Title 33 — EDUCATION

33-2505B. Submission by state agencies. (1) The head of every state agency or their designee shall promptly submit to the commission for libraries copies of published information that are state publications. (a) For state publications available only in print format, each state ag…

33-2505C. Exemptions. In the interest of economy and efficiency, the board of library commissioners may exempt a given state publication or class of publications from the requirements of sections 33-2505, 33-2505A and 33-2505B, Idaho Code, in full or in part, and shall promulgate…

33-2506. Library services improvement fund — Established. (1) Policy. The state of Idaho recognizes its responsibility to provide library services to people in all areas of the state. The state acknowledges that the ability of each Idahoan to access information has a critical imp…

33-2507. State treasurer trustee of library funds when required. When the conditions of the grant or appropriation so require, the state treasurer shall serve as trustee of funds appropriated to the state from any appropriation made by the federal government, the state, or any ot…

33-2508. digital and online library resources for K-12 STUDENTS. If the commission for libraries provides digital or online library resources for the use of students in kindergarten through grade 12, the commission shall comply with all provisions of section 33-132, Idaho Code.

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, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The library director shall advise the board, implement policy set by the board, supervise all lib…

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…

33-2612. Regional library systems — Purpose — Boundaries. It is the purpose of this act to provide a method by which the library boards which govern Idaho’s libraries, now or hereafter established in accordance with the Idaho Code, may contract to form regional library systems, i…

33-2613. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Library board" means the five (5) citizens appointed, or elected, to govern a public library, a school community library, or a library district, in accordance with chapters 26 and 27, title 33,…

33-2614. Petition for establishment. Any two (2) or more library boards may petition the board of library commissioners for the establishment of a regional system. Such petition shall be prepared in cooperation with the state librarian, on forms provided by the commission for lib…

33-2615. System board of directors. Each regional system shall be governed by a board of directors, to be selected by and from the governing boards of the participating libraries. Initially, as the system is formed, each participating library shall be entitled to one (1) represen…

33-2616. Powers and duties of the system board. The system board shall serve as a liaison agency between the participating libraries and their governing bodies and library boards. The system board shall make such bylaws, rules and regulations as may be necessary for its own gover…

33-2617. Finance of regional systems — Budgets — Participating and nonparticipating units. Each regional system may be financed by any combination of available funds, federal, state, local, public and/or private. Counties, cities and library districts are hereby authorized and em…

33-2618. Addition to or withdrawal from a regional system. (1) After the establishment of a regional system as provided in this act, the board of any library which is not a part of the system, and which is within the boundaries of a library region as established by the Idaho boar…

33-2619. Administration of act by board of library commissioners. The Idaho board of library commissioners shall administer the provisions of this act, and shall adopt such rules as are necessary for approval of regional system petitions, review and amendment of regional system p…

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…