2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 173 - City, county, and regional libraries 173.480 Notice of organization -- Copy of petition -- Duties of Department for Libraries and Archives -- Board membership.
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173.480 Notice of organization -- Copy of petition -- Duties of Department for
Libraries and Archives -- Board membership.
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 173.470.
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 immediately, with the
approval of the fiscal court, 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 173.490.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1984 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch.
18, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 188, sec. 130, effective July 15, 1980. -Amended 1976 (1st Extra Sess.) ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Created
1960 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 4, effective June 16, 1960.
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