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HOUSE BILL NO. 141 – Library dist, territory annxd, city

HOUSE BILL NO. 141

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H0141..................................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
LIBRARY DISTRICTS - Amends existing law to specify the procedure for inclusion
in a library district when territory is annexed to a city within a library
district; and to authorize existing city libraries to join a library district
whether contiguous or noncontiguous.
                                                                        
02/04    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/05    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 141
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE TERRITORY OF A LIBRARY  DISTRICT;  AMENDING  SECTION  33-2703,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO  SPECIFY  PROCEDURE  WHEN  TERRITORY IS ANNEXED TO A CITY
  4        WITHIN A LIBRARY DISTRICT; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-2709,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  5        AUTHORIZE  EXISTING CITY LIBRARIES TO JOIN A LIBRARY DISTRICT WHETHER CON-
  6        TIGUOUS OR NONCONTIGUOUS.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 33-2703, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        33-2703.  LIBRARY  DISTRICTS -- TERRITORY -- ESTABLISHMENT -- LIMITATIONS.
 11    A library district may be established by vote of the qualified electors of the
 12    proposed district in an election called and held as provided by this  chapter,
 13    with the following limitations:
 14        (1)  The  district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory or
 15    both in one (1) or more counties and may  include  any  of  the  area  thereof
 16    except as may be excluded by this section, and as finally fixed and determined
 17    by the board of county commissioners.
 18        (2)  The  territory  of the district shall be continuous, and no territory
 19    of an incorporated municipality shall be divided. If, subsequent to the estab-
 20    lishment of the library district, a municipality within the district adds ter-
 21    ritory, all the territory added to the municipality shall also become part  of
 22    the  library district. The board of trustees of any library district for which
 23    the boundaries are changed shall file notices required  by  law,  including  a
 24    legal  description  and  map of altered boundaries prepared in a draftsmanlike
 25    manner with the county commissioners,  the  county  recorder  and  the  county
 26    assessor  of all counties affected, the state library board, and the state tax
 27    commission in a timely manner, but no later than December 15 of  the  year  in
 28    which the alterations take place.
 29        (3)  In  the initial establishment of a library district the following may
 30    be excluded:
 31        (a)  A municipality which is already providing library service  as  estab-
 32        lished according to section 33-2603, Idaho Code; or
 33        (b)  A  library  district  which  is  already providing library service as
 34        established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
 35        (4)  If, subsequent to the establishment of a library district,  any  area
 36    thereof  is annexed to a municipality which maintains a tax-supported library,
 37    this area shall cease to be a part of the library district and the city  coun-
 38    cil of the municipality shall so notify the board of county commissioners.
 39        (5)  Any  proposed  library  district shall have a population of more than
 40    one thousand five hundred (1,500) and  an  annual  budget  of  not  less  than
 41    twenty-five  thousand dollars ($25,000) from ad valorem revenues. Any proposed
 42    library district not meeting the above criteria may apply to the state library
 43    board for an exemption.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION 2.  That Section 33-2709, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        33-2709.  EXISTING  TAX-SUPPORTED  CITY  LIBRARIES  MAY  JOIN LIBRARY DIS-
  4    TRICTS. Any tax-supported city library, whether contiguous or noncontiguous to
  5    the library  district, may join an established library  district  by  majority
  6    vote of the qualified electors of the city according to procedure set forth in
  7    subsections  (2)  and  (3)  of section 33-2707, Idaho Code. A true copy of the
  8    petition and the district library board's notice of  approval  or  disapproval
  9    shall be sent to the city council. When the notice carries the approval of the
 10    district  library  board, the city council shall conduct the election and give
 11    notice of the results to the library district board and the  board  of  county
 12    commissioners.
 13        If  the  proposal has been approved by the majority required, the board of
 14    county commissioners of the home county of the district shall enter its  order
 15    amending  the  boundaries  of  the  district,  including  a  map  drawn  in  a
 16    draftsmanlike manner, and a copy shall be transmitted to the board of trustees
 17    of the library district, to the board of county commissioners of the county in
 18    which the petition arose, and to the state library board.
 19        The board of trustees of the library district shall transmit a copy of the
 20    order  to  the county recorder, the county assessor of the home county and the
 21    state tax commission in a timely manner, but no later than December 15, in the
 22    year in which the election was held.
 23        Addition of new territory to an existing library  district  shall  not  be
 24    considered  an  initial establishment. The existing district board of trustees
 25    shall continue to serve for the  terms  for  which  elected.  When  a  vacancy
 26    occurs, appointment shall be made as provided in section 33-2716, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 12739

The proposal allows a library district to add geographic
territory as a result of action taken by a city adding to its
territory if the city is presently part of an established library
district.  Under current statute no territory of an incorporated
municipality can be divided simultaneously inside and outside of
a library district.

This proposal also allows established city libraries to
consolidate with established but non-contiguous library
districts.  Under the current statute, library districts and city
libraries cannot consolidate unless they share a common boundary. 
Non-contiguous consolidation would follow the current statutory
requirements for inclusion of new territory.

The fiscal effect would vary locally based upon the current
district rate being applied to any new city territory. 
Assessments rate vary from district to district.
                                                            

Contact
Name: John Watts, Idaho Library Association 
Phone: 385-7070




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       H 141