Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to public library districts to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023; establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.480, relating to public library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.490, relating to public library districts, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.520 to provide libraries the authority to lease and build to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing or constructing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 173 relating to library districts formed by petition to require the terms of library board members to expire as of January 1, 2023, and establish requirements for new members; amend KRS 173.725, relating to petition-created library districts' initial board appointments, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint the first members of the newly created library board; amend KRS 173.730, relating to library districts created by petition, to allow a county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court to appoint members or fill vacancies of the library board; amend KRS 173.745 to provide libraries the authority to lease buildings for use by educational institutions; require unanimous vote of the board and fiscal court approval for leasing buildings for use by educational institutions and expenditures of capital projects over $500,000; define appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; eliminate the requirement for library members to have a postsecondary credential that is at least the level of an associate degree, certificate, or diploma.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- M. Nemes

Summary Remove requirement that existing library board members' terms expire as of December 31, 2022; allow the library board members to finish serving their terms; require vacancies to be filled.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- P. Wheeler

Summary Lower the requirement of an unanimous vote of the board to a majority vote of the board when voting on leasing or constructing appropriate buildings for use by educational institutions or approving expenditures for capital projects over $500,000; increase the total capital project expenditure amount that requires a vote of the board and approval of the fiscal court from $500,000 to $1,000,000; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 3 -- P. Wheeler

Summary Remove the requirement that the terms of the existing board members expire; remove the requirement that new persons be appointed to the board as of January 1, 2023; remove the age, residency, and geographical requirements of board members; allow the county judge/executive to use an alternative appointment process for appointing members to a library board when the fiscal court adopts an alternative appointment process through the passage of a resolution.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except amend the process when appointing board members or filling vacancies throughout the bill to require the county judge/executive to request the Department for Libraries and Archives to submit two additional recommendations for each board position that remains unfilled from the first set of recommendations prior to allowing the judge/executive to appoint members of his or her choosing; exempt public library construction fund awards that were made before the effective date of this Act from the requirement that projects costing $1,000,000 or more must receive a majority vote of the board and approval of the fiscal court.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 173.480, 173.490, 173.520, 173.725, 173.730, 173.745
Acts Chapter 221: 173.480, 173.490, 173.520, 173.725, 173.730, 173.745
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 173.480, 173.490, 173.520, 173.725, 173.730, 173.745
House Committee Substitute 1: 173.480, 173.490, 173.520, 173.725, 173.730, 173.745
Current: 173.480, 173.490, 173.520, 173.725, 173.730, 173.745