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H0139..................................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
LIBRARY DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to strike a requirement that territory
must be contiguous for the consolidation of library districts.
02/04 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/05 Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 139
BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF LIBRARY DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 33-2711,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE A REQUIREMENT OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 33-2711, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 33-2711. CONSOLIDATION OF LIBRARY DISTRICTS. When there are two (2) or
8 more library districts, which have at least one (1) common boundary whether
9 contiguous or noncontiguous, the boards of trustees of the library districts,
10 meeting together, may determine that it is in the best interest of library
11 service that the districts be consolidated, as herein provided.
12 The boards of trustees shall jointly prepare a petition describing the
13 boundaries of the existing library districts, the names of the existing
14 library districts, and praying for the reorganization of the territory therein
15 described as one (1) or more library districts to be known as the ".... (Name)
16 Library District" and with boundaries as set forth in the petition.
17 The petition shall be signed by the chairpersons of the library boards
18 upon majority approval of the respective boards involved in the consolidation.
19 The petition shall be forwarded to the clerk of the board of county com-
20 missioners in all counties affected, who shall verify the signatures, and
21 shall file the petition. Thereupon, the board of county commissioners in all
22 counties affected shall proceed with the hearing and resolution as outlined in
23 section 33-2704, Idaho Code. Upon completion of the hearing, the board of
24 county commissioners shall issue an order granting the petition.
25 In the order granting the petition of consolidation, the board of county
26 commissioners in all counties affected shall certify the new boundaries and
27 the name of the district.
28 A copy of the order shall be transmitted to the board of trustees of the
29 library districts involved, and to the state library board.
30 Other notices required by law shall be filed by the board of trustees of
31 the district, including a legal description and map of altered boundaries pre-
32 pared in a draftsmanlike manner to be filed with the board(s) of county com-
33 missioners, the county recorder, the county assessor of the home county, the
34 state library board, and the state tax commission in a timely manner, but no
35 later than December 15, of the year in which consolidation takes place.
36 The board of county commissioners of the home county of the consolidated
37 public library district shall within ten (10) days take action to reaffirm
38 members of the board of trustees, or to appoint members of the board, who
39 shall be chosen from the members of the boards initiating the consolidation.
40 These trustees shall serve until the next annual election of trustees or until
41 their successors are elected and qualified as in section 33-2715, Idaho Code.
42 The board of trustees shall take the oath of office as outlined in section
43 33-2715, Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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This proposal would allow library districts to
consolidate if they do not share a common boundary.
Consolidation procedures presently set out in statute for
contiguous consolidation would be required including
hearings and actions by all affected county commissions.
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal effect would be local and vary from district to
district. State statute presently requires merging
districts to average assessment rates and apply that rate
across the new consolidated district.
CONTACT
NAME: John Watts
AGENCY: Idaho Library Association
PHONE: 385-7070
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 139