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HOUSE BILL 2342
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Ludwig, Neher, Bray, Horn and Grant
Read first time 01/15/92. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to libraries; and amending RCW 27.12.050, 27.12.130, 27.12.190, and 27.12.420.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 27.12.050 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
After
the board of county commissioners has declared a rural county library district
established, it shall appoint ((a)) an initial board of library
trustees and provide funds for the establishment and maintenance of library
service for the district by making a tax levy on the property in the district
of not more than fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per year
sufficient for the library service as shown to be required by the budget
submitted to the board of county commissioners by the board of library
trustees, and by making a tax levy in such further amount as shall be
authorized pursuant to RCW 27.12.222 or RCW 84.52.052 or 84.52.056. Such
levies shall be a part of the general tax roll and shall be collected as a part
of the general taxes against the property in the district.
Sec. 2. RCW 27.12.130 and 1959 c 133 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Immediately
following the establishment of an intercounty rural library district the boards
of county commissioners of the counties affected shall jointly appoint ((a))
an initial board of five or seven trustees for the district in
accordance with RCW 27.12.190. The board of trustees shall appoint a librarian
for the district.
Sec. 3. RCW 27.12.190 and 1982 c 123 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
The
management and control of a library shall be vested in a board of either five
or seven trustees as hereinafter in this section provided. In cities and towns
five trustees shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the
legislative body. In counties, rural county library districts, and island
library districts, five trustees shall initially be appointed by the
board of county commissioners. In a regional library district a board of
either five or seven trustees shall initially be appointed by the joint
action of the legislative bodies concerned. In intercounty rural library
districts a board of either five or seven trustees shall initially be
appointed by the joint action of the boards of county commissioners of each of
the counties included in a district. The first appointments for boards
comprised of but five trustees shall be ((for terms of one, two, three,
four, and five years respectively, and thereafter a trustee shall be appointed
annually to serve for five years)) until the next nonpartisan primary
for three trustees and until the next subsequent nonpartisan primary for two
trustees. Thereafter trustees shall be elected to four-year terms as provided
in chapter 29.21 RCW. The first appointments for boards comprised of seven
trustees shall be ((for terms of one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven
years respectively, and thereafter a trustee shall be appointed annually to
serve for seven years)) until the next nonpartisan primary for four
trustees and until the next subsequent nonpartisan primary for three trustees.
Thereafter trustees shall be elected to four-year terms as provided in chapter
29.21 RCW. No person shall be appointed to any board of trustees for more
than two consecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms as
soon as possible in the manner in which members of the board are ((regularly))
initially chosen.
A library trustee shall not receive a salary or other compensation for services as trustee, but necessary expenses actually incurred shall be paid from the library funds.
A
library trustee in the case of a city or town may be removed only by vote of
the legislative body. ((A trustee of a county library, a rural county
library district library, or an island library district library may be removed
for just cause by the county commissioners after a public hearing upon a
written complaint stating the ground for removal, which complaint, with a
notice of the time and place of hearing, shall have been served upon the
trustee at least fifteen days before the hearing. A trustee of an intercounty
rural library district may be removed by the joint action of the board of
county commissioners of the counties involved in the same manner as provided
herein for the removal of a trustee of a county library.))
Sec. 4. RCW 27.12.420 and 1982 c 123 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
Immediately
following the establishment of an island library district, the board of county
commissioners shall appoint ((a)) an initial board of library
trustees for the district in accordance with RCW 27.12.190. The board of
trustees shall appoint a librarian for the district.
Funds for the establishment and maintenance of the library service of the district shall be provided by the board of county commissioners by means of an annual tax levy on the property in the district of not more than fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per year. The tax levy shall be based on a budget to be compiled by the board of trustees of the island library district who shall determine the tax rate necessary and certify their determination to the board of county commissioners.
Excess levies authorized pursuant to RCW 27.12.222, 84.52.052, or 84.52.056 shall be at a rate determined by the board of trustees of the island library district and certified to the board of county commissioners.