§ 392.5 — Library board

Iowa § 392.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 392: CITY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

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1. a. A city library board of trustees functioning on the effective date of the city code shall
continue to function in the same manner until altered or discontinued as provided in this
section.
b. In order for the board to function in the same manner, the council shall retain all

applicable ordinances, and shall adopt as ordinances all applicable state statutes repealed
by 1972 Iowa Acts, ch. 1088.
2. A library board may accept and control the expenditure of all gifts, devises, and
bequests to the library.
3. a. Aproposaltoalterthecomposition,mannerofselection,orchargeofalibraryboard,
or to replace it with an alternate form of administrative agency, is subject to the approval of
the voters of the city.
b. The proposal may be submitted to the voters at any city election by the council on its
own motion. Upon receipt of a valid petition as defined in section 362.4, requesting that a
proposal be submitted to the voters, the council shall submit the proposal at the next regular
city election. A proposal submitted to the voters must describe with reasonable detail the
action proposed.
c. If a majority of those voting approves the proposal, the city may proceed as proposed.
d. If a majority of those voting does not approve the proposal, the same or a similar
proposal may not be submitted to the voters of the city for at least four years from the date
of the election at which the proposal was defeated.

Legislative History

[C97, §728, 729; S13, §729; SS15, §728; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5851, 5858; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §378.3, 378.10; C75, 77, 79, 81, §392.5]