Effective: July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
The board of public library trustees of a county library district, appointed under section 3375.22 of the Revised Code, may consolidate with another subdivision in the county maintaining a free public library. Such consolidation may be accomplished by one of the following procedures:
(A) The board of public library trustees of the county library district may submit a resolution to the board of library trustees of such subdivision requesting such consolidation. The library trustees of the subdivision within thirty days of receipt of the resolution shall approve or reject such resolution; and, if approved shall forward the resolution together with a certification of its action to the taxing authority of said subdivision. Said taxing authority within thirty days of receipt of such resolution and certification shall approve or reject it and so notify the board of library trustees of the county district library and the board of county commissioners.
(B) Upon receipt of such resolution, under division (A) of this section the board of library trustees of the subdivision may request the taxing authority of the subdivision to adopt a resolution providing for the submission of the question of consolidation to the electors of the subdivision.
The taxing authority in turn shall adopt such a resolution and shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed with the board of elections of the county prior to the ninetieth day before the day of the election at which the question will appear on the ballot. The board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding November election.
(C) The board of county commissioners and the taxing authority of the subdivision, upon receipt of petitions signed by not less than ten per cent, or five hundred, whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors in the county library district and not less than ten per cent, or five hundred, whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors of the subdivision, voting at the last general election, shall adopt resolutions providing for the submission of the question of consolidation to the electors of the county library district and of the subdivision.
Each taxing authority in turn shall cause a certified copy of its resolution to be filed with the board of elections of the county prior to the ninetieth day before the day of the election at which the question will appear on the ballot. The board of elections shall submit the question of the consolidation of the county library district and the subdivision to the electors of the county library district and of the subdivision at the succeeding November election.
If under division (A) of this section the board of library trustees and the taxing authority of said subdivision approve the request for consolidation, or if under division (B) of this section a majority of the electors of the subdivision vote in favor of the consolidation, or if under division (C) of this section a majority of the electors of the county library district and a majority of the electors of the subdivision vote in favor of the consolidation, such consolidation shall take place. The taxing authority of the subdivision or the board of elections, whichever the case may be, shall notify the county commissioners and the respective library boards.
The board of library trustees of the county library district, the board of library trustees of the subdivision and their respective taxing authorities shall take appropriate action during the succeeding December, transferring all title and interest in all property, both real and personal, held in the names of said library boards to the board of trustees of the consolidated county library district, effective the second Monday of the succeeding January.
The board of library trustees of the county library district and the board of library trustees of the subdivision shall meet jointly on the second Monday of the succeeding January.
Acting as a board of the whole, the two boards shall become the interim board of library trustees of the consolidated county library district whose terms shall expire the second Monday of the second January succeeding the election at which the consolidation was approved. The board shall organize itself under section 3375.32 of the Revised Code and shall have the same powers, rights, and limitations in law as does a board of library trustees appointed under section 3375.22 of the Revised Code. In the event of a vacancy on the interim board the appointment shall be made by the same taxing authority which appointed the trustee whose place had become vacant and shall be only for the period in which the interim board is in existence.
At least thirty days prior to the second Monday of the second January succeeding the election at which the consolidation was approved, the board shall request the county commissioners and the judges of the court of common pleas to appoint a regular board of library trustees of seven members under the provisions of section 3375.22 of the Revised Code. The terms of said trustees shall commence on the second Monday of the January last referred to above. The control and management of such consolidated county library district shall continue to be under section 3375.22 of the Revised Code.
For the purposes of this section, whenever a county library district is consolidated with a subdivision other than a school district, the area comprising the school district in which the main library of said subdivision is located shall become a part of the county library district.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Section 3375.01 | State Library Board.
Section 3375.011 | Free Photocopy of Driver's License or Identification Card.
Section 3375.02 | Appointment of State Librarian - Duties.
Section 3375.04 | Control and Management of State Library.
Section 3375.06 | County Free Public Library - Appointment of Trustees.
Section 3375.07 | Tax Levy for Maintenance of County Free Public Library.
Section 3375.09 | Tax Levy by Board of Township Trustees for Maintenance of Library.
Section 3375.10 | Township Free Public Library - Appointment of Trustees.
Section 3375.12 | Municipal Free Public Libraries - Appointment of Trustees.
Section 3375.121 | Municipal Library District Created.
Section 3375.14 | School Libraries.
Section 3375.15 | School District Free Public Library - Appointment of Trustees.
Section 3375.16 | Board of Education May Transfer, Convey, or Lease Property for Library Purposes.
Section 3375.17 | Tax Levy by Board of Education for Operation of Library.
Section 3375.18 | Board of Education May Provide Building or Property for Public Library Service.
Section 3375.19 | County Library District.
Section 3375.201 | Election on Creating County District Library.
Section 3375.21 | Resolution for Inclusion of Subdivision in County Library District.
Section 3375.211 | Submission of Resolution to Electors.
Section 3375.212 | Consolidation With Another Subdivision.
Section 3375.213 | Assets, Liabilities and Levies.
Section 3375.22 | County Library District - Appointment of Trustees.
Section 3375.23 | Tax Levy by Board of County Commissioners for County Library District.
Section 3375.28 | Creation of Regional Library District.
Section 3375.31 | Tax Levy by Board of County Commissioners for Regional Library District.
Section 3375.32 | Meeting of Boards of Library Trustees - Organization - Election of Clerk - Bond.
Section 3375.33 | Boards of Library Trustees Are Bodies Politic and Corporate.
Section 3375.34 | Name of Board of Library Trustees.
Section 3375.35 | Rules of Procedure - Annual Report.
Section 3375.351 | Payment of Employees by Direct Deposit.
Section 3375.361 | Liability for Loss of Public Funds.
Section 3375.37 | Statement Filed With County Auditor.
Section 3375.38 | Compliance With Duties Relating to Moneys Credited to Board of Library Trustees.
Section 3375.39 | Accounting by Clerk - Count and Certificate.
Section 3375.391 | Treasurer to Credit Earnings on Investments.
Section 3375.392 | Policies for Use of Credit Card Accounts.
Section 3375.40 | Board of Library Trustees - Powers and Duties.
Section 3375.401 | Purchase of Liability Insurance.
Section 3375.402 | Establishment of Museums.
Section 3375.403 | Contract for Public Library Service.
Section 3375.404 | Issuance of Notes and Anticipation Notes.
Section 3375.41 | Contracts Over $50,000 to Require Bidding Procedure.
Section 3375.411 | Retirement Systems for Library Employees.
Section 3375.42 | Contract for Library Service - Tax Levy.
Section 3375.431 | Board of Education May Issue Bonds for Libraries.
Section 3375.44 | Payment of Interest - Retirement of Bonds - Annual Levy.
Section 3375.45 | Control and Management of Sinking or Bond Retirement Fund.
Section 3375.46 | Bureau of Municipal Research and Information May Be Established.
Section 3375.481 | Consortium of County Law Library Resources Boards.
Section 3375.61 | Financial Aid to Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association.
Section 3375.62 | Appointment of Trustees.
Section 3375.63 | Eligibility for Membership on Board of Public Library Trustees.
Section 3375.64 | Public Library Information Network.
Section 3375.65 | Library Information Network Board of Trustees.
Section 3375.66 | Duties and Powers of Board of Trustees.
Section 3375.67 | Dissolution of Network.
Section 3375.79 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Fund.
Section 3375.80 | Libraries Designated as Resource Centers.
Section 3375.81 | Essential Library Services Support Program.
Section 3375.82 | Administration of Grants.
Section 3375.83 | Interstate Library Compact.
Section 3375.84 | Interstate Library Compact Definitions.
Section 3375.85 | Aid to Interstate Library District Partly Within State.
Section 3375.90 | Formation of Regional Library System.
Section 3375.91 | Board of Trustees of Regional Library System - Powers and Duties.
Section 3375.92 | Clerk and Deputy Clerk of Board - Duties.
Section 3375.93 | Dissolution of or Withdrawal From Regional Library System.