256.61 - LIBRARY SERVICE AREAS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS.

        256.61  LIBRARY SERVICE AREAS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES
      -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS.
         1.  Seven library service areas shall serve and represent seven
      geographic regions consisting of the following counties:
         a.  The southwestern area shall serve and represent the
      counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont,
      Guthrie, Harrison, Lucas, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie,
      Ringgold, Shelby, Taylor, Union, and Wayne.
         b.  The northwestern area shall serve and represent the
      counties of Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford,
      Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto,
      Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury.
         c.  The north central area shall serve and represent the
      counties of Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin,
      Humboldt, Kossuth, Mitchell, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright.
         d.  The central area shall serve and represent the counties of
      Boone, Dallas, Greene, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk,
      Story, and Warren.
         e.  The southeastern area shall serve and represent the
      counties of Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk,
      Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello,
      and Washington.
         f.  The east central area shall serve and represent the
      counties of Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones,
      Linn, Poweshiek, and Tama.
         g.  The northeastern area shall serve and represent the
      counties of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler,
      Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Grundy, Howard, and
      Winneshiek.
         2.  Each area shall have a board of trustees composed of seven
      members, who shall be appointed as follows:
         a.  One member shall be appointed mutually by the area
      education agency media divisions located within the boundaries of the
      library service area.
         b.  One member shall be appointed mutually by the boards of
      trustees of the public libraries located within the boundaries of the
      library service area.
         c.  One member shall be appointed mutually by librarians
      employed by public libraries located within the boundaries of the
      library service area.
         d.  One member shall be appointed mutually by the boards of
      trustees of the community colleges located within the boundaries of
      the library service area.
         e.  One member shall be appointed by the commission of
      libraries to represent library patrons residing within the boundaries
      of the library service area.
         f.  Two members shall be appointed by the commission of
      libraries to represent the public at-large residing within the
      boundaries of the library service area.
         3.  All appointments shall comply with sections 69.16 and 69.16A.

         4.  The members of each library service area board shall be
      appointed to four-year, staggered terms of office.  A term shall be
      effective on the first of July of the year of appointment and a
      vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
      the original appointment.
         5.  The members of a board shall not receive compensation, but
      shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred
      in the performance of their official duties.  The expenses of the
      board members shall be paid from the appropriation to the library
      service areas.
         6.  Each board shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson
      annually from among its membership.  A board shall meet at the call
      of its chairperson or upon written request of a majority of its
      membership.  Four members constitute a quorum.  The concurrence of a
      majority of the members of a board is required to determine any
      matter relating to its duties.
         7.  The commission of libraries shall adopt rules providing for
      the coordination of appointments made to the board of trustees in
      accordance with this section.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         93 Acts, ch 48, §24; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §14
         Referred to in §256.60