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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 543

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exempting a city, town, village, or school district from a county library tax.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a county board may levy a tax for the purpose of providing

public library services to county residents. A city, town, village, or school district

located in the county is exempt from the county tax if the city, town, village, or school

district levies a tax for public library services at a rate that is equal to or greater than

the county library tax rate.

This bill provides an exemption from the county library tax if the city, town,

village, or school district levies a tax for public library services and spends for a

library fund an amount that is not less than the average of the three previous years,

the county board approves the exemption, and (for the first year of exemption under

this new method) the city, town, village, or school district qualified for the exemption

using the current law method described above in each of the three previous years.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: J. Ott (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Stroebel (R)

1 cosponsors

Darling (R)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Feb 27, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 61, Noes 36

Passed 61–36 Mar 6, 2012 official source full page

Aye · 61

Not voting · 2

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 33

Passed 61–33 Mar 13, 2012 official source full page

Aye · 61

Full history

  1. Feb 8, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives J. Ott, LeMahieu and Stroebel;Cosponsored by Senator Darling

  2. Feb 8, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Ways and Means

  3. Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules

  9. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to read a third time, Ayes 61, Noes 36

  10. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:27 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  11. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 33

  14. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Mar 20, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1