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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 4, 2024
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3762 By: Cantrell of the House
and
Stewart of the Senate
An Act relating to counties and county officers;
permitting counties participating in a multi -county
library system to adopt c ertain procedure; permitting
certain accounting request; directing for designation
of party to be in charge of accounting; directing for
adoption of presentation method; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE P EOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 339.9 of Title 19, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Counties that partic ipate in a multi-county library system may,
by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all participating county commissioner
boards, adopt the following procedure:
A. Counties participating in multi-county library systems may
request an accounting of the library system's overall budget and
estimate of needs. Each multi-county library system shall designate
the executive director or employee in charge of accounting to
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produce requested accounting or estimate of needs made under this
act; and
B. If adopted, each county s hall also adopt one of the
following:
1. The presentation of the accounting or estimate of needs
shall be given at a location agreed upon by all chairmen of the
participating county boards, or
2. The individual county board of c ommissioners with the
largest funding contribution to the multi -county library system
budget shall host the presentation of the accounting or estimate of
needs.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL G OVERNMENT
April 4, 2024 - DO PASS