256.61  Regional library trustees.

The regional library system shall consist of seven regional boards of library trustees which shall serve respectively the seven geographic regions specified in this section. Each region shall be divided into geographic districts, which shall be drawn along county lines and which shall be represented on regional boards by trustees elected to the boards in the following numbers and from the following districts:

1.  To the southwestern board, two from Pottawattamie county and one from each of the following five districts:

a.  Harrison, Shelby and Audubon counties.

b.  Guthrie, Cass and Adair counties.

c.  Mills, Fremont and Page counties.

d.  Montgomery, Adams, Union and Taylor counties.

e.  Clarke, Lucas, Ringgold, Decatur and Wayne counties.

2.  To the northwestern board, two from Woodbury county and one from each of the following five districts:

a.  Lyon, Sioux and Osceola counties.

b.  Dickinson, Emmet, Clay and Palo Alto counties.

c.  O'Brien, Plymouth and Cherokee counties.

d.  Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Ida, Sac and Calhoun counties.

e.  Monona, Crawford and Carroll counties.

3.  To the north central board, two from a district composed of Hancock, Cerro Gordo and Franklin counties; two from a district composed of Humboldt, Wright and Webster counties; and one from each of the following three districts:

a.  Kossuth and Winnebago counties.

b.  Hamilton and Hardin counties.

c.  Worth, Mitchell and Floyd counties.

4.  To the central board, four from a district composed of Polk and Marion counties, and one from each of the following three districts:

a.  Greene, Dallas, Madison and Warren counties.

b.  Boone and Story counties.

c.  Marshall and Jasper counties.

5.  To the southeastern board, two from Scott county and one from each of the following five districts:

a.  Appanoose, Davis and Wapello counties.

b.  Jefferson, Van Buren and Lee counties.

c.  Monroe, Mahaska and Keokuk counties.

d.  Henry and Des Moines counties.

e.  Muscatine, Louisa and Washington counties.

6.  To the east central board, three from a district composed of Linn and Jones counties; two from a district composed of Iowa, Johnson and Cedar counties; and one from each of the following two districts:

a.  Tama, Benton and Poweshiek counties.

b.  Jackson and Clinton counties.

7.  To the northeastern board, two from Black Hawk county; two from a district composed of Delaware and Dubuque counties; and one from each of the following three districts:

a.  Grundy, Butler and Bremer counties.

b.  Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee and Chickasaw counties.

c.  Buchanan, Fayette and Clayton counties.

Section History: Recent form

  93 Acts, ch 48, §24

Internal References

  Referred to in §256.62, 256.66, 256.68


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