Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 336 · 15 active provisions
1. A library district may be established composed of one or more counties, one or more cities, or any combination of cities and counties. 2. a. Eligible electors residing within the proposed district in a number not less than five percent of those voting for president of the United States or governor, as the case may b…
When a gift for library purposes is accepted by a county or city, its use for the library may be enforced against the board of supervisors or city council by the library board by an action of mandamus or by other proper action.
In any area in which a library district has been established in accordance with this chapter, a board of library trustees, consisting of five, seven, or nine members who reside within the library district, shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the jurisdictions comprising the library district.
1. Of the trustees appointed in accordance with section 336.4 on boards consisting of nine members, three shall hold office for two years, three for four years, and three for six years; on boards consisting of seven members, two shall hold office for two years, two for four years, and three for six years; and on boards…
Members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services.
The board of library trustees shall have and exercise the following powers: 1. To meet and elect from among its members a president of the board, a secretary, and such other officers as the board may deem necessary. 2. To direct and control all affairs of the library district, as well as to have charge and supervision…
1. All moneys appropriated or received for the maintenance of the public library shall be deposited in the treasury of the county or city, as determined by the board of library trustees, and expenditures shall be paid by the treasurer of the county or city in which the moneys are deposited on warrants ordered by the bo…
The board of library trustees shall, within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, submit a report to the governing bodies of the respective jurisdictions comprising the library district. The report shall contain a statement of the condition of the library, the number of books and other resources added, the n…
The board of library trustees may purchase real estate in the name of the library district for the location of public library buildings and branch libraries, and for the purpose of enlarging the grounds.
1. The maintenance of a public library established in accordance with this chapter shall be on the basis of each participating unit bearing its share of the total cost in proportion to its population as compared to the total population of the library district. 2. The board of library trustees shall make an estimate of…
The provisions of this chapter pertaining to the establishment of a library district shall not apply to any area receiving library service from any city library, unless the petition for a library district, in addition to the required signatures of electors, is signed by the governing body of the area receiving library…
Whenever a library district is established in accordance with this chapter, its board of trustees shall assume all the obligations of the existing library service contracts made by jurisdictions participating in the library district.
1. A city may withdraw from the library district upon a majority vote in favor of withdrawal by the electorate of the city in an election held on a motion by the city council. The election shall be held simultaneously with a general or city election. Notice of a favorable vote to withdraw shall be sent by certified mai…
1. A school corporation, township, or library district may contract for the use by its residents of a city library. A contract by a county shall supersede all contracts by townships or school corporations within the county outside of cities. 2. a. Contracts shall provide for the amount to be contributed. They may, by m…
1Contracting. The board of library trustees may contract with any other board of trustees of a free public library or any other city, school corporation, institution of higher learning, township, or county, or with the trustees of any county library district for the use of the library by their respective residents. 2Te…