Bill Text: IA HSB678 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to city libraries, including library directors and library projects and initiatives.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-08 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1. [HSB678 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HSB678-Introduced.html
House Study Bill 678 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON LATHAM) A BILL FOR An Act relating to city libraries, including library directors 1 and library projects and initiatives. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6303YC (2) 90 lh/js
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 392.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 392.5 Library board. 3 1. a. A city library board of trustees functioning on the 4 effective date of the city code shall continue to function in 5 the same manner until altered or discontinued as provided in 6 this section . 7 b. In order for the board to function in the same manner, 8 the council shall retain all applicable ordinances, and shall 9 adopt as ordinances all applicable state statutes repealed by 10 1972 Iowa Acts, ch. 1088 . 11 2. A library board may accept and control the expenditure of 12 all gifts, devises, and bequests to the library. 13 3. a. A proposal to alter the composition, manner of 14 selection, or charge of a library board, or to replace it with 15 an alternate form of administrative agency, is subject to the 16 approval of the voters of the city. 17 b. The proposal may be submitted to the voters at any city 18 election by the council on its own motion. Upon receipt of a 19 valid petition as defined in section 362.4 , requesting that a 20 proposal be submitted to the voters, the council shall submit 21 the proposal at the next regular city election. A proposal 22 submitted to the voters must describe with reasonable detail 23 the action proposed. 24 c. If a majority of those voting approves the proposal, the 25 city may proceed as proposed. 26 d. If a majority of those voting does not approve the 27 proposal, the same or a similar proposal may not be submitted 28 to the voters of the city for at least four years from the date 29 of the election at which the proposal was defeated. A council 30 may oversee and change the practice related to hiring a library 31 director and utilize moneys collected pursuant to section 32 8A.222 for library projects and initiatives by ordinance and 33 without a referendum. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 6303YC (2) 90 lh/js 1/ 2
H.F. _____ The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 This bill relates to city library directors and city library 3 policies and initiatives. 4 Under current law, a city council may, on its own motion, 5 or shall, upon receipt of a valid petition, submit a proposal 6 to alter the composition, selection process, or charge of the 7 library board to the voters of the city. The bill strikes this 8 provision and allows a city council to oversee and change the 9 hiring practice for a library director and utilize library tax 10 moneys for library projects and initiatives by ordinance and 11 without a referendum. 12 -2- LSB 6303YC (2) 90 lh/js 2/ 2
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