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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 717

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Relating to: tribal college and county joint libraries. (FE)

County — Board Indians and tribal issues Industrial development Libraries

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

This bill allows a tribal college-county joint library to participate in a public

library system. A tribal college-county joint library is established when a county

board enters into a qualifying agreement with a tribal college to maintain a public

library for the county. The agreement must require that the tribal college annually

provide to the county library board an accounting of the expenditure of any

appropriations received from the county and that, subject to certain reasonable

regulations, the tribal college make the library free for the use of the inhabitants of

the county. Also under this bill, a county with a tribal college-county joint library

must have a three member library board, with members appointed by the tribal

college, the American Indian tribe or band that controls the college, and the county

board. The library board is responsible for any duties conferred upon it by the

agreement, advising the library, and filing an annual report on the library's finances

and operations.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

1 cosponsors

Mursau (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 10, 2016 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tiffany, Wanggaard and Bewley; cosponsored by Representative Mursau

  2. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government

  3. Feb 24, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 1, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1