KRS § 173.490 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 173 / Section 173.490
173.490 Terms of board members -- Appointment to fill vacancies -- Removal of members -- Advisory board
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173.490 Terms of board members -- Appointment to fill vacancies -- Removal of

members -- Advisory board.

(1) (a) One-third (1/3) of the persons first appointed to the board shall serve for a

term of two (2) years, one-third (1/3) for a term of three (3) years and one-

third (1/3) for a term of four (4) years. Where the board consists of a number

of members not divisible by three (3), one-third (1/3) of the next higher

number divisible by three (3), shall serve for a term of two (2) years, one-third

(1/3) for a term of three (3) years, and the remaining number shall serve for a

term of four (4) years. Thereafter, as their terms expire, the board shall make

recommendations on their successors, who shall be appointed as set out in

paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(b) The board shall recommend two (2) persons committed to the provision of

library services to the Department for Libraries and Archives for each

vacancy. The names shall be forwarded to the Department for Libraries and

Archives and the state librarian and commissioner shall recommend those

names to the county judge/executive. The county judge/executive shall

immediately, with the approval of the fiscal court, make the selection from

those recommended unless the fiscal court has adopted an alternative

appointment process through the passage of a resolution. For fiscal courts that

adopt an alternative appointment process, the county judge/executive:

1. a. May immediately, with the approval of the fiscal court, make the

selection from those recommended by the state librarian and

commissioner; and

b. For any appointments the county judge/executive decides not to

fill from the first recommendations, shall request the Department

for Libraries and Archives to submit within thirty (30) days two

(2) additional recommended persons for each unfilled

appointment, and, with the approval of the fiscal court, may make

the selection from those recommendations; and

2. For any remaining unfilled appointments after the provisions of

subparagraph 1. of this paragraph have been followed, shall appoint,

with the approval of the fiscal court, individuals of his or her choosing

no later than thirty (30) days after the day the county judge/executive

received the recommendations under subparagraph 1.b. of this paragraph

and made no appointment therefrom. The county judge/executive shall

notify the Department for Libraries and Archives of the name of any

individual appointed in the manner set out in this subparagraph.

(c) Board members thus appointed shall serve a term of four (4) years each.

Trustees may serve for two (2) consecutive terms after which they shall not

succeed themselves. They may be reappointed no earlier than twelve (12)

months following the end of their last service. The members shall hold office

until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. After absence of

a trustee from four (4) regular monthly meetings of the board during any one

(1) year of the trustee's term, the trustee shall be considered to have

automatically resigned from the board. An advisory board may be appointed

and serve as specified in the bylaws of the board of trustees.

(2) Any vacancy occurring in the terms of office of members shall be filled for the

unexpired term by the county judge/executive, with the approval of the fiscal court,

by appointment on recommendation of the state librarian and commissioner of two

(2) names of persons committed to the provision of library services and living in the

county in which the vacancy occurred unless the fiscal court has adopted an

alternative appointment process through the passage of a resolution. For fiscal

courts that adopt an alternative appointment process, the county judge/executive:

(a) 1. May immediately, with the approval of the fiscal court, make the

appointment on the recommendation of the state librarian and

commissioner of two (2) names of persons committed to the provision

of library services and living in the county in which the vacancy

occurred; and

2. If the county judge/executive decides not to make the appointment from

the first recommendations, shall request the Department for Libraries

and Archives to submit within thirty (30) days two (2) additional

recommended persons for the unfilled appointment, and, with the

approval of the fiscal court, may make the selection from those

recommendations; and

(b) For any remaining unfilled appointment after the provisions of paragraph (a)

of this subsection have been followed, shall appoint, with the approval of the

fiscal court, an individual of his or her choosing no later than thirty (30) days

after the day the county judge/executive received the recommendations under

paragraph (a)2. of this subsection and made no appointment therefrom. Any

person appointed in accordance with this paragraph shall be committed to the

provision of library services and living in the county in which the vacancy

occurred. The county judge/executive shall notify the Department for

Libraries and Archives of the name of any individual appointed in the manner

set out in this paragraph.

(3) A member of the board may be removed from office as provided by KRS 65.007.