TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 27

PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS

33-2737.  School-community library districts. (a) The board of trustees of any school district in which is situated no incorporated city having a population in excess of one thousand (1,000), and in which no public library is maintained under any other provision of law, shall, upon petition of twenty (20) or more school district electors, submit to the school district electors of the district the question whether there shall be a public library established by the district for the benefit of the citizens thereof.

(b)  The election on the question shall be held at the same time as the election of school district trustees, next following the filing of the petition, and notice shall be given, the election conducted, and the returns canvassed, as provided in chapter 4, title 33, Idaho Code.

(c)  If a majority of the school district electors voting in the election vote in favor of the question a school-community library district shall be established.

(d)  No new school-community library shall be established after June 30, 1994.

History:

[(33-2737) 1963, ch. 13, sec. 96, p. 27; am. 1975, ch. 105, sec. 2, p. 215; am. and redesignated 1992, ch. 275, sec. 1, p. 848; am. 1996, ch. 71, sec. 30, p. 234.]