8A.203  Commission of libraries — creation and duties.
  1.  a.  The state commission of libraries consists of one member appointed by the supreme court, the director, and the following seven members who shall be appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19.
  (1)  Two members shall be employed in the state as public librarians.
  (2)  One member shall be a public library trustee.
  (3)  One member shall be employed in this state as an academic librarian.
  (4)  One member shall be employed as a librarian by a school district or area education agency.
  (5)  Two members shall be selected at large.
  b.  The members shall be reimbursed for their actual expenditures necessitated by their official duties. Members may also be eligible for compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
  2.  The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson. The commission shall meet at the time and place specified by call of the chairperson. Five members are a quorum for the transaction of business.
  3.  The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for carrying out the responsibilities of the department as it relates to library services duties of the department.
  4.  Advise the department and the state librarian concerning the library services duties of the department.
93 Acts, ch 48, §19
CS93, §256.52
94 Acts, ch 1193, §18; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §223; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §317, 318, 321; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §51 – 54, 69, 106
[Subsection 3, paragraph b, subparagraph (5) was inadvertently omitted from the 2016 Code]
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1368 – 1371, 1382
C2024, §8A.203
Section transferred from §256.52 in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1382
Subsection 1, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
Subsection 3 stricken
Subsection 4 amended and renumbered as 3
Subsection 5 stricken and rewritten and renumbered as 4