Note: This Section authorizes DOA to allow regionally accredited 4-year
nonprofit colleges and universities that are incorporated in this state or that have their
regional headquarters and principal place of business in this state to participate in any
telecommunications network administered by DOA.
SB269, s. 2 7Section 2. 43.001 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,6,108 43.001 (1) (e) That the most effective use of library resources in this state can
9occur only through interlibrary cooperation among all types of libraries and the
10effective use of technology
.
Note: This Section recognizes the importance of technology in library resource
sharing.
SB269, s. 3 11Section 3. 43.05 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,7,212 43.05 (14) Conduct an investigation of a public library system if at least 30%
13of the libraries in participating municipalities that include at least 30% of the
14population of all participating municipalities state in the report under s. 43.58 (6) (c)
15that the public library system did not provide effective leadership and adequately
16meet the needs of the library. If the division determines that the public library
17system did not provide effective leadership and adequately meet the needs of
18libraries participating in the system, it shall prepare a plan recommending how the
19public library system can do so in the future. The plan shall be distributed to the
20public library system board, the boards of all libraries participating in the system

1and the county boards of all counties participating in the system. In this subsection,
2"participating municipality" has the meaning given in s. 43.18 (1) (c).
Note: This Section requires DLCL to conduct an investigation of a public library
system if, in annual reports to the division under s. 43.58 (6) (c), stats., as created by this
bill, at least 30% of the libraries in participating municipalities that include at least 30%
of the population of all participating municipalities state that the public library system
did not provide effective leadership and adequately meet the needs of the library. If DLCL
determines that the public library system did not provide effective leadership and
adequately meet the needs of libraries participating in the system, it must prepare a plan
recommending how the public library system can do so in the future. The plan must be
distributed to the public library system board, the boards of all libraries participating in
the system and the county boards of all counties participating in the system.
"Participating municipality" means a municipality that operates a public library and is
a member of a public library system.
SB269, s. 4 3Section 4. 43.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,7,134 43.09 (2) Public library systems. The division, by rule, shall may promulgate
5necessary standards for public library systems. Such If promulgated, such rules
6shall be consistent with s. 43.15 and shall be established in accordance with ch. 227,
7except that the division shall hold a public hearing prior to adoption of any proposed
8rule. In addition to the notice required under s. 227.17, the division shall endeavor
9to notify each public library of such public hearings. Standards for public library
10systems shall be based on the population served, adequacy of the buildings and
11physical facilities, the qualifications and number of personnel, book resources and
12other library materials, financial support and such other standards as the division
13finds necessary to ensure adequate library service.
Note: This Section repeals statutorily specified bases for standards for
administrative rules regulating public library systems and permits, rather than requires
(current law), DLCL to promulgate necessary standards for public library systems.
SB269, s. 5 14Section 5. 43.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,8,415 43.11 (1) Creation. Any county board may appoint a county library planning
16committee under this section. If a county board, in a county where all public library
17service is administered or coordinated by an existing county library board or where

1there is a single-county public library system board
, determines to appoint a
2committee under this section, the existing library board shall may serve as the
3county library planning committee. The county board shall notify the division
4immediately upon appointment of the committee.
Note: Under current law, if a county board, in a county where all public library
service is administered or coordinated by an existing library board, decides to appoint a
county library planning committee, the existing library board must serve as the county
library committee. This Section of the bill specifies that: 1) this provision also applies
where there is a single-county public library system board; and 2) the existing library
board is permitted, but not required, to serve as the planning committee.
SB269, s. 6 5Section 6. 43.11 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: This Section repeals the provision specifying the composition of county
library planning committees.
SB269, s. 7 6Section 7. 43.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,8,147 43.11 (3) (title) Duties and powers. (a) The committee shall investigate the
8potential of a public library system in the county and adjacent counties, and
may
9prepare a new plan for the organization of a county or multicounty system, revise an
10existing plan or change the boundaries of a public library system
. It shall conduct
11public hearings concerning these plans, revisions and changes to which
12representatives of all libraries in the county shall be invited and shall cooperate with
13similar committees of adjoining counties for the purpose of planning multicounty
14public library systems
.
SB269,8,2015 (b) The committee's final report, including a plan for initial and long-range
16services
a new plan, revisions to an existing plan or changes to the boundaries of a
17public library system
and copies of any written agreements necessary to implement
18the proposed system proposal, shall be filed with the county board and submitted to
19the division. Plans for multicounty systems shall include a method for allocating
20system board membership among the member counties.
SB269,9,17
1(c) The plan of library service for a county, whether for a single county or a
2multicounty system, shall provide for library services to residents of those
3municipalities in the county not maintaining a public library under this chapter. The
4services shall include full access to public libraries in the county participating in the
5public library system and the plan shall provide for reimbursement for that access.
6Services
may include books-by-mail service, bookmobile service, the establishment
7of additional libraries or other services deemed appropriate by the committee.
8Services may be provided by contracting with existing public libraries in the county
9or in adjacent counties or with the public library system or by creating a county
10library organization under this chapter. The plan of library service for a county may
11provide for improving public library service countywide and in municipalities that
12have libraries. The plan shall specify the method and level of funding to be provided
13by the county to implement the services described in the plan and shall describe the
14services to be provided by the public library system and the allocation of state and
15county aid to fund those services
, including the reimbursement of public libraries for
16access by residents of those municipalities in the county not maintaining a public
17library
.
Note: This Section clarifies county library planning requirements.
SB269, s. 8 18Section 8. 43.11 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,9,2419 43.11 (3) (d) The plan of library services for a county may include standards
20for public libraries in the county. The county shall hold a public hearing on any
21standards proposed under this paragraph. The standards shall take effect if they are
22approved by the county and the public library boards of participating municipalities
23that contain, according to the most recent estimate prepared under s. 16.96, at least
2480% of the population of participating municipalities in the county.

Note: This Section permits the plan of library services for a county to include
standards for public libraries in the county. The standards take effect if, after a public
hearing, they are approved by at least 80% of the population of participating
municipalities in the county.
SB269, s. 9 1Section 9. 43.11 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
Note: This Section repeals the authorization for county library planning
committees to dissolve.
SB269, s. 10 2Section 10. 43.12 of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,10,12 343.12 County payment for library services. (1) By March 1 of each year,
4a county that does not maintain a consolidated public library for the county under
5s. 43.57 and that contains residents who are not residents of a municipality that
6maintains a public library under s. 43.52 or 43.53 shall pay to each public library in
7the county an amount that is equal to at least 75% of the amount computed by
8multiplying the number of loans reported under sub. (2) by the amount that results
9from dividing the total operational expenditures of the library during the calendar
10year for which the number of loans are reported, not including capital expenditures
11or expenditures of federal funds, by the total number of loans of material made by
12the public library during the calendar year for which the loans are reported.
SB269,10,18 13(2) By July 1 of each year, each public library lying in whole or in part in a
14county shall provide a statement to the county clerk of that county that reports the
15number of loans of material made by that library during the prior calendar year to
16residents of the county who are not residents of a municipality that maintains a
17public library under s. 43.52 or 43.53 and the total number of loans of material made
18by that library during the previous calendar year.
SB269,10,21 19(3) A county may enter into an agreement with a public library system to pay
20the amounts determined under sub. (1) to the public library system for distribution
21to the public libraries that participate in that system.
SB269,11,2
1(4) Upon request of a county clerk, a public library shall provide access to all
2books and records used to determine the amount computed under sub. (2).
SB269,11,5 3(5) Nothing in this section prohibits a county from providing it own additional
4funding for shared services. A library board may elect to have this funding credited
5to such shared services rather than to receive it as direct reimbursements.
SB269,11,9 6(6) The county library board or, if no county library board exists, the county
7itself, shall either distribute the aid provided by the county to the public libraries,
8as provided in the plan prepared under s. 43.11, or shall transfer the aid for
9distribution to the public library system in which it participates.
SB269,11,11 10(7) This section does not apply to a county having a population of 500,000 or
11more.
Note: This Section requires each county having a population under 500,000
that does not maintain a consolidated public library for the county and that contains
residents of municipalities that do not maintain a public library to pay each public
library in the county an amount to reimburse the public library for services provided
to those county residents. The amount is determined by multiplying the total number
of loans of material made by that public library to residents of the county who are not
residents of a municipality that maintains a public library by that public library's
"unit costs" of providing loans of library materials. "Unit cost" is determined by
dividing the total operational expenditures of the library for the applicable period, not
including capital expenditures or expenditures of federal funds, by the total number of
loans of material made by the public library during that period.
SB269, s. 11 12Section 11. 43.15 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are repealed and recreated to
13read:
SB269,11,1814 43.15 (1) (a) Have a population of 100,000 or more. If, because of the
15withdrawal or realignment of participating municipalities or counties, a public
16library system has a population under 100,000, the remaining parts of the system
17shall realign with an existing system within 2 years after the date on which the
18population falls below 100,000.
SB269,12,2
1(b) After July 1, 1998, no new system may be established unless it serves a
2population of at least 200,000.
Note: This Section revises minimum population requirements for public
library systems.
SB269, s. 12 3Section 12. 43.15 (2) (c) 1. and 2. and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB269,12,74 43.15 (2) (c) 1. Subtract the previous year's equalized valuation of that portion
5of the city, village, town or school district that is located in the county from the
6previous year's equalized valuation of the county property in the county that was
7subject to the county tax levied in the previous year
.
SB269,12,108 2. Divide the remainder under subd. 1. by the previous year's equalized
9valuation of the county property in the county that was subject to the county tax
10levied in the previous year
.
SB269,12,1911 (d) For the year following a the first year for which an exemption is granted
12under s. 43.64 (2), the product calculated under par. (c) 3. shall be the amount used
13as the annual county support level for the 2 preceding years preceding the first year
14for which an exemption is granted
for the purpose of calculating the 3-year average
15under par. (b). For the 2nd year following a the first year for which an exemption is
16granted under s. 43.64 (2), the product calculated under par. (c) 3. shall be the
17amount used as the annual county support level for the 2nd year preceding the year
18for which the exception is granted for the purpose of calculating the 3-year average
19under par. (b).
Note: Under current law, a county must generally maintain its financial
support for library services at a level not lower than the average of the previous 3
years' support (the maintenance of effort requirement). Property within
municipalities is subject to the county property tax levy for library services unless the
municipality appropriates and spends for a library fund a sum at least equal to the
municipality's share of the county property tax levy for library services in the prior
year. When a municipality that has previously been subject to the county property tax
levy for library services qualifies for this exemption from the tax, the county may
recalculate its maintenance of effort requirement and reduce its financial support for
library services.

This reduction is computed by: 1) subtracting the previous year's equalized
valuation of tax-exempt property in the municipality from the equalized valuation of
property in the county for the previous year; and 2) dividing this remainder by the
previous year's equalized valuation of property in the county. Under this Section of
the bill, the reduction in the county's maintenance of effort requirement would be
computed by subtracting the previous year's equalized valuation of tax-exempt
property in the municipality from the equalized valuation of property within the
county that was subject to the county property tax levy for library services in the
previous year and dividing this remainder by the previous year's equalized valuation
of property within the county that was subject to the county property tax levy for
library services in that year.
SB269, s. 13 1Section 13. 43.15 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,13,52 43.15 (3) (c) If the territory of a joint library lies in 2 or more counties that are
3not in the same public library system, the joint library board or, if no such board
4exists, the governing bodies of the municipalities and counties that created the joint
5library shall determine the system in which the joint library will participate.
Note: This Section requires that all territory within a joint library be included
in the same public library system. If the territory of a joint library lies in 2 or more
counties that are not in the same public library system, the joint library board or, if no
such board exists, the governing bodies of the municipalities and counties forming the
joint library, must determine the public library system in which the joint library will
participate.
SB269, s. 14 6Section 14. 43.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,13,147 43.15 (4) (a) A public library system may be organized as a single-county
8federated public library system, a multicounty federated public library system or a
9single-county consolidated public library system. A single-county public library
10system, whether federated or consolidated, may become part of a multicounty
11federated public library system by written agreement of the county board.
Two
12public library systems may merge with the approval of each public library system
13board, the county boards of the participating counties and 51% of the participating
14public libraries in the system.
Note: This Section repeals a provision permitting a single-county public
library system (federated or consolidated) to become a part of a multicounty federated
system by written agreement of the county board and creates a provision permitting 2
systems to merge with the approval of each public library system board, the county

boards of the participating counties and 51% of the participating public libraries in
the system.
SB269, s. 15 1Section 15. 43.15 (4) (c) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 43.15 (4) (c) 5. (intro.)
2and amended to read:
SB269,14,73 43.15 (4) (c) 5. (intro.) Receives funding from the municipal or, for a
4consolidated county library or a county library service, from the
county governing
5body at a level that is not lower than the average of such funding received for the
6previous 3 years. The following are not included as funding for purposes of
7computing the 3-year average:
Note: See the Note to Section 16.
SB269, s. 16 8Section 16 . 43.15 (4) (c) 5. a., b. and c. of the statutes are created to read:
SB269,14,109 43.15 (4) (c) 5. a. Funding received from a state, federal or private source that
10has been designated as funding for library services.
SB269,14,1211 b. Unspent funding appropriated by a municipality or county for library
12services for a prior year.
SB269,14,1313 c. For a municipal or joint public library, funding received from a county.
Note: This Section provides that a municipal, county or joint public library
may not include the following funding to satisfy the maintenance of effort
requirement:
1. Funding from the state, the federal government or a private source that has
been designated by the source for library services.
2. Unspent funding that was appropriated in a prior year by the municipality
or county for library services.
3. For a municipal or joint public library, funding for library services from a
county.
SB269, s. 17 14Section 17. 43.17 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,15,215 43.17 (2m) Advisory committee. Every public library system may appoint a
16public library advisory committee to, among other things, advise the system board
17about the status and needs of libraries in the system, serve as a conduit of

1information between the system board and individual libraries in the system and
2make recommendations to the system board relating to libraries in the system.
Note: This Section permits every public library system to appoint a public
library advisory committee.
SB269, s. 18 3Section 18. 43.18 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,15,84 43.18 (1) (a) With the approval of the governing body of each participating
5municipality in the county
bodies of participating municipalities that contain,
6according to the most recent estimate prepared under s. 16.96, at least 80% of the
7population of participating municipalities in the county
, a county may withdraw
8from a federated public library system whose territory lies within 2 or more counties.
Note: Under current law, if a county wishes to withdraw from a federated
public library system whose territory lies within 2 or more counties, it must obtain the
approval of the governing body of each participating municipality in the county. This
Section provides that a county may withdraw from a federated public library system
whose territory lies within 2 or more counties if it obtains the approval of the
governing bodies of participating municipalities that contain at least 80% of the
population of participating municipalities in the county.
SB269, s. 19 9Section 19. 43.18 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,15,1310 43.18 (3) (e) A municipality or county that has withdrawn or that has been
11expelled from a public library system may participate in a public library system only
12by fulfilling the requirements for initial participation under s. 43.15 (4) (b) or (c) and
13by adopting a new plan of library service for the county
.
Note: This Section clarifies that a municipality or county that has withdrawn
or been expelled from a public library system must comply with the requirements of
initial participation and must adopt a new plan of library service for the county before
it may participate in a public library system.
SB269, s. 20 14Section 20. 43.19 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,16,515 43.19 (1) (a) In a federated public library system whose territory lies within a
16single county, the system board shall consist of 7 members appointed nominated by
17the county executive, or by the county board chairperson in a county without a county
18executive, and approved
by the county board. At least 3 members of the system

1board, at the time of their appointment, shall be active voting members of library
2boards governing public libraries of participating municipalities, and at least one of
3these shall be a member of the library board governing the resource library. At least
4one but not more than 2 members of the county board shall be members of the system
5board at any one time.
Note: This Section requires members of a system board in a federated public
library system whose territory lies within a single county to be nominated by the
county executive, or by the county chairperson in a county without a county executive
and approved by the county board. Current law requires the system board to be
appointed by the county board and does not specify a nomination process.
SB269, s. 21 6Section 21 . 43.19 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 43.19 (1) (b) 1. and
7amended to read:
SB269,16,218 43.19 (1) (b) 1. In Except as provided in subd. 2., in a federated public library
9system whose territory lies within 2 or more counties, the system board shall consist
10of at least 15 and not more than 20 members appointed by the county boards, acting
11jointly
nominated by the county executive in each county in the system, or by the
12county board chairperson in a county without a county executive, and approved by
13each county board in the system
. Appointments shall be in proportion to population
14as nearly as practical, but, except as provided in subd. 2., each county shall be
15represented by at least one member on the system board. Each county board may
16appoint one county board member to the system board. The public library board
17governing the designated resource library shall have at least one member on the
18system board. The remaining system board members shall include such
19representatives of the library boards governing public libraries of participating
20municipalities and counties and public members appointed from the counties at
21large as the county board determines.
SB269, s. 22 22Section 22 . 43.19 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,17,3
143.19 (1) (b) 2. A system board appointed under subd. 1. may consist of more
2than 20 members if the county boards, acting jointly, determine that each county in
3the system shall be represented by at least 2 members on the system board.
Note: Section 21 specifies that in a federated public system whose territory
lies within 2 or more counties, the members of the system board must be: 1)
nominated by the county executive in each county in the system, or by the county
board chairperson in a county without a county executive; and 2) approved by each
county board in the system. Current law requires the members of the system to be
appointed by the county boards of the counties in the system, acting jointly, and does
not specify a nomination process.
Section 22 permits the system board of a federated public library system whose
territory lies within 2 or more counties to consist of more than 20 members if the
county boards, acting jointly, determine that each county in the system should be
represented by at least 2 members on the system board. Current law limits the board
in such a system to not more than 20 members.
SB269, s. 23 4Section 23. 43.24 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,17,85 43.24 (1) (a) 3. An Except as provided in subd. 4., an amount equal to 4% of the
6total operating expenditures for public library services in territory within the system
7from local and county sources in the calendar year ending in the fiscal year
8immediately preceding the fiscal year for which aids are to be paid.
SB269, s. 24 9Section 24. 43.24 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,17,1410 43.24 (1) (a) 4. In the 2nd calendar year following the first fiscal year that the
11total amount of state aid appropriated for public library systems under s. 20.255 (3)
12(e) equals at least 13% of the total operating expenditures under subd. 3. and in every
13calendar year thereafter, an amount equal to 2% of the total operating expenditures
14specified under subd. 3.
Note: Under current law, the amount of state aid given to a particular public
library system is based upon a formula consisting of 3 factors: 1) the area of the
public library system in square miles; 2) local expenditures for library services in the
public library system; and 3) the population of the public library system. For each
square mile of territory in a public library system, a single-county system receives $8
per year and a multicounty system receives $20 per year. Each public library system
also receives 4% of total operating expenditures (the expenditure factor) by counties
and municipalities within the public library system for public library services in the
2nd preceding calendar year. The area and expenditure payments for each system are
totaled and subtracted from the total state library aid appropriation. The remaining
amount is then divided by the population of all public library systems to establish a

per capita amount. Each public library system's aid payment is computed by
multiplying the public library system's population by the per capita amount and
adding to this product the amounts generated by the public library system's area and
expenditure factors.
These Sections provide for a reduction in the expenditure factor from 4% to 2%
of total operating expenditures in the 2nd calendar year following the first fiscal year
that the total amount of state aid appropriated for public library systems equals 13%
of the total operating expenditures and for every calendar year thereafter.
SB269, s. 25 1Section 25. 43.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,18,72 43.24 (2) (a) Interlibrary Written agreements to provide, to any resident of the
3system area, the same library services, on the same terms, that are provided to the
4residents of the municipality or county that established the member library, except
5for the group programming preference authorized under s. 43.15 (4) (c) 4., and to
6provide for the interlibrary
loan of materials among all participating public libraries,
7as evidenced by agreements with those libraries.
Note: Current law provides, as a condition of receiving state aid, that a public
library system provide, among other things, interlibrary loan of materials among all
participating libraries. Current law also provides that a municipal, county or joint
public library may participate in a public library system if, among other things, it
enters into a written agreement with a public library system board to participate in
the interlibrary loan of materials and to provide the same library services, on the
same terms, to residents of the municipality or county that establishes the member
library. This Section makes the requirements in the 2nd provision requirements for
receiving state aid.
SB269, s. 26 8Section 26. 43.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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