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:
SB269,18,119 43.24 (2) (b) Backup reference, information and interlibrary loan services from
10the system resource library, including the development of and access to specialized
11collections, as evidenced by a written agreement with that library.
SB269, s. 27 12Section 27. 43.24 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB269, s. 28 13Section 28. 43.24 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,18,1614 43.24 (2) (d) Referral or routing of reference and interlibrary loan requests
15from libraries within the system to libraries within and outside the system, as
16evidenced by a plan and service program
.
SB269, s. 29
1Section 29. 43.24 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,19,42 43.24 (2) (e) In-service training for and professional consultation with
3participating public library personnel within the system as evidenced by a plan and
4a service program
and trustees.
Note: These Sections require a public library system to provide professional
consultation with participating library personnel and trustees and to provide
information services from the system resource library.
SB269, s. 30 5Section 30. 43.24 (2) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,19,76 43.24 (2) (fm) Electronic delivery of information and physical delivery of library
7materials to participating libraries.
Note: This Section requires a public library system to provide library
materials physically and information electronically to participating libraries.
SB269, s. 31 8Section 31. 43.24 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,19,109 43.24 (2) (g) Service agreements with all adjacent library systems as evidenced
10by the agreements
.
SB269, s. 32 11Section 32. 43.24 (2) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,19,1412 43.24 (2) (i) Any other service programs designed to meet the needs of
13participating public libraries and the residents of the system area, as determined by
14the public library system board after consultation with participating public libraries.
Note: These Sections provide that a public library system, to qualify for and
maintain its eligibility for state library aids, must provide additional service programs
based on the needs of its member libraries and residents of the system area.
SB269, s. 33 15Section 33. 43.24 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,19,2016 43.24 (2) (k) Continuous planning with the division and with participating
17public libraries and counties in the areas in regard to providing
Promotion and
18facilitation of library
service to users with special needs and the coordination and
19implementation of a plan of service as evidenced by the written plan and
20documentation of its implementation
.

Note: This Section requires that a public library system, to qualify for and
maintain its eligibility for state library aids, promote and facilitate library services to
users with "special needs".
SB269, s. 34 1Section 34. 43.24 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,20,82 43.24 (6) In submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the biennial
3budget bill, the department shall include an amount for the appropriation under s.
420.255 (3) (e) for each fiscal year of the fiscal biennium equal to 13% of the total
5operating expenditures for public library services, in territories anticipated to be
6within all systems in the state, from local and county sources in the calendar year
7immediately preceding the calendar year for which aid under this section is to be
8paid.
SB269, s. 35 9Section 35. 43.52 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,21,210 43.52 (1m) On and after April 10, 1986, any town desiring to establish a new
11public library or participate in a joint library under s. 43.53 shall in addition to the
12requirement under sub. (1) obtain the approval of the county library board, if one
13exists, and the county board of supervisors before final action is taken. The county
14library board and the county board of supervisors shall render decisions within 90
15days of the request being received. A town may appeal a denial to the state
16superintendent. The state superintendent shall hold a public hearing on the appeal
17within 60 days after receiving notice of the appeal. The state superintendent shall
18publish a class 1 notice under ch. 985 of the hearing and shall also provide notice of
19the hearing to the town board, the county board of supervisors and the county library
20board. The state superintendent shall decide the appeal within 30 days after the
21adjournment of the public hearing. The state superintendent may approve the
22establishment of a new public library or participation in a joint library

1notwithstanding the disapproval by the county library board or the county board of
2supervisors.
Note: Under current law, any town that desires to establish a new public
library or to participate in a joint library must obtain the approval of the county
library board, if one exists, and the county board of supervisors. This Section
provides that a town may appeal to the state superintendent of public instruction a
decision of the county library board or the county board of supervisors that
disapproves the creation by the town of a new public library or the participation by
the town in a joint library. The state superintendent is required to: 1) hold a public
hearing on the appeal within 60 days after receiving notice of it; and 2) decide the
appeal within 30 days after the adjournment of the public hearing. The state
superintendent may approve the creation by the town of a new public library or the
participation by the town in a joint library notwithstanding the disapproval by the
county library board or the county board of supervisors.
SB269, s. 36 3Section 36. 43.54 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,21,144 43.54 (1) (a) Each public library established under s. 43.52 shall be
5administered by a library board composed in each city of the 2nd or 3rd class or school
6district of 9 members, in each city of the 4th class of 7 members and in each village,
7town, tribal government or tribal association of 5 members. Two additional members
8may be appointed to a library board for a village, town, tribal government or tribal
9association so that the board has 7 members. Members shall be residents of the
10municipality, except that not more than 2 members may be residents of towns
11adjacent to the municipality
other municipalities. Members shall be appointed by
12the mayor, village president, town chairperson, tribal chairperson or school board
13chairperson, respectively, with the approval of the municipal governing body. Up to
142 additional members may be appointed under s. 43.60 (3).
Note: Current law specifies that not more than 2 members of a municipal
library board may be residents of towns adjacent to the municipality. This Section
provides that not more than 2 members of the board may be residents of other
municipalities.
SB269, s. 37 15Section 37. 43.54 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,22,616 43.54 (3) In any city of the 2nd or 3rd class, the common council may, by a
17two-thirds vote, provide for the reduction of the number of appointive members of

1the library board to 7. Thereupon, whenever a term expires or a vacancy occurs, no
2appointment shall be made until the number of such members has been so reduced,
3whereupon the remaining members shall be by lot divided by the common council
4into 3 classes, 3 to serve for 3 years, 2 to serve for 2 years and 2 to serve for one year,
5respectively, from the date of such completed reduction, and thereafter each regular
6appointment shall be for a term of 3 years, from the succeeding July 1.
Note: This Section repeals the requirement that library board members be
appointed for a term of years on a date that begins on the succeeding July 1.
SB269, s. 38 7Section 38. 43.58 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB269,22,188 43.58 (6) (a) Within 30 60 days after the conclusion of the fiscal year of the
9municipality or county in which the public library is located, the library board shall
10make a report to the division and to its governing body. The report shall state the
11condition of the library board's trust and the various sums of money received for the
12use of the public library during the year, specifying separately the amounts received
13from appropriations, from the income of trust funds, from rentals and other revenues
14of the public library and from other sources. The report shall state separately the
15condition of the permanent trust funds in the library board's control, shall state in
16detail the disbursements on account of the public library during that fiscal year and
17shall contain an estimate of the needs of the public library for the next succeeding
18fiscal year.
Note: This Section allows public libraries to file annual reports with the
governing body of the municipality and with DLCL within 60 days, rather than 30
days, after the conclusion of the fiscal year.
SB269, s. 39 19Section 39. 43.58 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,23,420 43.58 (6) (c) The report to the division shall contain a statement by the library
21board indicating whether the public library system in which the library participated
22during the year of the report did or did not provide effective leadership and

1adequately meet the needs of the library and an explanation of why the library board
2believes so. The division shall design the form of the statement so that it may be
3removed from the report and forwarded to the division before it is sent to the public
4library system.
Note: This Section requires library boards in their annual reports to DLCL to
include a statement indicating whether the public library system in which the library
participates did or did not provide effective leadership and adequately meet the needs
of the library. The report must contain an explanation of why the library board
believes the public library system did or did not provide effective leadership and
adequately meet the needs of the library.
SB269, s. 40 5Section 40 . 43.64 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 43.64 (2) (b) (intro.) and
6to read:
SB269,23,167 43.64 (2) (b) (intro.) Any Except as provided in sub. (2m), any city, town, village
8or school district in a county levying a tax for public library service under sub. (1)
9shall, upon written application to the county board of the county, be exempted from
10the tax levy, if the city, town, village or school district making the application levies
11a tax for public library service and
appropriates and expends for a library fund
12during the year for which the county tax levy is made a sum at least equal to the city's,
13town's, village's or school district's share of the sum levied by the county board for
14public library service under sub. (1) in the prior year. In this subsection, "library
15fund" means the funds raised by the city, town, village or school district by tax levy
16or appropriation under s. 43.52 (1).
an amount calculated as follows:
SB269, s. 41 17Section 41. 43.64 (2) (a) and (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:
SB269,23,1918 43.64 (2) (a) In this subsection, "library fund" means the funds raised by the
19city, village, town or school district by tax levy or appropriation under s. 43.52 (1).
SB269,24,220 (b) 1. Divide the amount of tax levied by the county for public library service
21under sub. (1) in the prior year by the equalized valuation of property in that area

1of the county that was subject to the county property tax levy for public library
2services in the prior year.
SB269,24,43 2. Multiply the amount determined under subd. 1. by the equalized valuation
4of property in the city, village, town or school district for the current year.
SB269, s. 42 5Section 42 . 43.64 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,24,106 43.64 (2m) No city, village, town or school district is exempt from the tax levy
7under sub. (2) for any year if, by September 1 of the year preceding the year for which
8the tax is levied, the county board determines that the public library of the city,
9village, town or school district that is a member of the public library system has not
10complied with standards approved under s. 43.11 (3) (d).
Note: Sections 40 to 42 provide that a city, village, town or school district is
exempt from the county property tax levy for library services if the city, village, town
or school district has complied with approved library standards, if any, and levies a
property tax for library services and appropriates and expends for a library fund a
sum at least equal to an amount determined by multiplying the county property tax
rate for library services in the prior year by the equalized valuation of property in the
city, village, town or school district in the current year.
SB269, s. 43 11Section 43. 43.75 of the statutes is created to read:
SB269,25,2 1243.75 Public library and school library technology conference. (1)
13Convening the conference; conference report in general. On July 1, 1998, the
14state superintendent shall set a date or dates, sufficiently in advance of the reporting
15dates under sub. (4) (b), for the convening of a conference under this section. The
16state superintendent shall be the chairperson of the conference. Conference
17attendees shall, on the first day of the conference, select a vice chairperson and
18secretary for the conference. The state superintendent, in consultation with the
19department of administration, shall, before the first day of the conference, select
20chairpersons and vice chairpersons for any committees established by the state

1superintendent to discuss and make preliminary recommendations to the conference
2regarding any subjects under sub. (3).
SB269,25,4 3(2) Participants at the conference. The conference under this section shall
4consist of the following participants:
SB269,25,55 (a) A representative from the division.
SB269,25,66 (b) A representative from the department of administration.
SB269,25,77 (c) Representatives from public library systems in this state.
SB269,25,88 (d) Representatives from resource public libraries in this state.
SB269,25,109 (e) Representatives from public libraries in municipalities of various sizes in
10this state.
SB269,25,1111 (f) A representative from the Milwaukee public library system.
SB269,25,1212 (g) A representative from libraries of University of Wisconsin System.
SB269,25,1413 (h) A representative from libraries in private colleges and universities in this
14state.
SB269,25,1515 (i) A representative from libraries of the technical college system.
SB269,25,1716 (j) Representatives from organizations in this state representing the interests
17of municipalities and counties.
SB269,25,1918 (k) Representatives from organizations representing educational media in the
19schools in this state.
SB269,25,2120 (L) A representative from an organization representing school boards in this
21state.
SB269,25,2222 (m) Representatives from organizations representing teachers in this state.
SB269,25,2423 (n) A representative from an organization representing school administrators
24in this state.
SB269,25,2525 (o) A representative from the educational technology board.
SB269,26,2
1(p) A representative from the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications
2Foundation Board.
SB269,26,33 (q) A representative from the Wisconsin interlibrary loan services.
SB269,26,64 (r) A representative from a statewide data network providing services to higher
5education, primary and secondary schools and businesses that are interconnected
6with each other and connected to the internet.
SB269,26,77 (s) A representative from the educational communications board.
SB269,26,98 (t) Any other person the state superintendent or the department of
9administration determines to be important to the success of the conference.
SB269,26,13 10(3) Subjects to be discussed at conference. In addition to public library or
11school library technology subjects the state superintendent or the department of
12administration consider appropriate, the conference shall include discussions of and
13make recommendations about the following subjects:
SB269,26,1514 (a) How to provide public, school and other libraries with equitable access at
15a reasonable cost to information through advanced technology.
SB269,26,1616 (b) Funding issues relating to use of and access to advanced library technology.
SB269,26,1817 (c) Wiring and related practical problems of connecting libraries and library
18systems to permit access to advanced library technology.
SB269,26,1919 (d) Telecommunications rates for voice data and video transmissions.
SB269,26,2120 (e) Information available through technology and effective use of that
21information in public libraries.
SB269,26,2322 (f) Automation of local public libraries, including technology training
23assistance for library staffs and the public.
SB269,26,25 24(4) Conference report and recommendations; state plan. (a) After the
25conference under this section, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:
SB269,27,3
11. Prepare a report of the findings and recommendations of the conference in
2each of the subject areas under sub. (3), including recommended legislation to
3implement the recommendations of the conference.
SB269,27,84 2. In consultation with the department of administration, prepare a single
5state plan relating to each of the subject areas under sub. (3) that addresses major
6technological plans and processes occurring at the state level and specifies goals for
7the effective and efficient use of technology in public libraries and school libraries to
8improve the services they provide to the public and to students.
SB269,27,139 (b) A copy of the report and the state plan under par. (a) shall be submitted to
10the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor not
11later than March 1, 1999. The state superintendent, in consultation with the
12department of administration, shall update the plan annually, beginning not later
13than March 1, 2000.
Note: This Section requires the state superintendent of public instruction to
convene a conference on issues relating to public library and school library technology
on a date established by the state superintendent. Based on recommendations made
by the conference, the state superintendent must make a report and a state plan and
submit them to the governor and the legislature not later than March 1, 1999. This
Section also requires that the state plan, which is to be developed by the state
superintendent in consultation with the department of administration, be updated
annually, with copies of the updates submitted to the governor and the legislature.
SB269, s. 44 14Section 44 . Effective date.
SB269,27,1515 (1) This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.
SB269,27,1616 (End)
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