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173.725 Library board -- Members, number, appointment.
(1)
(2)
Upon the creation of a district, the fiscal court of each county in the district shall
at once notify the Department for Libraries and Archives of the establishment of
the district and shall forward to the department a copy of the petition required
pursuant to KRS 173.720. The Department for Libraries and Archives shall
then recommend to the county judge/executive of each county in the district the
names of suitable persons from among the signers of the petition to be
appointed to the board. The Department for Libraries and Archives in
recommending persons to the county judge/executive for appointment to the
board shall recommend twice as many persons for each county as the county
is entitled to have members appointed, and the county judge/executive shall,
with the approval of the fiscal court, immediately make the selection from those
recommended. Where the district consists of one (1) county, the county
judge/executive shall appoint five (5) persons from that county as members.
The Department for Libraries and Archives shall prescribe by regulation the
number of board members when the district consists of more than one (1)
county, provided that the board shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more
than four (4) members from each county, each county having such number of
members as the proportion of its population bears to the total population in the
district, and that the total membership of the board consists of not less than five
(5) members. Where a county joins an already established district, the
Department for Libraries and Archives shall, from among the signers of the
petition, recommend to the county judge/executive of each county included in
the new district for the first time twice as many persons for appointment to the
board as the county is entitled to have appointed, and the county
judge/executive shall select the members for the county from this list. The
terms of the members of the counties composing the previously existing district
shall expire immediately upon the organization of the new board and such
vacancies shall be filled as provided in KRS 173.730.
In making recommendations and appointments under subsection (1) of this
section and KRS 173.730, the Department for Libraries and Archives and the
county judge/executive shall attempt to assure, to the extent permitted by the
county's entitlement to board members, that the board includes members from
different geographical areas, and from both cities and unincorporated areas, of
the county.
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 167, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20,
sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 4.
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