HB-5977, As Passed House, June 22, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5977

 

June 8, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Gaffney, Waters, McConico, Tobocman, Hunter, Stallworth, Smith, Cheeks, Reeves and Hood and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1977 PA 89, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "State aid to public libraries act,"                                        

                                                                                

    by amending section 6 (MCL 397.556), as amended by 2001 PA 65.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 6.  A cooperative library shall include those areas                    

                                                                                

2   consisting of 1 of the following:                                           

                                                                                

3       (a) Two or more counties with a total population of at least                

                                                                                

4   100,000.                                                                    

                                                                                

5       (b) One county plus portions of other counties with a                       

                                                                                

6   population of at least 100,000.                                             

                                                                                

7       (c) One county or portion  thereof  of the county with a                    

                                                                                

8   population of at least 400,000.                                             

                                                                                

9       (d) Portions of 2 or more counties with a population of at                  

                                                                                

10  least 350,000.                                                              

                                                                                

11      (e) Combinations of counties or portions of counties serving                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   a population of at least 50,000, if the region served has a                 

                                                                                

2   population of 35 or fewer persons per square mile.                          

                                                                                

3       (f) The area covered by a cooperative library shall recognize               

                                                                                

4   the geosocioeconomic conditions within that area and regions                

                                                                                

5   established for governmental purposes throughout the state.  A              

                                                                                

6   local board placed in a cooperative library shall have the option           

                                                                                

7   to petition the department to be placed in a different                      

                                                                                

8   cooperative library or to join with other local boards to form a            

                                                                                

9   cooperative library under this act.  A local board serving an               

                                                                                

10  area adjoining more than 1 cooperative library shall have the               

                                                                                

11  option to determine the cooperative library in which it                     

                                                                                

12  participates.                                                               

                                                                                

13      (g) The system board of an existing library system serving                  

                                                                                

14  over  1,000,000  750,000 population may petition the department             

                                                                                

15  for designation as a cooperative board, and the department shall            

                                                                                

16  designate that system board, as already constituted, as the                 

                                                                                

17  cooperative board.  If a cooperative board is a county library              

                                                                                

18  board, the cooperative plan shall provide for expanding the                 

                                                                                

19  cooperative board to represent proportionately the population               

                                                                                

20  served in any other county or counties within the area of the               

                                                                                

21  cooperative library.  This expanded cooperative board shall have            

                                                                                

22  authority over those matters affecting the operation of the                 

                                                                                

23  cooperative library except for the property, personnel, and                 

                                                                                

24  governmental relationships of the county whose board was                    

                                                                                

25  designated as the cooperative board, which matters shall continue           

                                                                                

26  to be the responsibility of that county library board.  The                 

                                                                                

27  department shall include in the cooperative library serving over            


                                                                                

1   1,000,000  750,000 population the communities presently served             

                                                                                

2   by the existing system and all other communities not in another             

                                                                                

3   cooperative library within counties represented by members on the           

                                                                                

4   expanded cooperative board other than the designated system board           

                                                                                

5   members.