MR. PRESIDENT:
I move
that Engrossed House Bill 1241 be amended to read as follows:
Page 3, between lines 17 and 18, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 4.
IC 20-14-2.5-4
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 4. Except as provided
in section 9.5 of this chapter, and subject to section 10 of this chapter,
seven (7) members of a library board shall be appointed as follows:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the executive of the county in
which the library district is located, or if the district is located in
more than one (1) county, jointly by the executives of the
respective counties.
(2) One (1) member appointed by the fiscal body of the county in
which the library district is located, or if the district is located in
more than one (1) county, jointly by the fiscal bodies of the
respective counties.
(3) Three (3) members appointed by the school board of the
school corporation serving the library district. However, if there
is more than one (1) school corporation serving the library
district:
(A) two (2) members shall be appointed by the school board
of the school corporation in which the principal offices of the
public library are located; and
(B) one (1) member shall be appointed by a majority vote of
the presidents of the school boards of the other school
corporations.
(4) One (1) member appointed under section 5(1), 6(b)(1), 7(1),
8(1), or 9(1), of this chapter, as applicable.
(5) One (1) member appointed under section 5(2), 6(b)(2), 7(2),
8(2), or 9(2) of this chapter, as applicable.
SOURCE: IC 20-14-2.5-9.5; (00)SB0077.1.2. -->
SECTION 5.
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 9.5. (a) This section applies to the
library board of a library district:
(1) located in a county having a population of more than
forty-five thousand (45,000) but less than forty-seven
thousand (47,000); and
(2) containing all or part of the territory of each school
corporation in the county.
(b) Notwithstanding section 4 of this chapter, the library board
has the following members:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the executive of the county
in which the library district is located and who is not a
member of the county executive.
(2) One (1) member appointed by the fiscal body of the county
in which the library district is located and who is not a
member of the county fiscal body.
(3) One (1) member appointed by the legislative body of the
most populous city in the library district and who is not a
member of the city legislative body.
(4) One (1) member appointed by the school board of each
school corporation having territory in the library district and
who is not a member of a governing body of a school
corporation.
(c) A person who is appointed under subsection (b) to serve as
a member of a library board must annually before March 1 of each
year report to the member's appointing authority concerning the
work of the library board and finances of the library during the
prior calendar year, including the rate of taxation determined
under IC 20-14-3-10.
SOURCE: IC 20-14-2.5-12; (00)SB0077.1.3. -->
SECTION 6.
IC 20-14-2.5-12
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 12. (a) Subject to
subsection (b), the term of a library board member is four (4) years. A
member may continue to serve on a library board after his term has
expired until his successor is qualified under section 13 of this chapter.
The term of the member's successor is not extended by the time that has
elapsed before the successor's appointment and qualification. If a
member is appointed to fill a vacancy on a library board, his term is the
unexpired term of the member being replaced.
(b) Except for a library board whose membership is established
under section 9.5 of this chapter, for the purposes of establishing
staggered terms for the members of a library board, the initial members
shall serve the following terms:
(1) One (1) year for one (1) member appointed under section 4(1),
4(5), 10(b)(1), 10(b)(2), or 11(1) of this chapter.
(2) Two (2) years for one (1) member appointed under section
4(3)(A), 4(4), 10(b)(3), 10(b)(4), or 11(2) of this chapter.
(3) Three (3) years for one (1) member appointed under section
4(2), 4(3)(A), 10(b)(4), 10(b)(5), or 11(1) of this chapter.
(4) Four (4) years for one (1) member appointed under section
4(3)(B), 10(b)(6), or 11(2) of this chapter.
(c) When an appointing authority appoints members to terms of
different length under subsection (b), he shall designate which
appointee serves each term.
SOURCE: ; (00)SB0077.1.4. -->
SECTION 7. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000] (a) This SECTION
applies to a library district subject to
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
, as added by
this act.
(b) This SECTION provides the procedure for the transition to
a library board with membership appointed under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
, as added by this act.
(c) Notwithstanding IC 20-14-2.5-9.5, as added by this act, each
member of the library board who was appointed before July 1,
2000, may continue to serve on the library board until the normal
expiration of the member's term. However, upon the expiration of
a member's term, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment as
follows:
(1) When the term of a member appointed by the executive of
a county expires, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment
under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(1), as added by this act.
(2) When the term of a member appointed by the fiscal body
of a county expires, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment
under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(2), as added by this act.
(3) When the term of a member appointed by the executive of
a municipality expires, the vacancy shall be filled by
appointment under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(3), as added by this
act.
(4) When the term of a member appointed by the legislative
body of a municipality expires, the vacancy shall be filled by
appointment under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(4), as added by this
act, by the school board of the school corporation in the
library district having the second greatest number of students
in average daily membership (as defined in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1
).
(5) When the term of the first of the three (3) members
appointed by a school board expires, the vacancy shall be
filled by appointment under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(4), as added
by this act, by the school board of the school corporation in
the library district having the third greatest number of
students in average daily membership (as defined in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1
).
(6) When the term of the second of the three (3) members
appointed by a school board expires, the vacancy shall be
filled by appointment under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(4), as added
by this act, by the school board of the school corporation in
the library district having the fourth greatest number of
students in average daily membership (as defined in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1
).
(7) When the term of the last of the three (3) members
appointed by a school board expires, the vacancy shall be
filled by appointment under
IC 20-14-2.5-9.5
(b)(4), as added
by this act, by the school board of the school corporation in
the library district having the greatest number of students in
average daily membership (as defined in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1
).
(d) This SECTION expires December 31, 2005.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to EHB 1241 as printed February 18, 2000.)