SB 10 — Libraries, provides that county & municipal library boards serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities

SB10 INTRODUCEDENGROSSED SB10 QELP551-1QELP551-2 By Senator Elliott RFD:

04-Jan-24 Page 0 QELP551-1SB10 01/03/2024Engrossed THR2 (L)THR4 2023-3759A 2BILL 4TO SYNOPSIS:BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to libraries;

Underto existingamend law,Sections county11-90-2 and municipality11-90-4, libraryCode boards are appointed by the respective governing body of theAlabama county1975; or municipality.

This bill would provide that library board members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to libraries;

to amend Section 11-90-2, Code of Alabama 1975;

SectionSections 11-90-2,11-90-2 and 11-90-4, Code of Alabama 1975, isare amended to read as follows:

"§11-90-2 Page 1 SB10 INTRODUCED (a) The government and supervision of such All libraries shall be vested in created pursuant to this chaptersection shall be supervised by a library board consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the county commission or the governing body of the municipality.

(c) Each library board member shall be appointed to a four-year term and shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authority and may be removed at any time Page 1 SB10 Engrossed by a majoritytwo-thirds vote of the appointing authorityThe terms of membership on the library board, as first appointed, for one member shall be for one year, for the second member shall be for two years, for the third member shall be for three years, and for the remaining two members the terms shall be for four years.

(e) MembersEach library board created pursuant to this section, no later than December 31, shall provide, annually, to the Governor, the Speaker of the libraryHouse of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate a report detailing the membership of the board shalland serveany withoutactions compensation."the Sectionboard 2.has taken regarding the review or removal of items in their collection during the previous 12 months.

(f) Members of the library board shall serve without compensation.

(g) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the library board membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state." "§11-90-4 (a) In lieu of establishing or maintaining free public libraries exclusively for a single county or municipality in the manner provided in this chapterSection 11-90-2, the library board of any county or municipality free public Page 2 SB10 Engrossed library may contract, in behalf of the political unit represented by such local library board, to and with the library board of another political unit or governmental agency or instrumentality with respect to the establishment or maintenance of establish and maintain a joint library service upon such on the terms as may be agreed upon by the several contracting parties.

(b) Where there is no existing public library, the power thus to contract shall vest in the county commission of the county or the governing body of the a municipality may contract with the governing body of another political unit to establish and maintain a joint library.

Included in the power conferred is the determination of the basis and personnel of representation of the local political units on the joint library board administering the joint library service established under this section.

(c) In establishing a joint library, the contracting parties may determine the size and appointing authorities of the joint library board.

(d) Such A joint library board, when appointed, appointed pursuant to this section shall have the powers and duties granted by this chapter to county or municipal library boards.

Each joint library board member shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authority and may be removed at any time by a two-thirds vote of the appointing authority.County and municipal library boards or joint library boards shall have the power to cooperate with all state and federal agencies and institutions in furtherance of the Page 3 SB10 Engrossed purpose of this chapter, and all municipal, county and joint library boards shall from time to time submit such records and reports as may be required by the public library service;

provided, that nothing (e) Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to infringe upon any municipal charter provisions governing the administration of existing free public libraries." Section 2.

Page 24 SB10 Engrossed 95 Senate Read for the first time and referred ................06-Feb-24 to the Senate committee on County and Municipal Government Read for the second time and placed ................07-Feb-24 on the calendar:

1 amendment Read for the third time and passed ................14-Feb-24 as amended Yeas 26 Nays 7 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.

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