Bill Text: OH HB503 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To authorize the Board of County Commissioners of Knox County to establish the Centerburg Library as a county free public library and, if the authority is exercised, to require the Knox County Court of Common Pleas to appoint a board of library trustees for the library.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-04 - To Local Government [HB503 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB503-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 503

Representative Ruhl 

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A BILL

To authorize the Board of County Commissioners of

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Knox County to establish the Centerburg Library as

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a county free public library and, if the authority

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is exercised, to require the Knox County Court of

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Common Pleas to appoint a board of library

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trustees for the library.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the limitation of section 3375.06	7
of the Revised Code that prohibits a board of county commissioners	8
from establishing a county free public library after January 1,	9
1948, the Board of County Commissioners of Knox County may	10
establish the Centerburg Library in Knox County as a county free	11
public library in accordance with section 3375.06 of the Revised	12
Code. The library shall be under the control and management of a	13
board of library trustees as prescribed in that section. If the	14
Board of County Commissioners of Knox County establishes the	15
Centerburg Library in Knox County as a county free public library,	16
the Knox County Court of Common Pleas shall appoint a board of	17
library trustees in accordance with section 3375.06 of the Revised	18
Code.	19

This section expires one year after its effective date.

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