SF 532

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to Washington County; making the library 
  1.3             board advisory to the county board. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY.] 
  1.6      The Washington County Board shall direct, operate, and 
  1.7   manage the Washington County library system.  The county library 
  1.8   board consisting of seven members who reside in the county 
  1.9   library service area shall be appointed by the county board.  
  1.10  The library board shall provide advice and make recommendations 
  1.11  on any matter pertaining to the library system to the county 
  1.12  board and the library director and shall exercise the powers and 
  1.13  perform the duties delegated to it by the county board, which 
  1.14  may include, but are not limited to, the establishment of rules 
  1.15  governing library operations, review of the annual operating 
  1.16  budget for submission to the county board, development of a 
  1.17  long-range plan and acceptance of gift and trust funds.  The 
  1.18  library board shall determine the contents of the collections of 
  1.19  the library system and shall be responsible for the use of 
  1.20  library meeting rooms. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.22     Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment.