SSB 3168 (LSB 6316XC (2) 90)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON GREEN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to city libraries, including library directors and library moneys.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 392.5, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  If a majority of those voting does not approve the proposal, the same or a similar proposal may not be submitted to the voters of the city for at least four years from the date of the election at which the proposal was defeated.  However, a council may oversee and change the practice related to hiring a library director and utilize moneys collected pursuant to section 8A.222 by ordinance and without a referendum.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to city library directors and city library moneys. The bill allows a city council to oversee and change the hiring practice for a library director and utilize library tax moneys by ordinance and without a referendum.