The adoption of this bill would not change the structure of current libraries. Districts must contain a taxable value of five million dollars to insure enough funding to support adequate library services. Members of the Board of Trustees are elected and have the power to levy, within limits. Library districts will give electors a direct method of establishing and governing an essential public service. Through elected trustees, libraries become directly linked to the people that they serve and city councils and county commissioners are freed from their administrative and governing responsibilities to the library.
Communities can use the library district to improve an important and essential public service.
The northern parts of Phillps and Blaine counties. No, this bill is permissive and only allows changes after a petition and election process. This bill does not change any structure of any existing public library. This bill gives the authority to levy to library district trustees. This authority is limited by state law and local decision making through an election.