RCW 27.12.190
Library trustees—Appointment, election, removal, compensation.
The management and control of a library shall be vested in a board of either five or seven trustees as hereinafter in this section provided. In cities and towns five trustees shall be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the legislative body. In counties, rural county library districts, and island library districts, except as provided in RCW 27.12.192, five trustees shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. In a regional library district a board of either five or seven trustees shall be appointed by the joint action of the legislative bodies concerned. In intercounty rural library districts a board of either five or seven trustees shall be appointed by the joint action of the boards of county commissioners of each of the counties included in a district. The first appointments for boards comprised of but five trustees shall be for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years respectively, and thereafter a trustee shall be appointed annually to serve for five years. The first appointments for boards comprised of seven trustees shall be for terms of one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven years respectively, and thereafter a trustee shall be appointed annually to serve for seven years. No person shall be appointed to any board of trustees for more than two consecutive terms. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms as soon as possible in the manner in which members of the board are regularly chosen.
A library trustee shall not receive a salary or other compensation for services as trustee, but necessary expenses actually incurred shall be paid from the library funds.
A library trustee in the case of a city or town may be removed only by vote of the legislative body. A trustee of a county library, a rural county library district library, or an island library district library may be removed for just cause by the county commissioners after a public hearing upon a written complaint stating the ground for removal, which complaint, with a notice of the time and place of hearing, shall have been served upon the trustee at least fifteen days before the hearing. A trustee of an intercounty rural library district may be removed by the joint action of the board of county commissioners of the counties involved in the same manner as provided herein for the removal of a trustee of a county library.
[ 2017 c 134 § 1; 1982 c 123 § 8; 1981 c 26 § 2; 1965 c 122 § 3; 1959 c 133 § 2; 1947 c 75 § 12; 1941 c 65 § 7; 1939 c 108 § 1; 1935 c 119 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 8226-8. Prior: 1915 c 12 § 2; 1909 c 116 § 4; 1901 c 166 § 4. Formerly RCW 27.12.190 and 27.12.200.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 27 - Libraries, Museums, and Historical Activities
Chapter 27.12 - Public Libraries.
27.12.030 - Libraries, how established.
27.12.040 - Rural library districts—Establishment—Proposed maximum levy rate.
27.12.050 - Rural library districts—Board of library trustees—Tax levies.
27.12.060 - Rural library districts—General powers.
27.12.080 - Regional libraries.
27.12.090 - Intercounty rural library districts—Establishment.
27.12.100 - Intercounty rural library districts—Establishment—Procedure.
27.12.110 - Intercounty rural library districts—Expansion of existing districts.
27.12.120 - Intercounty rural library districts—Assumption of property, assets, liabilities.
27.12.130 - Intercounty rural library districts—Board of trustees.
27.12.140 - Intercounty rural library districts—Name may be adopted.
27.12.150 - Intercounty rural library districts—Tax levies.
27.12.160 - Intercounty rural library districts—District treasurer.
27.12.170 - Intercounty rural library districts—Powers of board—Procedures.
27.12.180 - Contracts for library service.
27.12.190 - Library trustees—Appointment, election, removal, compensation.
27.12.192 - Library trustees—Seven member rural county library district boards.
27.12.210 - Library trustees—Organization—Bylaws—Powers and duties.
27.12.212 - Community revitalization financing—Public improvements.
27.12.215 - Job recruitment expenditures authorized.
27.12.222 - Rural, island, and intercounty rural districts—General obligation bonds—Excess levies.
27.12.223 - Bonds—Sale—Security for deposit.
27.12.240 - Annual appropriations—Control of expenditures.
27.12.260 - Annual report of trustees.
27.12.270 - Rules and regulations—Free use of libraries.
27.12.280 - Use by nonresidents—Exchange of books.
27.12.285 - Library services for Indian tribes.
27.12.290 - Violators may be excluded.
27.12.300 - Gifts—Title to property.
27.12.305 - Sale of library materials authorized—Disposition of proceeds.
27.12.310 - Charter provisions superseded.
27.12.320 - Dissolution—Disposition of property.
27.12.321 - School district public libraries abolished—Disposition of assets.
27.12.330 - Penalty for injury to property.
27.12.340 - Wilfully retaining books—Infraction.
27.12.370 - Annexation of city or town into library district—Special election procedure.
27.12.380 - Annexation of city or town into library district—Withdrawal of annexed city or town.
27.12.390 - Annexation of city or town into library district—Tax levies.
27.12.395 - Annexation of city or town into library district—Assumption of liabilities.
27.12.400 - Island library districts—Establishment—Procedure.
27.12.410 - Island library districts—Restrictions on establishment.
27.12.420 - Island library districts—Board of trustees—Tax levies.
27.12.430 - Island library districts—Name may be adopted.
27.12.440 - Island library districts—Powers and limitations for indebtedness.