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IA Code § 336.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.8 - Powers.

336.8 Powers.   The board of library trustees shall have and exercise the following powers:   1. To meet and elect from among its members a president of the board, a secretary, and such other officers as the board may deem necessary.   2. To direct and control all affairs of the library district, as well as to have charge and supervision of the library and its rooms, appurtenances, and fixtures.   3. To employ a librarian and authorize the librarian to employ such assistants and employees as may be necessary for the proper management of the library district. The board shall fix the compensation of such employees. Prior to such employment, the compensation of the librarian, assistants, and employees shall be fixed by a majority of the members of the board voting.   4. To remove, by a two-thirds vote of the board, the librarian, and provide procedures for the removal of assistants or employees for misdemeanor, incompetency, or inattention to duty.   5. To authorize the librarian to select and make purchases of books, magazines, periodicals, papers, maps, journals, furniture, fixtures, technology, and supplies for the library district.   6. To authorize the use of the public library by nonresidents of the area which is taxed to support the public library and to fix charges for library services.   7. To make and adopt, amend, modify, or repeal bylaws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the care, use, government, and management of the public library and the business of the board, fixing and enforcing penalties for violations. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.   8. To have exclusive control of all funds allocated for public library purposes, all moneys available by gift or otherwise for the erection of public library buildings, and all other moneys belonging to the public library, including fines and rental fees collected, under the rules of the board.   9. To accept gifts of real property, personal property, or mixed property, and devises and bequests, including trust funds; to take the title to the property in the name of the public library; to execute deeds and bills of sale for the conveyance of the property; and to expend the funds generated from the gifts, for the improvement of the public library.   10. To make agreements with local county historical associations to set apart the necessary room and to care for articles that come into the possession of the association. The board may purchase necessary receptacles and materials for the preservation and protection of articles which are of an historical and educational nature.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.8]  83 Acts, ch 123, §162, 209  C93, §336.8  2010 Acts, ch 1031, §325
IA Code § 336.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.9 - Methods of service.

336.9 Methods of service. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §334.
IA Code § 336.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.10 - Library fund.

336.10 Library fund.   1. All moneys appropriated or received for the maintenance of the public library shall be deposited in the treasury of the county or city, as determined by the board of library trustees, and expenditures shall be paid by the treasurer of the county or city in which the moneys are deposited on warrants ordered by the board of trustees, signed by the board’s president and secretary.   2. The treasurer of the county or city in which the public library moneys are deposited pursuant to subsection 1 shall be required to furnish a bond conditioned as provided by section 64.2 in an amount as agreed upon by the participating boards of supervisors and city councils and the cost shall be paid by the participating counties and cities.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §358B.10; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1073]  83 Acts, ch 123, §163, 209  C93, §336.10  2001 Acts, ch 158, §29; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §326
IA Code § 336.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.11 - Annual report.

336.11 Annual report.   The board of library trustees shall, within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, submit a report to the governing bodies of the respective jurisdictions comprising the library district. The report shall contain a statement of the condition of the library, the number of books and other resources added, the number of books and other resources circulated, the number of books and other resources not returned or lost, the amount of fines collected, and the amount of money expended in the maintenance of the public library during the preceding fiscal year, together with any other information the board deems important.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.11]  C93, §336.11  2001 Acts, ch 158, §30; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §327
IA Code § 336.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.12 - Real estate acquired.

336.12 Real estate acquired.   The board of library trustees may purchase real estate in the name of the library district for the location of public library buildings and branch libraries, and for the purpose of enlarging the grounds.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.12]  C93, §336.12  2001 Acts, ch 158, §31; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §328
IA Code § 336.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.13 - Maintenance expense on proportionate basis.

336.13 Maintenance expense on proportionate basis.   1. The maintenance of a public library established in accordance with this chapter shall be on the basis of each participating unit bearing its share of the total cost in proportion to its population as compared to the total population of the library district.   2. The board of library trustees shall make an estimate of the amount necessary for the maintenance of the library, the sources of direct library revenue, and the amount to be contributed from taxes or other revenues by the participating city or county and hold a hearing on the estimate after notice of the hearing is published as provided in section 331.305 or section 362.3, as appropriate. On or before January 10 of each year, the board of library trustees shall transmit the estimate in dollars to the governing bodies of the jurisdictions participating in the library district. Each board of supervisors participating shall review the estimate and appropriate for library purposes its share from the county rural services fund budget. Each city council participating shall review the estimate for the city and appropriate for library purposes its share from the city general fund budget. Each participating city or county shall contribute its share from taxation or from other sources available for library purposes on an equitable basis. With approval of a city council, the county treasurer may withhold a reasonable portion of the taxes collected for a city to meet the city’s contribution for library purposes and deliver a receipt to the city clerk for the amount withheld.   3. This section shall not affect the taxing authority provided under section 256.69.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §358B.13; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1074; 82 Acts, ch 1104, §13]  83 Acts, ch 123, §164, 209; 84 Acts, ch 1168, §1  C93, §336.13  2001 Acts, ch 158, §32; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §329
IA Code § 336.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.14 - Not applicable to contract service.

336.14 Not applicable to contract service.   The provisions of this chapter pertaining to the establishment of a library district shall not apply to any area receiving library service from any city library, unless the petition for a library district, in addition to the required signatures of electors, is signed by the governing body of the area receiving library service under contract.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.14]  C93, §336.14  2001 Acts, ch 158, §33
IA Code § 336.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.15 - Existing contracts assumed.

336.15 Existing contracts assumed.   Whenever a library district is established in accordance with this chapter, its board of trustees shall assume all the obligations of the existing library service contracts made by jurisdictions participating in the library district.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.15]  C93, §336.15  2001 Acts, ch 158, §34; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §330
IA Code § 336.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.16 - Withdrawal from district — termination.

336.16 Withdrawal from district — termination.   1. A city may withdraw from the library district upon a majority vote in favor of withdrawal by the electorate of the city in an election held on a motion by the city council. The election shall be held simultaneously with a general or city election. Notice of a favorable vote to withdraw shall be sent by certified mail to the board of library trustees of the library district and the county auditor or city clerk, as appropriate, prior to January 10, and the withdrawal shall be effective on July 1.   2. A county may withdraw from the district after a majority of the voters of the unincorporated area of the county voting on the issue favor the withdrawal. The board of supervisors shall call for the election which shall be held at the next general election.   3. A city or county election shall not be called until a hearing has been held on the proposal to submit a proposition of withdrawal to an election. A hearing may be held only after public notice is published as provided in section 362.3 in the case of a city or section 331.305 in the case of a county. A copy of the notice submitted for publication shall be mailed to the public library on or before the date of publication. The proposal presented at the hearing must include a plan for continuing adequate library service with or without all participants and the respective allocated costs and levels of service shall be stated. At the hearing, any interested person shall be given a reasonable time to be heard, either for or against the withdrawal or the plan to accompany it.   4. A library district may be terminated if a majority of the electors of the unincorporated area of the county and the cities included in the library district voting on the issue favor the termination. If the vote favors termination, the termination shall be effective on the succeeding July 1.   5. An election for withdrawal from or termination of a library district shall not be held more than once each four years.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §358B.16]  84 Acts, ch 1168, §2; 85 Acts, ch 125, §1  C93, §336.16  2001 Acts, ch 158, §35; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §51; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §97, 115; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §331; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §140; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §33
IA Code § 336.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.17 - Historical association.

336.17 Historical association. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §334. See §336.8.
IA Code § 336.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.18 - Contracts to use city library.

336.18 Contracts to use city library.   1. A school corporation, township, or library district may contract for the use by its residents of a city library. A contract by a county shall supersede all contracts by townships or school corporations within the county outside of cities.   2. a. Contracts shall provide for the amount to be contributed. They may, by mutual consent of the contracting parties, be terminated at any time. They may also be terminated by a majority of the voters represented by either of the contracting parties, voting on the question to terminate which shall be submitted by the governing body upon a written petition of eligible electors in a number not less than five percent of those who voted in the area for president of the United States or governor at the last general election.   b. The question may be submitted at any election provided by law which covers the area of the unit seeking to terminate the contract. The petition shall be presented to the governing body not less than ten days before the last day candidates may file nomination petitions for the election at which the question is to be submitted.   3. The board of trustees of any township which has entered into a contract shall at the April meeting levy a tax not exceeding six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation on all taxable property in the township to create a fund to fulfill its obligation under the contract.   4. a. Eligible electors of that part of any county outside of cities in a number of not less than twenty-five percent of those in the area who voted for president of the United States or governor at the last general election may petition the board of supervisors to submit the question of requiring the board to provide library service for them and their area by contract as provided by this section.   b. The board of supervisors shall submit the question to the voters of the county residing outside of cities at the next general election. The petition shall be filed not less than ten days before the last day candidates may file nomination petitions for the election at which the question is to be submitted.   c. If a majority of those voting upon the question favors it, the board of supervisors shall contract with a library for library use or service for the benefit of the residents and area represented by it.  [S13, §592-a, 792-a; SS15, §422; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5859, 5861 – 5863; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §378.11, 378.13 – 378.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §358B.18; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1075]  83 Acts, ch 123, §166, 167, 209  C93, §336.18  2001 Acts, ch 56, §25, 26; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §36; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §98, 99, 115; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §332  Referred to in §331.321, 331.381
IA Code § 336.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 336 - LIBRARY DISTRICTS|Section 336.19 - Contracts for use of public library.

336.19 Contracts for use of public library.   1. Contracting. The board of library trustees may contract with any other board of trustees of a free public library or any other city, school corporation, institution of higher learning, township, or county, or with the trustees of any county library district for the use of the library by their respective residents.   2. Termination. A contract entered into pursuant to subsection 1 may be terminated as follows:   a. By mutual consent of the contracting parties.   b. By a majority vote of the electors represented by either of the contracting parties. Upon a written petition of a number of eligible electors equaling five percent or more of the number of electors voting at the last general election within the jurisdiction of the contracting party, a termination proposition shall be submitted to the electors by the governing body of the contracting party. The petition shall be presented to the governing body not less than forty days prior to the next general election or special election held throughout the jurisdiction of the party seeking to terminate the contract. The proposition shall be submitted at the next general election or next special election held throughout the jurisdiction of the party seeking to terminate the contract.  2010 Acts, ch 1031, §333
IA Code § 341A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.1 - Definitions.

341A.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Commission” means the civil service commission or a combined county civil service commission created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.   2. “Commissioner” means a member of the commission defined in subsection 1.   3. “County” means a single county or several counties combined for the purposes enumerated in section 341A.3.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.1]
IA Code § 341A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.2 - Civil service commission.

341A.2 Civil service commission.   1. Subject to the alternate plan enumerated in section 341A.3, there is created in each county a civil service commission composed of three members. Two members shall be appointed by the county board of supervisors and one member shall be appointed by the county attorney of each county. Appointees to the commission shall be residents of the county for at least two years immediately preceding appointment, and shall be electors. Terms of office shall be six years; however, the initial members of the commission shall be appointed as follows:   a. One of the members appointed by the board of supervisors shall serve for a period of two years while the other member shall serve for a period of six years and the board shall specify the term of each member so appointed.   b. The member appointed by the county attorney shall serve for a period of four years.   2. Any member of the commission may be removed by the appointing authority for incompetence, dereliction of duty, malfeasance in office, or for other good cause; however, no member of the commission shall be removed until apprised in writing of the nature of the charges against the member and a hearing on such charges has been held before the board of supervisors. In the event a vacancy occurs in the commission for any reason other than expiration of the term, an appointment to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be made in the same manner as the original appointment.   3. A majority vote of the membership of the commission shall be sufficient to transact the business of the commission.   4. Not more than two commissioners shall be members of the same political party. Commissioners shall hold no elective or other appointive public office during their terms of appointment to the commission. Commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expense and mileage incurred in the actual performance of their duties.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.2]  2000 Acts, ch 1057, §3; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §77  Referred to in §331.321, 331.756(51), 341A.3
IA Code § 341A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.3 - Combined civil service system.

341A.3 Combined civil service system.   Any combination of counties in this state may, by resolution of the boards of supervisors in each county, establish a combined civil service system to serve such counties. The specific terms of the agreement regarding the operation of the combined civil service system, including the appointment of qualified commissioners, and any other matters pertinent to the operation of such system shall be contained in the resolutions adopted by the respective boards of supervisors of the participating counties. Counties participating in a combined civil service system need not be contiguous.   Appointment of commissioners in combined counties shall be by joint meeting of the boards of supervisors and county attorneys, respectively. Each group meeting jointly shall appoint one commissioner whose term shall be six years, except that initial terms shall be as provided in section 341A.2.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.3]  2000 Acts, ch 1057, §4  Referred to in §331.321, 331.756(51), 341A.1, 341A.2
IA Code § 341A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.4 - Statutory authority.

341A.4 Statutory authority.   If a county or combination of counties has a civil service commission, this commission shall serve as the commission established by this chapter and shall have all the powers and duties provided by this chapter.   If more than one civil service commission exists, the one from the county with the largest population shall serve as the commission under this chapter.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.4]
IA Code § 341A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.5 - Organization.

341A.5 Organization.   The commission shall hold an organizational meeting immediately after its establishment and shall elect one of its members as chairperson. The commission shall hold regular meetings at least once annually, and may hold additional meetings as may be required in the fulfillment of its responsibilities. All commission meetings shall be public meetings.   The commission shall appoint a personnel director who shall act as its secretary and such other personnel as may be necessary. The personnel director shall keep and preserve all records of the commission, including reports submitted to it and examinations held under its direction, advise the commission in all matters pertaining to the civil service system, and perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe. The commission may add the personnel director’s duties to a presently employed county employee.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.5]  89 Acts, ch 187, §1
IA Code § 341A.6A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.6A - Veteran eligibility.

341A.6A Veteran eligibility.   If a veteran has been honorably discharged between forty-five days before and sixty days after an examination or test is administered under section 341A.6, the commission may allow the veteran to be subject to such examination or testing up to ninety days following the date that the original examination or testing was conducted and if appropriate shall add the veteran’s name and address to the eligibility list for a vacant position pursuant to section 341A.13.  2014 Acts, ch 1116, §57
IA Code § 341A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.7 - Classifications.

341A.7 Classifications.   1. The classified civil service positions covered by this chapter include persons actually serving as deputy sheriffs who are salaried pursuant to section 331.904, subsection 2, but do not include a chief deputy sheriff, two second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population of more than one hundred thousand, three second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand, and four second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population of more than two hundred thousand. However, a chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff who becomes a candidate for a partisan elective office for remuneration is subject to section 341A.18. A deputy sheriff serving with permanent rank under this chapter may be designated chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff and retain that rank during the period of service as chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff and shall, upon termination of the duties as chief deputy sheriff or second deputy sheriff, revert to the permanent rank.   2. If the positions of two second deputy sheriffs of a county were exempt from classified civil service coverage under this chapter based on the 1980 decennial census, the two second deputy positions shall remain exempt from classified civil service coverage under this chapter.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §341A.7; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1219]  90 Acts, ch 1119, §1; 91 Acts, ch 110, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1184, §68, 69  Referred to in §341A.9