HB-4932, As Passed House, December 8, 2011
September 13, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Womack and referred to the Committee on Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 1977 PA 89, entitled
"State aid to public libraries act,"
by amending section 6 (MCL 397.556), as amended by 2005 PA 30.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
6. (1) A cooperative library shall include includes those
areas consisting of 1 of the following:
(a) Two or more counties with a total population of at least
100,000.
(b) One county plus portions of other counties with a
population of at least 100,000.
(c) One county or portion of the county with a population of
at least 400,000.
(d) Portions of 2 or more counties with a population of at
least 350,000.
(e) Combinations of counties or portions of counties serving a
population of at least 50,000, if the region served has a
population of 35 or fewer persons per square mile.
(2) (f)
The area covered by a cooperative
library shall
recognize the geosocioeconomic conditions within that area and
regions established for governmental purposes throughout the state.
A
local board placed in a cooperative library shall have the option
to
may petition the department to be placed in a different
cooperative library or to join with other local boards to form a
cooperative library under this act. A local board serving an area
adjoining
more than 1 cooperative library shall have the option to
may determine the cooperative library in which it participates.
(3) (g)
The system board of an existing
library system serving
over
750,000 600,000 population may petition the department for
designation as a cooperative board, and the department shall
designate that system board, as already constituted, as the
cooperative board. If a cooperative board is a county library
board, the cooperative plan shall provide for expanding the
cooperative board to represent proportionately the population
served in any other county or counties within the area of the
cooperative library. This expanded cooperative board shall have
authority over those matters affecting the operation of the
cooperative library except for the property, personnel, and
governmental relationships of the county whose board was designated
as the cooperative board, which matters shall continue to be the
responsibility of that county library board. The department shall
include
in the cooperative library serving over 750,000 600,000
population the communities presently served by the existing system
and all other communities not in another cooperative library within
counties represented by members on the expanded cooperative board
other than the designated system board members.