SB273, s. 8 8Section 8. 43.17 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,4,159 43.17 (11) (b) A public library in a public library system may refuse to honor
10valid borrowers' cards of a public library in an adjacent public library system if, in
11the most recent year in which the public library honored such cards,
the total amount
12of the reimbursement received by the public library for the preceding year from that
13adjacent public library system, and from counties and municipalities that are located
14in that adjacent public library system, is less than the adjusted cost incurred for that
15year by the public library in honoring these the cards.
SB273, s. 9 16Section 9. 43.52 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,5,517 43.52 (1m) On and after April 10, 1986, any Any town desiring to establish a
18new public library or participate in a joint library under s. 43.53 shall in addition to
19the requirement under sub. (1) obtain the approval of the county library board, if one
20exists, and the county board of supervisors before final action is taken. The county
21library board and the county board of supervisors shall render decisions within 90
22days of the request being received. A town may appeal to the state superintendent
23a decision of the county library board or the county board of supervisors that
24disapproves the participation by the town in a joint library with a municipality
25located in another county. The state superintendent shall hold a public hearing on

1the appeal within 60 days after receiving notice of the appeal. The state
2superintendent shall publish a class 1 notice under ch. 985 of the hearing and shall
3also provide notice of the hearing to the town board, the county board of supervisors
4and the county library board. The state superintendent shall decide the appeal
5within 30 days after the adjournment of the public hearing.
SB273, s. 10 6Section 10. 43.54 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,5,177 43.54 (1) (a) Each public library established under s. 43.52 shall be
8administered by a library board composed in each city of the 2nd or 3rd class or school
9district of 9 members, in each city of the 4th class of 7 members and in each village,
10town, tribal government or tribal association of 5 members. Two additional members
11may be appointed to a library board for a village, town, tribal government or tribal
12association so that the board has 7 members. Members shall be residents of the
13municipality, except that not more than 2 members may be residents of other
14municipalities. Members shall be appointed by the mayor, village president, town
15chairperson, tribal chairperson or school board chairperson, respectively, with the
16approval of the municipal governing body. Up to 2 5 additional members may be
17appointed under s. 43.60 (3).
SB273, s. 11 18Section 11. 43.54 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,5,2319 43.54 (2) As soon as practicable after the first appointments, at a date and place
20fixed by the appointing officer, and annually thereafter within 30 60 days after the
21time designated in this section for
the beginning of terms, the members of the library
22board shall organize by the election, from among their number, of a president and
23such other officers as they deem necessary.
SB273, s. 12 24Section 12. 43.58 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 43.58 (2) (a) and amended
25to read:
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143.58 (2) (a) The library board shall audit and approve all vouchers for the
2expenditures of the public library and forward the bills or vouchers or schedules
3covering the same expenditures, setting forth the names name of claimants each
4claimant or payee
, the amounts amount of each claim expenditure. and the purpose
5for which it was expended, to the appropriate municipal or county financial officer
6or, in the case of a school district, the school district clerk, with. The library board
7shall include
a statement thereon, signed by the library board secretary or other
8designee of the library board, that the expenditure has been incurred and that the
9library board has audited and approved the bill expenditure. The appropriate
10municipal, county, or school district governing body official shall then pay the bill as
11others are paid.
SB273, s. 13 12Section 13. 43.58 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB273,6,1713 43.58 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), regular wages or salary or other
14recurring payments, authorized by the library board and verified by the appropriate
15library official, may be paid by the appropriate municipal, county, or school district
16official by the date due or, in the case of salaries, by the regular pay day. The library
17board shall audit and approve any such payment at its next regular meeting.
SB273, s. 14 18Section 14. 43.58 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,7,419 43.58 (6) (a) Within 60 days after the conclusion of the fiscal year of the
20municipality or county in which the public library is located, the library board shall
21make a report to the division and to its governing body. The report shall state the
22condition of the library board's trust and the various sums of money received for the
23use of the public library during the year, specifying separately the amounts received
24from appropriations, from the income of trust funds, from rentals and other revenues
25of the public library and from other sources. The report shall state separately the

1condition of the permanent trust all funds in the library board's control, and shall
2state in detail the disbursements on account of the public library during that fiscal
3year and shall contain an estimate of the needs of the public library for the next
4succeeding fiscal year
.
SB273, s. 15 5Section 15. 43.58 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,7,196 43.58 (7) (b) If a gift, bequest, devise, or endowment is made to any public
7library, the library board thereof may pay or transfer the gift, bequest, devise, or
8endowment, or the its proceeds thereof, to the treasurer of the municipality or county
9in which the public library is situated,; may entrust any such funds therefrom to a
10public depository under ch. 34; or may pay or transfer that the gift, bequest, devise,
11or endowment to any member of the library board to be selected by the library board
12and thereafter to be known as
board's financial secretary. If the library board pays
13or transfers that the gift, bequest, devise, or endowment to the financial secretary,
14the financial secretary may retain, expend, invest and reinvest that the gift, bequest,
15devise, or endowment as permitted under s. 66.0603 (1m) or 112.10 (4); or may
16delegate investment authority for the gift, bequest, devise, or endowment as
17permitted under s. 66.0603 (2) or 112.10 (5)
. The financial secretary shall hold office
18only during membership on the library board and shall be elected annually at the
19same time and in the same manner as the other officers of the library board.
SB273, s. 16 20Section 16. 43.60 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB273,7,22 2143.60 (title) County appointments to municipal and joint public library
22boards.
SB273, s. 17 23Section 17. 43.60 (1) and (2) of the statutes are repealed.
SB273, s. 18 24Section 18. 43.60 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 43.60 (3) (a) 1. and
25amended to read:
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143.60 (3) (a) 1. Whenever If the annual sum appropriated by the other
2municipality or
the county under sub. (2) equals or exceeds to the public library is
3equal to at least
one-sixth, but less than one-third, of the annual sum appropriated
4to the public library by any municipality in which the public library is located during
5the preceding fiscal year, the mayor, village president, town or county chairperson
6or tribal chairman of the other municipality or county, with the approval of the
7governing body thereof, may appoint from among the residents of the municipality
8or county an
one additional member of the library board of the public library and,
9when such sum equals or exceeds
.
SB273,8,17 102. If the annual sum appropriated by the county to the public library is equal
11to at least
one-third, but less than one-half, of the annual sum appropriated to the
12public library by any municipality in which the public library is located, 2 additional
13members, for a term of 3 years from the July 1 next succeeding such appointment,
14and thereafter for terms of 3 years. Whenever the appropriation made is less than
15the one-third specified, the office of one such additional member of the board and,
16if less than the one-sixth specified, the office of both shall be vacant from the July
171 next thereafter
.
SB273, s. 19 18Section 19. 43.60 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB273,8,2319 43.60 (3) (a) (intro.) A county chairperson, with the approval of the county
20board, may appoint from among the residents of the county additional members to
21the library board of a public library of a municipality located in whole or in part in
22the county, for a term of 3 years from the May 1 following the appointment, and
23thereafter for a term of 3 years, as follows:
SB273, s. 20 24Section 20. 43.60 (3) (a) 3. to 5. of the statutes are created to read:
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143.60 (3) (a) 3. If the annual sum appropriated by the county to the public
2library is equal to at least one-half, but less than two-thirds, of the annual sum
3appropriated to the public library by any municipality in which the public library is
4located, 3 additional members.
SB273,9,85 4. If the annual sum appropriated by the county to the public library is equal
6to at least two-thirds, but less than the annual sum appropriated to the public
7library by any municipality in which the public library is located, 4 additional
8members.
SB273,9,119 5. If the annual sum appropriated by the county to the public library is equal
10to at least the annual sum appropriated to the public library by any municipality in
11which the public library is located, 5 additional members.
SB273, s. 21 12Section 21. 43.60 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB273,9,1613 43.60 (3) (b) For a joint public library of 2 or more municipalities, the "annual
14sum appropriated to the public library by any municipality in which the public
15library is located" under par. (a) is the total sum appropriated by all of the
16municipalities participating in the joint library.
SB273, s. 22 17Section 22. 43.60 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB273,9,2118 43.60 (3) (c) A county chairperson may appoint a county supervisor to serve as
19a member of a library board of a public library of a municipality under par. (a), but
20no more than one county supervisor so appointed may serve on the library board at
21the same time.
SB273, s. 23 22Section 23. 43.60 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB273,9,2523 43.60 (4) If an additional member appointed to a library board under sub. (3)
24(a) loses the status upon which the appointment was based, he or she ceases to be a
25member of the library board effective on the following May 1.
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1Section 24. 43.64 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB273,10,62 43.64 (2) (b) 1. Divide the amount of tax levied by the county for public library
3service under sub. (1) in the prior year, less the amount levied for public library
4capital expenditures,
by the equalized valuation of property in that area of the
5county that was subject to the county property tax levy for public library services in
6the prior year.
SB273, s. 25 7Section 25. Initial applicability.
SB273,10,98 (1) The treatment of section 43.64 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes first applies to taxes
9levied in the year beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
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