Title 33, EDUCATION

33-2601. Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Idaho, as a part of the provisions for public education, to promote the establishment and development of free library service for all the people in Idaho. It is the purpose of this act to assure an informed e…

33-2602. Definitions. Unless a different meaning plainly is required in this chapter: (1) "Nonpartisan" means not controlled or influenced by any single political party. (2) "Board" means the group of trustees who manage the library. (3) "Mayor" means the elected chief municipal …

33-2603. Cities may establish tax supported libraries. The city council of every city shall have power to establish a public library, and for such purpose may annually levy and cause to be collected a tax up to but not exceeding one-tenth percent (.10%) of market value for assess…

33-2604. Board of trustees — Appointment — Term of office — Compensation. (1) For the government of such library there shall be a board of five (5) library trustees appointed by the mayor and council pursuant to section 50-210, Idaho Code, from among city residents. If the city g…

33-2605. Board of trustees — Vacancies — Removal. The board shall report all vacancies to the council within five (5) working days. All such appointments shall be made in the same manner as appointments are originally made. Appointments to complete an unexpired term shall be for …

33-2606. Board of trustees — Meetings. The board of trustees shall meet at least once in each quarter unless required by city ordinance to meet more frequently. One (1) of the meetings shall be designated as the annual meeting. The purposes of the annual meeting are to elect the …

33-2607. Powers and duties of trustees. In addition to the powers elsewhere contained in this chapter and notwithstanding the provisions of title 50, Idaho Code, the board of trustees of each city library shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To establish bylaws for its…

33-2608. Library director — Duties — Other employees. (1) The board of trustees of each city library shall appoint the library director with the approval of a majority of the members of the city council. The board may terminate the library director with the approval of a majority…

33-2609. Annual appropriations — Control of expenditures. The board shall prepare and adopt an annual budget, stating anticipated revenues and expenditures, indicating what support and maintenance of the library will be required for review and approval by the city council for the…

33-2610. Donations. Donations or gifts for the benefit of the library shall be budgeted along with other library accounts and shall be used only for library purposes. Money or other funds which are donated or given to the library may be expended by the board of trustees only in a…

33-2611. Reports of trustees. The board of trustees shall annually, not later than the first day of January, file with the board of library commissioners a report of the operations of the library for the fiscal year just ended. The report shall be of such form and contain such in…

33-2620. Failure to return borrowed material. Any person who borrows from a publicly funded lending facility any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, microform, recording, film, artifact, specimen, device, exhibit or other article belonging to, or in the …

33-2701. Purpose and policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Idaho, as a part of the provisions for public education, to promote the establishment and development of public library service for all the people of Idaho. By so declaring, the state acknowledges…

33-2702. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrative only district" is a library district that does not serve the public directly and has no direct service outlets or collections, but which contracts with other library entities to provide various public library serv…

33-2703. Library districts — Territory — Establishment — Limitations. A library district may be established by vote of the qualified electors of the proposed district in an election called and held as provided by this chapter, with the following limitations: (1) The district may …

33-2704. Petition — Verification — Notice and hearing. (1) A petition or petitions, signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors who reside within the boundaries of the proposed library district, giving the name of the proposed district, describing the b…

33-2705. Conduct of election. Upon the county commissioners having made the order referred to in subsection (5) of section 33-2704, Idaho Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall cause to be published a notice of an election to be held for the purpose of determi…

33-2706. Establishment of library district embracing more than one county. When the proposed library district embraces more than one (1) county, the petition and procedure for praying for the establishment of the district shall be carried forward in each county as though that cou…

33-2707. Addition of territory not having a tax supported library to a library district — Petitions and signatures — Election. (1) Any area which does not have a tax supported library and which is contiguous to an existing library district may become a part of the district by pet…

33-2708. Addition of territory not having a tax supported library to a library district — Alternate method. (1) An alternate method of adding territory to a library district may be initiated by a petition or petitions as set forth in section 33-2704, Idaho Code, except that the p…

33-2709. Existing TAX SUPPORTED city libraries may join library districts. Any tax supported city library may join an established library district by majority vote of the qualified electors of the city according to procedure set forth in section 33-2707, Idaho Code. A true copy o…

33-2710. Determination of the property portion of the budget for consolidated libraries — District and district — District and city. (1) When two (2) district libraries have agreed to consolidate, the property tax portion of the new consolidated district’s first budget will be de…

33-2711. Consolidation of library districts. When there are two (2) or more library districts, which have at least one (1) common boundary, the boards of trustees of the library districts, meeting together, may determine that it is in the best interest of library service that the…

33-2711A. Adjustment of boundary lines between existing public library districts. When the boards of two (2) public library districts having a common boundary determine that it is in the best interest of public library service that an adjustment of library district boundaries be …

33-2713. Dissolution of library district. A library district may be dissolved according to procedures followed in its original organization, but not earlier than four (4) years after the date of its establishment. The ballot shall contain the words "Shall (Name) Public Library Di…

33-2714. Library districts — Public corporations. Each library district shall be a public corporation, may sue and be sued in its corporate name and may contract and be contracted with.

33-2715. Board of trustees — Selection — Number — Qualifications — Term — Oath — Appointment of first board. (1) Each library district shall be governed by a board of trustees of five (5) members elected or appointed as provided by law, who at the time of their selection and duri…

33-2716. Board of trustees — Nomination and election — Recall — Vacancies. (1) The procedure for nomination and election of trustees of a library district shall be as provided for in chapter 14, title 34, Idaho Code, and in the general election laws of Idaho. If any two (2) or mo…

33-2717. Board of trustees — One nomination — No election. In any election for the office of trustee it is not necessary to conduct an election if: (1) After the expiration of the date for filing written nominations only one (1) candidate has been nominated for each position to b…

33-2717A. Declaration of intent for write-in candidate. No write-in vote for library district trustee in a library district election shall be counted unless a declaration of intent has been filed indicating that the person desires the office and is legally qualified to assume the…

33-2718. Creation of trustee zones. (1) Each library district may be divided into five (5) trustee zones with each zone having approximately the same population. To the maximum extent possible, boundaries of trustee zones shall follow the existing boundaries of the electoral prec…

33-2719. Board of trustees — Meetings. The annual meeting of a library district board shall be on the date of its first regular meeting in June. The purposes of the annual meeting are to elect the officers of the board, to establish a regular meeting date, and to review, amend, r…

33-2720. Powers and duties of the board of trustees. (1) The board of trustees of each library district shall have the following powers and duties consistent with the laws of the state of Idaho: (a) To establish bylaws for its own government; (b) To establish policies for the adm…

33-2721. Library director — Director team — Employees. (1) Except for an administrative only district, the board of trustees of each library district shall appoint a library director or director team who shall administer the library district. The director or one (1) member of the…

33-2722. Treasurer — Clerk. The board of trustees of each library district shall appoint some qualified person, who may or may not be a member of the board of trustees, to act as treasurer of the library district. This person shall, on taking office, give bond to the library dist…

33-2724. Taxes for the support of library district — Tax Anticipation loans — Carry over authority — Capital assets replacement and repair fund. (1) Any tax levied for library district purposes shall be a lien upon the property against which the tax is levied. The board of truste…

33-2725. Library district budget — Public hearing — Notice — Adjustments. The board of trustees of each library district shall prepare for the ensuing fiscal year a budget and prior to its adoption shall have called and caused to be held a public hearing thereon at a regular or s…

33-2726. Fiscal year — Annual reports — Audit. The fiscal year of each library district shall commence on the first day of October of each year. The board of trustees of each library district shall annually, not later than the first day of January, file with the board of library …

33-2727. Contracts — Joint powers agreements — Participation in nonprofit corporations. (1) In lieu of, or in addition to, establishing an independent library, the board of trustees may purchase specified library services by contract from any taxing unit, or public or private age…

33-2728. Bond election. (1) The purposes for which bonds may be issued shall be: To acquire, purchase, or improve a library site or sites; to build a library or libraries, or other building or buildings; to demolish or remove buildings; to add to, remodel or repair any existing b…

33-2729. Plant facilities reserve fund and levy. The library district board of trustees is authorized to create a plant facilities reserve fund as set forth in sections 33-804 and 33-901, Idaho Code. District library facilities plant facilities reserve funds may not be used to pu…

33-2737. School-community library districts. (a) The board of trustees of any school district in which is situated no incorporated city having a population in excess of one thousand (1,000), and in which no public library is maintained under any other provision of law, shall, upo…

33-2738. School-community library districts — Board of trustees — Trustee zones. Each school-community library district shall be governed by a board of trustees of five (5) members, who at the time of their selection and during their terms of office shall be qualified electors of…

33-2739. School-community library districts — Board of trustees — Powers and duties — Fiscal year. (1) The board of trustees of the school-community library district shall perform the duties required of, and have the power and authority granted to library district trustees pursua…

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…

33-2741. public library — internet use policy required. (1) Public libraries receiving public moneys and governed by the provisions of chapters 26 and 27, title 33, Idaho Code, that offer use of the internet or an online service to the public: (a) (i) Shall have in place a policy…