House Amendment 1946
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 588, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 15, be inserting after line 4 the
1 4 following:
1 5 <Sec. . LIBRARY FUNDING AND REPRESENTATION
1 6 STUDY. The commission of libraries shall conduct a
1 7 study of public library funding and public library
1 8 costs. The study shall include but not be limited to
1 9 a review of the per capita and per library user costs
1 10 of delivering library services by city, county, and
1 11 district libraries; public and private financial
1 12 support for city, county, and district libraries;
1 13 funds levied for public library financial support
1 14 pursuant to section 256.69 or 384.12; contracts
1 15 entered into by public libraries in the state pursuant
1 16 to section 298.7; and whether representation on
1 17 library boards is equitable. The commission shall
1 18 submit a report of its findings and recommendations to
1 19 the general assembly by January 15, 2008.>
1 20 #2. Page 26, by inserting after line 28 the
1 21 following:
1 22 <Sec. . Section 256.51, subsection 1, Code
1 23 2007, is amended by adding the following new
1 24 paragraph:
1 25 NEW PARAGRAPH. k. Obtain from each library its
1 26 per person costs for providing library services. The
1 27 division shall submit a report of the per capita and
1 28 per library user costs for providing library services
1 29 by city, county, and district to the general assembly
1 30 by January 15 annually.>
1 31 #3. Page 44, by inserting after line 2 the
1 32 following:
1 33 <Sec. . Section 392.5, Code 2007, is amended to
1 34 read as follows:
1 35 392.5 LIBRARY BOARD.
1 36 1. a. A city library board of trustees
1 37 functioning on the effective date of the city code
1 38 shall continue to function in the same manner until
1 39 altered or discontinued as provided in this section.
1 40 b. In order for the board to function in the same
1 41 manner, the city council shall retain all applicable
1 42 ordinances, and shall adopt as ordinances all
1 43 applicable state statutes repealed by 1972 Iowa Acts,
1 44 chapter 1088.
1 45 2. A library board may accept and control the
1 46 expenditure of all gifts, devises, and bequests to the
1 47 library.
1 48 3. a. A proposal to alter the composition, manner
1 49 of selection, or charge of a library board, or to
1 50 replace it with an alternate form of administrative
2 1 agency, is subject to the approval of the voters of
2 2 the city.
2 3 b. The proposal may be submitted to the voters at
2 4 any city election by the city council on its own
2 5 motion. Upon receipt of a valid petition as defined
2 6 in section 362.4, requesting that a proposal be
2 7 submitted to the voters, the city council shall submit
2 8 the proposal at the next regular city election. A
2 9 proposal submitted to the voters must describe with
2 10 reasonable detail the action proposed.
2 11 c. If a majority of those voting approves the
2 12 proposal, the city may proceed as proposed.
2 13 d. If a majority of those voting does not approve
2 14 the proposal, the same or a similar proposal may not
2 15 be submitted to the voters of the city for at least
2 16 four years from the date of the election at which the
2 17 proposal was defeated.
2 18 4. If the city councils of two or more cities
2 19 enter into a chapter 28E agreement for purposes of
2 20 maintaining a free public library, the chapter 28E
2 21 agreement shall provide for the composition, manner of
2 22 selection, and charge of a library board of trustees.
2 23 The library board shall consist of at least one member
2 24 from each of the cities party to the agreement.>
2 25 #4. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
2 26 word <regents,> the following: <providing for related
2 27 matters concerning library boards of trustees,>.
2 28 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 32 SANDS of Louisa
2 33 SF 588.223 82
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