HB 1787-1_ Filed 02/08/2007, 13:26
Adopted 2/8/2007
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COMMITTEE REPORT
YES:
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NO:
1
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Local Government , to which was referred House Bill 1787 ,
has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government and to make an appropriation.
SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (07)CR178701.1. -->
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new
paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 36-12-2-8; (07)CR178701.1. -->
"SECTION 1. IC 36-12-2-8, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
49, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), An appointee
to a library board may not serve more than four (4) consecutive terms
on the library board. The consecutive terms are computed without
regard to a change in the appointing authority that appointed the
member or the length of any term served by the appointee. If:
(1) a member's term is interrupted due to the merger of at least
two (2) public libraries under IC 36-12-4; and
(2) the member is reappointed to the merged public library board;
the term that was interrupted may not be considered in determining the
number of consecutive terms a member may serve on a library board.
until the appointee's successor is appointed and qualified.
(b) This subsection applies to a library board for a library district
having a population of less than three thousand (3,000). If an
appointing authority conducts a diligent but unsuccessful search for a
qualified individual who wishes to be appointed to serve on the library
board:
(1) the appointing authority may reappoint a board member who
has served four (4) or more consecutive terms; and
(2) state funds may not be withheld from distribution to the
library.
The appointing authority shall file with the library board a written
description of the search that was conducted under this subsection. The
record becomes a part of the official records of the library board.".
SOURCE: Page 2, line 8; (07)CR178701.2. -->
Page 2, line 8, delete "not".
Page 2, line 8, reset in roman "reduced fee or not charge a".
Page 2, line 9, delete "under subsection (c)".
Page 2, line 9, reset in roman "under subsection (c)"
Page 2, after line 18, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: ; (07)CR178701.3. -->
"SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]
(a) As used in this
SECTION, "department" refers to the department of education
established by IC 20-19-3-1.
(b) There is appropriated to the department three million
dollars ($3,000,000) from the state general fund for its use in
providing school library printed materials grants to school
corporations beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2009.
(c) The department shall administer the school library printed
materials grants.
(d) To be eligible for a school library printed materials grant, a
school corporation must:
(1) apply to the department in the form and manner specified
by the department; and
(2) provide money for library printed materials in an amount
at least equal to the amount provided in the grant.
(e) The department shall determine the amount of the school
library printed materials grant that each applicant receives.
(f) This SECTION expires July 1, 2009.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to HB 1787 as introduced.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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CR178701/DI 75 2007