Assembly Bill No. 317–Assemblyman Collins

 

March 9, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Taxation

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to library districts. (BDR 33‑233)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to library districts; removing a tax imposed by a board of county commissioners for support of a consolidated library district; authorizing the board of county commissioners in a county in which a consolidated library district is created to adopt a budget for certain expenses of the consolidated library district and to appropriate money to the consolidated library district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 379.025 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    379.025  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the trustees

1-3  of any consolidated, county, district, town or other public library, and their

1-4  successors, shall:

1-5    (a) Establish, supervise and maintain a library.

1-6    (b) Appoint, evaluate the performance of and, if necessary, dismiss a

1-7  librarian or, in the case of a consolidated library district, an executive

1-8  director.

1-9    (c) Hold and possess the property and effects of the library in trust for

1-10  the public.

1-11    (d) In the case of a county library, submit annual budgets to the board of

1-12  county commissioners, containing detailed estimates of the amount of

1-13  money necessary for the operation and management of the library for the

1-14  next succeeding year.

1-15    (e) In the case of a consolidated, district or town library, prepare annual

1-16  budgets in accordance with NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive.

1-17    (f) In the case of a consolidated library district:

1-18      (1) Administer any separate account established pursuant to NRS

1-19  354.603.

1-20      (2) Annually submit a budget to the board of county commissioners

1-21  and governing body of the city for joint review and recommendation,

2-1  which must contain detailed priorities and estimates of the amount of

2-2  money necessary for the operation and management of the consolidated

2-3  library district for the next succeeding year. Unless a majority of the

2-4  members of the board of county commissioners and a majority of the

2-5  members of the governing body of the city reject the budget within 21 days

2-6  after it is submitted to them, the trustees shall cause copies of the final

2-7  budget to be submitted to the board of county commissioners for

2-8  attachment to the copy of the final budget for the county which is filed

2-9  pursuant to NRS 354.59801, and to the governing body of the city for

2-10  attachment to the copy of the final budget for the city which is filed

2-11  pursuant to NRS 354.59801. If the budget is so rejected, the trustees shall

2-12  resubmit a revised budget for joint review pursuant to this subparagraph.

2-13  The board of county commissioners may adopt an annual budget for the

2-14  administrative expenses of the consolidated library district in such

2-15  amounts as the board of county commissioners deems necessary and may

2-16  provide such conditions and restrictions upon the expenditure or

2-17  encumbrance of the money appropriated pursuant to the budget as the

2-18  board of county commissioners deems advisable.

2-19      (3) Submit quarterly reports to the board of county commissioners

2-20  and governing body of the city concerning the budget and the programs of

2-21  the library, and provide any additional information requested by either

2-22  governing body as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the

2-23  request.

2-24    (g) In the case of a district library, administer any separate account

2-25  established pursuant to NRS 354.603.

2-26    (h) Establish bylaws and regulations for the management of the library

2-27  and their own management.

2-28    (i) Manage all the property, real and personal, of the library.

2-29    (j) Acquire and hold real and personal property, by gift, purchase or

2-30  bequest, for the library.

2-31    (k) Administer any trust declared or created for the library.

2-32    (l) Maintain or defend any action in reference to the property or affairs

2-33  of the library.

2-34    2.  The trustees may:

2-35    (a) Make purchases and secure rooms.

2-36    (b) Authorize the merger or, subject to the limitations in NRS 379.0221,

2-37  the consolidation of a town or city library with a county library district.

2-38    (c) Invest the money in the appropriate library fund in accordance with

2-39  the provisions of chapter 355 of NRS.

2-40    (d) Do all acts necessary for the orderly and efficient management and

2-41  control of the library.

2-42    3.  The trustees shall, as a primary goal of the consolidated library

2-43  district, provide the library facilities, resources and trained staff to meet the

2-44  informational needs of all residents of the district.

2-45    Sec. 2.  NRS 379.0227 is hereby repealed.

2-46    Sec. 3.  1.  Section 2 of this act does not apply to any taxes levied for

2-47  the repayment, when due, of the principal of and interest on bonds, notes or

2-48  other indebtedness issued before the effective date of this act.

3-1    2.  A county shall not refinance any outstanding bond, note or other

3-2  indebtedness of a consolidated library district.

3-3    Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

3-4  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

3-5    379.0227  Consolidated library district: Levy of tax; fund for the

3-6   consolidated library; transfer of money to separate account.

3-7    1.  Upon the establishment of a consolidated library district, the board

3-8   of county commissioners shall, at the next time for levying taxes and in

3-9   each year thereafter, at the time and in the manner other taxes are levied,

3-10   levy a tax upon all taxable property in the consolidated library district for

3-11   the purpose of creating and maintaining a fund known as the fund for the

3-12   consolidated library.

3-13    2.  All money received by the county treasurer pursuant to subsection 1

3-14   and NRS 379.026 may be transferred to a separate account established and

3-15   administered by the trustees of a consolidated library district in accordance

3-16   with the provisions of NRS 354.603.

 

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