School-Community Library Districts — Consolidation — Reorganization Into Library Districts

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 27 PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS 33-2740. School-community library districts — Consolidation — Reorganization into library districts. School-community library districts may join existing library districts according to the procedures set forth in section 33-2711 , Idaho Code. School-community library districts may reorganize into a library district as follows. The board of trustees of the school-community library district shall present a resolution calling for reorganization to the board of county commissioners who shall follow the procedures in subsections (2) through (5) of section 33-2704 , Idaho Code, except that no precedent petition shall be necessary. After the required hearing, the board of county commissioners shall appoint the first board of library district trustees and thereafter trustees shall be elected as provided in section 33-2715 , Idaho Code. The school-community library district’s dollar amount of the budget from ad valorem taxes shall be transferred without interruption to the new library district and shall be the base of the ad valorem portion of the new district’s budget. The dispersement of the assets and liabilities of the school-community library district shall be the responsibility of the school-community library district board of trustees should the library consolidate with a library district, organize into a library district, or dissolve.