of the public library; | |
| 117 | - | (g) receive, accept and administer any moneys appropriated or | |
| 118 | - | granted to it by the state or the federal government or any agency or | |
| 119 | - | subdivision thereof for the purpose of aiding or providing library | |
| 120 | - | services; | |
| 121 | - | (h) receive and accept any gift or donation to the library and | |
| 122 | - | administer the same in accordance with any provisions thereof. If no | |
| 123 | - | provisions are specified, the board shall have the power to hold, invest | |
| 124 | - | or reinvest the gift and any dividends, interest, rent or income derived HOUSE BILL No. 2176—page 3 | |
| 125 | - | from the gift in the manner the board deems will best serve the interests | |
| 126 | - | of the library; | |
| 127 | - | (i) receive and accept any grant, gift, donation or appropriated or | |
| 128 | - | other funds from the United States government, or its agencies, or any | |
| 129 | - | other source whatsoever for the purposes of the library district | |
| 130 | - | established under this act; | |
| 131 | - | (j) make annual reports to the state librarian and the governing | |
| 132 | - | body of the board of education each year for the preceding calendar | |
| 133 | - | year showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its | |
| 134 | - | control and showing such statistical information relating to library | |
| 135 | - | materials acquired and on hand, number of library users, library | |
| 136 | - | services available and other information of general interest as the | |
| 137 | - | governing body requires; and | |
| 138 | - | (k) place moneys received from sources other than a tax levy for | |
| 139 | - | library purposes in a separate fund or funds or in the fund to which the | |
| 140 | - | tax levy moneys are credited, unless the grantor or donor directs how | |
| 141 | - | and for what purpose the money shall be spent. | |
| 142 | - | New Sec. 7. (a) The library district board shall prepare an annual | |
| 143 | - | budget for the maintenance, support and operation of the library. Prior | |
| 144 | - | to the certification of its budget to the board of education, the library | |
| 145 | - | district board shall meet for the purpose of answering and hearing | |
| 146 | - | objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed budget and for the | |
| 147 | - | purpose of considering amendments to such proposed budget. The | |
| 148 | - | library district board shall give at least 10 days' notice of the time and | |
| 149 | - | place of the meeting by publication in a weekly or daily newspaper | |
| 150 | - | having general circulation in the taxing district. Such notice shall | |
| 151 | - | include the proposed budget and shall set out all essential items in the | |
| 152 | - | budget. The public hearing required to be held shall be held not less | |
| 153 | - | than 10 days prior to the date on which the library board is required to | |
| 154 | - | certify its budget to the board of education. After such hearing, the | |
| 155 | - | budget shall be adopted or amended and adopted by the library district | |
| 156 | - | board by passage of a resolution. A copy of the budget shall be filed | |
| 157 | - | with the clerk of the board of education and the Cowley county clerk. | |
| 158 | - | (b) Any resolution adopted under subsection (a) shall state the | |
| 159 | - | total amount of the tax to be levied for the library district by the board | |
| 160 | - | of education. The resolution shall be published once each week for two | |
| 161 | - | consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the taxing district. Such | |
| 162 | - | tax levy shall be levied on behalf of the library district by the board of | |
| 163 | - | education. | |
| 164 | - | (c) Such tax levy amount may be levied in each successive budget | |
| 165 | - | year unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition to | |
| 166 | - | increase the tax levy in excess of the current tax levy, signed by at least | |
| 167 | - | 5% of the qualified voters of the taxing district, is filed with the county | |
| 168 | - | election officer within 30 days following the date of the last publication | |
| 169 | - | of the resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such increased | |
| 170 | - | levy shall be made without such proposition having been submitted to | |
| 171 | - | and approved by a majority of the voters of the taxing district voting at | |
| 172 | - | an election. | |
| 173 | - | (d) Any such election shall be called and held in the manner | |
| 174 | - | provided by the general bond law, and the cost of the election shall be | |
| 175 | - | paid by the library district board. Such taxes shall be levied and | |
| 176 | - | collected in like manner as other taxes, and the board of education shall | |
| 177 | - | certify such levy to the county clerk, who is hereby authorized to levy | |
| 178 | - | tax on behalf of the library district. | |
| 179 | - | (e) The tax levy provided in this section shall not be considered to | |
| 180 | - | be a tax levy of the board of education. | |
| 181 | - | (f) All financial records of the library board shall be audited as | |
| 182 | - | provided in K.S.A. 75- 1122, and amendments thereto, and a copy of | |
| 183 | - | such annual audit report shall be filed with the board of education | |
| 184 | - | and with the Cowley county clerk. The cost of each audit shall be paid | |
| 185 | - | by the library district board. | |
| 186 | - | (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the date the | |
| 187 | - | tax levy provided for in this act takes effect, no tax levy on land within | |
| 188 | - | the library district created by this act shall be imposed for any HOUSE BILL No. 2176—page 4 | |
| 189 | - | subsequent calendar year to support a regional system of cooperating | |
| 190 | - | libraries. On such date, the Arkansas city public library shall cease to | |
| 191 | - | be a participating library in the south central Kansas library system. | |
| 192 | - | Such library district may submit a petition to join the south central | |
| 193 | - | Kansas library system as a participating library. | |
| 194 | - | New Sec. 8. Sections 1 through 8, and amendments thereto, shall | |
| 195 | - | be known and may be cited as the Arkansas city area public library | |
| 196 | - | district act. | |
| 197 | - | New Sec. 9. When used in this act and unless otherwise | |
| 198 | - | specifically provided therein: | |
| 199 | - | (a) "Board of education" means the board of education of unified | |
| 200 | - | school district No. 463; | |
| 201 | - | (b) "city" means the city of Udall, Kansas; | |
| 202 | - | (c) "county" means Cowley county; | |
| 203 | - | (d) "library" means a library that serves the general public and is | |
| 204 | - | supported in whole or in part with tax moneys and shall be called the | |
| 205 | - | Udall area public district library; | |
| 206 | - | (e) "library district" means all territory located within the | |
| 207 | - | boundaries of unified school district No. 463; and | |
| 208 | - | (f) "library district board" means the library district board of | |
| 209 | - | trustees appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act. | |
| 210 | - | New Sec. 10. (a) The board of trustees of the Udall public library | |
| 211 | - | may adopt a resolution proposing to create a library district and stating | |
| 212 | - | the proposed tax levy amount for the library district. Copies of the | |
| 213 | - | resolutions shall be filed with the county election officer, who shall call | |
| 214 | - | and hold an election thereon. Such election shall be called and held in | |
| 215 | - | the manner provided by the general bond law. | |
| 216 | - | (b) If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed library | |
| 217 | - | district vote in favor of the proposition: | |
| 218 | - | (1) A library district shall be established and maintained, and a | |
| 219 | - | library district board shall be appointed as provided in this act; | |
| 220 | - | (2) all contracts entered into by Udall public library shall be | |
| 221 | - | binding on the library district board appointed pursuant to section 11, | |
| 222 | - | and amendments thereto; and | |
| 223 | - | (3) all outstanding bonds, debts and other obligations of the Udall | |
| 224 | - | public library shall become an obligation of the Udall area library | |
| 225 | - | district, except that all bonds and debts relating to the ownership or | |
| 226 | - | improvement of the real property on which the Udall public library | |
| 227 | - | operates shall remain an obligation of the city of Udall, Kansas. | |
| 228 | - | New Sec. 11. (a) Any library district created pursuant to the | |
| 229 | - | provisions of this act shall be governed by a board of trustees. The | |
| 230 | - | board shall consist of seven members. Each member shall be a resident | |
| 231 | - | of the library district. Four members shall be appointed by the | |
| 232 | - | governing body of the city of Udall with one such member residing | |
| 233 | - | outside the city. Three members shall be appointed by the board of | |
| 234 | - | education and shall reside outside the city of Udall. | |
| 235 | - | (b) Members of the board of directors of the Udall public library | |
| 236 | - | serving prior to the election creating the library district shall remain on | |
| 237 | - | the board until the expiration of the term for which the member was | |
| 83 | + | library serving prior to the election creating the library district shall remain | |
| 84 | + | on the board until the expiration of the term for which the member was | |
| 238 | 85 | originally appointed. Such members shall be eligible for reappointment. | |
| 239 | - | (c) Members of the library district board shall be appointed for a | |
| 240 | - | term of four years and until their successors are appointed and | |
| 241 | - | qualified. No person who has been appointed for two consecutive four- | |
| 242 | - | year terms to the library board shall be eligible for further appointment | |
| 243 | - | to the library board until one year after the expiration of the second | |
| 244 | - | term. Vacancies on the library district board shall be filled by | |
| 245 | - | appointment for the unexpired term. | |
| 86 | + | (c) Members of the library district board shall be appointed for a term | |
| 87 | + | of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. No | |
| 88 | + | person who has been appointed for two consecutive four-year terms to the | |
| 89 | + | library board shall be eligible for further appointment to the library board | |
| 90 | + | until one year after the expiration of the second term. Vacancies on the | |
| 91 | + | library district board shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. | |
| 246 | 92 | (d) Members of the library district board shall receive no | |
| 247 | 93 | compensation but shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses in | |
| 248 | 94 | attending meetings and in carrying out their duties as members of the | |
| 249 | 95 | board. | |
| 250 | - | New Sec. 12. (a) Each year, the members of a library district | |
| 251 | - | board shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson, a | |
| 252 | - | secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as they may deem HOUSE BILL No. 2176—page 5 | |
| 253 | - | necessary. The board shall fix the date and place of its regular | |
| 254 | - | meetings, and special meetings may be called by the chairperson or | |
| 255 | - | upon written request of a majority of the members. Written notice, | |
| 256 | - | stating the time and place of any special meeting and the purpose for | |
| 257 | - | which called, unless waived, shall be given to each member of the | |
| 258 | - | board at least two days in advance of such meeting, and no business | |
| 259 | - | other than business stated in the notice shall be transacted at such | |
| 260 | - | meeting. | |
| 96 | + | New Sec. 4. (a) Each year, the members of the library district board | |
| 97 | + | shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson, a secretary, a | |
| 98 | + | treasurer and such other officers as they may deem necessary. The board | |
| 99 | + | shall fix the date and place of its regular meetings, and special meetings | |
| 100 | + | may be called by the chairperson or upon written request of a majority of | |
| 101 | + | the members. Written notice, stating the time and place of any special | |
| 102 | + | meeting and the purpose for which called, unless waived, shall be given to | |
| 103 | + | each member of the board at least two days in advance of such meeting, | |
| 104 | + | and no business other than business stated in the notice shall be transacted | |
| 105 | + | at such meeting. | |
| 261 | 106 | (b) The treasurer of the library district board shall give bond in an | |
| 262 | 107 | amount fixed by the library district board and approved by the board of | |
| 263 | 108 | education. The bond shall be filed with the county clerk. | |
| 264 | - | (c) The county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of the | |
| 265 | - | library district board all funds collected for the maintenance and | |
| 266 | - | support of the library district, and the treasurer of the library district | |
| 267 | - | board shall pay out the funds on orders of the board signed by the | |
| 268 | - | secretary and chairperson. Such treasurer shall keep an accurate record | |
| 269 | - | of all moneys received and disbursed and make a report to the library | |
| 270 | - | board monthly, or as often as the board requires. | |
| 271 | - | New Sec. 13. The library shall be free for the use of the residents | |
| 272 | - | of the library district, subject to reasonable rules and regulations as the | |
| 273 | - | library district board may adopt. The library board may exclude from | |
| 274 | - | the use of the library any and all persons who shall willfully violate | |
| 275 | - | such rules. The library board may extend the use and privilege of such | |
| 276 | - | library to nonresidents of the district, charge nonresidents a reasonable | |
| 277 | - | fee and make exchanges of books with any other library upon such | |
| 278 | - | terms and conditions as the library district board may prescribe. | |
| 279 | - | New Sec. 14. The library district board shall constitute a body | |
| 109 | + | (c) The county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of the library | |
| 110 | + | district board all funds collected for the maintenance and support of the | |
| 111 | + | library district, and the treasurer of the library district board shall pay out | |
| 112 | + | the funds on orders of the board signed by the secretary and chairperson. | |
| 113 | + | Such treasurer shall keep an accurate record of all moneys received and | |
| 114 | + | disbursed and make a report to the library board monthly, or as often as the | |
| 115 | + | board requires. | |
| 116 | + | New Sec. 5. The library shall be free for the use of the residents of | |
| 117 | + | the library district, subject to reasonable rules and regulations as the | |
| 118 | + | library district board may adopt. The library district board may exclude | |
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| 162 | + | from the use of the library any person who shall willfully violate such | |
| 163 | + | rules. The library district board may extend the use and privilege of such | |
| 164 | + | library to nonresidents of the district, charge nonresidents a reasonable fee | |
| 165 | + | and make exchanges of books with any other library upon such terms and | |
| 166 | + | conditions as the library district board may prescribe. | |
| 167 | + | New Sec. 6. The library district board shall constitute a body | |
| 280 | 168 | corporate and politic, possessing the usual powers of a corporation for | |
| 281 | - | public purposes and may contract, sue and be sued and acquire, hold | |
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| 286 | - | (b) purchase or lease a site or sites and to lease or to erect a | |
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| 169 | + | public purposes and may contract, sue and be sued and acquire, hold and | |
| 170 | + | convey real and personal property in accordance with law. Further, the | |
| 171 | + | board shall have the power to: | |
| 172 | + | (a) Make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the | |
| 173 | + | library; | |
| 174 | + | (b) purchase or lease a site or sites and to lease or to erect a building | |
| 175 | + | or buildings for the use of the library; | |
| 288 | 176 | (c) acquire by purchase, gift or exchange any books, magazines, | |
| 289 | 177 | papers, printed materials, slides, pictures, films, projection equipment, | |
| 290 | - | phonograph records and other material and equipment deemed | |
| 291 | - | necessary by the board for the maintenance and extension of modern | |
| 292 | - | library services; | |
| 293 | - | (d) employ a librarian and such other employees as the board | |
| 294 | - | deems necessary, to remove such employees and to fix their | |
| 295 | - | compensation; | |
| 296 | - | (e) establish and maintain a library or libraries and traveling | |
| 297 | - | library services within the district or within any other municipality with | |
| 298 | - | which service contract arrangements have been made; | |
| 178 | + | phonograph records and other materials and equipment deemed necessary | |
| 179 | + | by the board for the maintenance and extension of modern library services; | |
| 180 | + | (d) employ a librarian and such other employees as the board deems | |
| 181 | + | necessary, to remove such employees and to fix their compensation; | |
| 182 | + | (e) establish and maintain a library or libraries and traveling library | |
| 183 | + | services within the district or within any other municipality with which | |
| 184 | + | service contract arrangements have been made; | |
| 299 | 185 | (f) contract with other libraries or with the governing body of a | |
| 300 | - | municipality for the furnishing of library services to the inhabitants of | |
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| 186 | + | municipality for the furnishing of library services to the inhabitants of such | |
| 187 | + | municipality to the extent and upon such terms as may be agreed upon and | |
| 188 | + | to contract with any school board to furnish library services to any school | |
| 189 | + | library or to use the library facilities of the public school to supplement the | |
| 190 | + | facilities of the public library; | |
| 305 | 191 | (g) receive, accept and administer any moneys appropriated or | |
| 306 | 192 | granted to it by the state or the federal government or any agency or | |
| 307 | - | subdivision thereof for the purpose of aiding or providing library | |
| 308 | - | services; | |
| 193 | + | subdivision thereof for the purpose of aiding or providing library services; | |
| 309 | 194 | (h) receive and accept any gift or donation to the library and | |
| 310 | 195 | administer the same in accordance with any provisions thereof. If no | |
| 311 | - | provisions are specified, the board shall have the power to hold, invest | |
| 312 | - | ||
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| 196 | + | provisions are specified, the board shall have the power to hold, invest or | |
| 197 | + | reinvest the gift and any dividends, interest, rent or income derived from | |
| 198 | + | the gift in the manner the board deems will best serve the interests of the | |
| 199 | + | library; | |
| 315 | 200 | (i) receive and accept any grant, gift, donation or appropriated or | |
| 316 | - | other funds from the United States government, or its agencies, or any HOUSE BILL No. 2176—page 6 | |
| 317 | - | other source whatsoever for the purposes of the library district | |
| 318 | - | established under this act; | |
| 319 | - | (j) make annual reports to the state librarian and the governing | |
| 320 | - | body of the board of education each year for the preceding calendar | |
| 321 | - | year showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its | |
| 322 | - | control and showing such statistical information relating to library | |
| 323 | - | materials acquired and on hand, number of library users, library | |
| 324 | - | services available and other information of general interest as the | |
| 325 | - | governing body requires; and | |
| 201 | + | other funds from the United States government, or its agencies, or any | |
| 202 | + | other source whatsoever for the purposes of the library district established | |
| 203 | + | under this act; | |
| 204 | + | (j) make annual reports to the state librarian and the governing body | |
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| 248 | + | of the board of education each year for the preceding calendar year | |
| 249 | + | showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its control and | |
| 250 | + | showing such statistical information relating to library materials acquired | |
| 251 | + | and on hand, number of library users, library services available and other | |
| 252 | + | information of general interest as the governing body requires; and | |
| 326 | 253 | (k) place moneys received from sources other than a tax levy for | |
| 327 | - | library purposes in a separate fund or funds or in the fund to which the | |
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| 330 | - | New Sec. | |
| 331 | - | budget for the maintenance, support and operation of the library. Prior | |
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| 254 | + | library purposes in a separate fund or funds or in the fund to which the tax | |
| 255 | + | levy moneys are credited, unless the grantor or donor directs how and for | |
| 256 | + | what purpose the money shall be spent. | |
| 257 | + | New Sec. 7. (a) The library district board shall prepare an annual | |
| 258 | + | budget for the maintenance, support and operation of the library. Prior to | |
| 259 | + | the certification of its budget to the board of education, the library district | |
| 333 | 260 | board shall meet for the purpose of answering and hearing objections of | |
| 334 | 261 | taxpayers relating to the proposed budget and for the purpose of | |
| 335 | - | considering amendments to such proposed budget. The library | |
| 336 | - | shall give at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of the | |
| 337 | - | by publication in a weekly or daily newspaper having general | |
| 262 | + | considering amendments to such proposed budget. The library district | |
| 263 | + | board shall give at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of the | |
| 264 | + | meeting by publication in a weekly or daily newspaper having general | |
| 338 | 265 | circulation in the taxing district. Such notice shall include the proposed | |
| 339 | 266 | budget and shall set out all essential items in the budget. The public | |
| 340 | - | hearing required to be held shall be held not less than 10 days prior to | |
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| 344 | - | resolution. A copy of the budget shall be filed with the clerk of the | |
| 345 | - | ||
| 346 | - | (b) Any resolution adopted under subsection (a) shall state the | |
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| 349 | - | consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the taxing district. Such | |
| 350 | - | ||
| 267 | + | hearing required to be held shall be held not less than 10 days prior to the | |
| 268 | + | date on which the library board is required to certify its budget to the | |
| 269 | + | board of education. After such hearing, the budget shall be adopted or | |
| 270 | + | amended and adopted by the library district board by passage of a | |
| 271 | + | resolution. A copy of the budget shall be filed with the clerk of the board | |
| 272 | + | of education and the Cowley county clerk. | |
| 273 | + | (b) Any resolution adopted under subsection (a) shall state the total | |
| 274 | + | amount of the tax to be levied for the library district by the board of | |
| 275 | + | education. The resolution shall be published once each week for two | |
| 276 | + | consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the taxing district. Such tax | |
| 277 | + | levy shall be levied on behalf of the library district by the board of | |
| 351 | 278 | education. | |
| 352 | 279 | (c) Such tax levy amount may be levied in each successive budget | |
| 353 | 280 | year unless a petition requesting an election upon the proposition to | |
| 354 | - | increase the tax levy in excess of the current tax levy, signed by at least | |
| 355 | - | 5% of the qualified voters of the taxing district, is filed with the county | |
| 356 | - | election officer within 30 days following the date of the last publication | |
| 357 | - | of the resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such increased | |
| 358 | - | levy shall be made without such proposition having been submitted to | |
| 359 | - | and approved by a majority of the voters of the taxing district voting at | |
| 360 | - | an election. | |
| 361 | - | (d) Any such election shall be called and held in the manner | |
| 362 | - | provided by the general bond law, and the cost of the election shall be | |
| 363 | - | paid by the library district board. Such taxes shall be levied and | |
| 364 | - | collected in like manner as other taxes, and the board of education shall | |
| 365 | - | certify such levy to the county clerk, who is hereby authorized to levy | |
| 366 | - | tax on behalf of the library district. | |
| 367 | - | (e) The tax levy provided in this section shall not be considered to | |
| 368 | - | be a tax levy of the board of education. | |
| 281 | + | increase the tax levy in excess of the current tax levy, signed by at least 5% | |
| 282 | + | of the qualified voters of the taxing district, is filed with the county | |
| 283 | + | election officer within 30 days following the date of the last publication of | |
| 284 | + | the resolution. In the event a valid petition is filed, no such increased levy | |
| 285 | + | shall be made without such proposition having been submitted to and | |
| 286 | + | approved by a majority of the voters of the taxing district voting at an | |
| 287 | + | election. | |
| 288 | + | (d) Any such election shall be called and held in the manner provided | |
| 289 | + | by the general bond law, and the cost of the election shall be paid by the | |
| 290 | + | library district board. Such taxes shall be levied and collected in like | |
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| 334 | + | manner as other taxes, and the board of education shall certify such levy | |
| 335 | + | to the county clerk, who is hereby authorized to levy tax on behalf of the | |
| 336 | + | library district. | |
| 337 | + | (e) The tax levy provided in this section shall not be considered to be | |
| 338 | + | a tax levy of the board of education. | |
| 369 | 339 | (f) All financial records of the library board shall be audited as | |
| 370 | 340 | provided in K.S.A. 75- 1122, and amendments thereto, and a copy of | |
| 371 | 341 | such annual audit report shall be filed with the board of education and | |
| 372 | - | with the Cowley county clerk. The cost of each audit shall be paid by | |
| 373 | - | the library district board. | |
| 374 | - | (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the date the | |
| 375 | - | tax levy provided for in this act takes effect, no tax levy on land within | |
| 376 | - | the library district created by this act shall be imposed for any | |
| 377 | - | subsequent calendar year to support a regional system of cooperating | |
| 378 | - | libraries. On such date, the Udall public library shall cease to be a | |
| 379 | - | participating library in the south central Kansas library system. Such | |
| 380 | - | library district may submit a petition to join the south central Kansas HOUSE BILL No. 2176—page 7 | |
| 381 | - | library system as a participating library. | |
| 382 | - | New Sec. 16. Sections 9 through 16, and amendments thereto, | |
| 383 | - | shall be known and may be cited as the Udall area public library district | |
| 342 | + | with the Cowley county clerk. The cost of each audit shall be paid by the | |
| 343 | + | library district board. | |
| 344 | + | (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the date the tax | |
| 345 | + | levy provided for in this act takes effect, no tax levy on land within the | |
| 346 | + | library district created by this act shall be imposed, required or collected to | |
| 347 | + | support a regional system of cooperating libraries. | |
| 348 | + | New Sec. 8. Sections 1 through 8, and amendments thereto, shall be | |
| 349 | + | known and may be cited as the Arkansas city area public library district | |
| 384 | 350 | act. | |
| 385 | - | Sec. | |
| 351 | + | Sec. 9. K.S.A. 75-2554 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75- | |
| 386 | 352 | 2554. As used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates a different | |
| 387 | 353 | meaning: | |
| 388 | 354 | (a) "Local public libraries" mean: | |
| 389 | - | (1) Kansas libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 12- | |
| 390 | - | 1215 to through 12-1248, inclusive, and amendments thereto; | |
| 391 | - | (2) libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. | |
| 392 | - | 12-1260 to through 12-1270, inclusive, and amendments thereto; | |
| 393 | - | (3) libraries operating under the provisions of sections 1 through | |
| 394 | - | 8, and amendments thereto; | |
| 395 | - | (4) libraries operating under the provisions of sections 9 through | |
| 396 | - | 16, and amendments thereto; | |
| 397 | - | (5) libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. | |
| 398 | - | 12-1276, and amendments thereto; | |
| 399 | - | (4) (6) libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 72-1623, | |
| 355 | + | (1) Kansas libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1215 | |
| 356 | + | to through 12-1248, inclusive, and amendments thereto; | |
| 357 | + | (2) libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12- | |
| 358 | + | 1260 to through 12-1270, inclusive, and amendments thereto; | |
| 359 | + | (3) libraries operating under the provisions of sections 1 through 8, | |
| 360 | + | and amendments thereto; | |
| 361 | + | (4) libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 12- | |
| 362 | + | 1276, and amendments thereto; | |
| 363 | + | (4) (5) libraries operating under the provisions of K.S.A. 72-1623, | |
| 400 | 364 | and amendments thereto; or | |
| 401 | - | (5) ( | |
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| 365 | + | (5) (6) municipalities contracting with any library for the furnishing | |
| 366 | + | of library services to such municipality pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1230 or 12- | |
| 367 | + | 1269, and amendments thereto; | |
| 404 | 368 | (b) "regional libraries" mean the regional systems of libraries | |
| 405 | - | heretofore organized and operating under authority of K.S.A. 75-2547 | |
| 406 | - | ||
| 369 | + | heretofore organized and operating under authority of K.S.A. 75-2547 to | |
| 370 | + | through 75-2552, inclusive, and amendments thereto; | |
| 407 | 371 | (c) "state library" means the Kansas state library created and | |
| 408 | - | operating under authority of K.S.A. 75-2534, and amendments thereto; | |
| 409 | - | and | |
| 372 | + | operating under authority of K.S.A. 75-2534, and amendments thereto; and | |
| 410 | 373 | (d) "state librarian" means the state librarian appointed pursuant to | |
| 411 | 374 | K.S.A. 75-2535, and amendments thereto. | |
| 412 | - | Sec. 18. K.S.A. 75-2554 is hereby repealed. | |
| 413 | - | Sec. 19. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its | |
| 414 | - | publication in the statute book. | |
| 415 | - | I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and was | |
| 416 | - | adopted by that body | |
| 417 | - | ||
| 418 | - | HOUSE adopted | |
| 419 | - | Conference Committee Report | |
| 420 | - | ||
| 421 | - | Speaker of the House. | |
| 422 | - | ||
| 423 | - | Chief Clerk of the House. | |
| 424 | - | Passed the SENATE | |
| 425 | - | as amended | |
| 426 | - | SENATE adopted | |
| 427 | - | Conference Committee Report | |
| 428 | - | ||
| 429 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 430 | - | ||
| 431 | - | Secretary of the Senate. | |
| 432 | - | APPROVED | |
| 433 | - | ||
| 434 | - | Governor. | |
| 375 | + | Sec. 10. K.S.A. 75-2554 is hereby repealed. | |
| 376 | + | Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its | |
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