A library district may be established composed of one or more counties, one or more cities, or any combination of cities and counties.
Eligible electors residing within the proposed district in a number not less than five percent of those voting for president of the United States or governor, as the case may be, within the district at the last general election may petition the board of supervisors of the county, or the city council, for the establishment of the library district. The petition shall clearly designate the area to be included in the district.
The board of supervisors of each county and the city council of each city containing area within the proposed district shall submit the proposition to the registered voters within their respective counties and cities at any general or primary election, provided said election occurs not less than forty days after the filing of the petition.
A library district shall be established if a majority of the electors voting on the proposition and residing in the proposed library district favor its establishment.
The result of the election within cities maintaining a free public library shall be considered separately, and no city shall be included within the library district unless a majority of its electors voting on the proposition favor its inclusion. In such cases the boundaries of an established district may vary from those of the proposed district.
After the establishment of a library district other areas may be included by mutual agreement of the board of trustees of the library district and the governing body of the area sought to be included.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 358B.2]
C93, § 336.2
95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §26
Referred to in § 331.381
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