173.725 Library board -- Members, number, appointment. - Kentucky Statutes

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173.725 Library board -- Members, number, appointment. (1) Upon the creation of a district, the fiscal court of each county in the district shall at once notify the Department for Libraries and Archives of the establishment of the
district and shall forward to the department a copy of the petition required pursuant
to KRS 173.720. The Department for Libraries and Archives shall then recommend
to the county judge/executive of each county in the district the names of suitable
persons from among the signers of the petition to be appointed to the board. The
Department for Libraries and Archives in recommending persons to the county
judge/executive for appointment to the board shall recommend twice as many
persons for each county as the county is entitled to have members appointed, and
the county judge/executive shall, with the approval of the fiscal court, immediately
make the selection from those recommended. Where the district consists of one (1)
county, the county judge/executive shall appoint five (5) persons from that county
as members. The Department for Libraries and Archives shall prescribe by
regulation the number of board members when the district consists of more than one
(1) county, provided that the board shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more
than four (4) members from each county, each county having such number of
members as the proportion of its population bears to the total population in the
district, and that the total membership of the board consists of not less than five (5)
members. Where a county joins an already established district, the Department for
Libraries and Archives shall, from among the signers of the petition, recommend to
the county judge/executive of each county included in the new district for the first
time twice as many persons for appointment to the board as the county is entitled to
have appointed, and the county judge/executive shall select the members for the
county from this list. The terms of the members of the counties composing the
previously existing district shall expire immediately upon the organization of the
new board and such vacancies shall be filled as provided in KRS 173.730. (2) In making recommendations and appointments under subsection (1) of this section and KRS 173.730, the Department for Libraries and Archives and the county
judge/executive shall attempt to assure, to the extent permitted by the county's
entitlement to board members, that the board includes members from different
geographical areas, and from both cities and unincorporated areas, of the county. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 18, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 167, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1980. --
Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. --
Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 4.