Assembly Bill No. 126-Committee on Government Affairs
(On Behalf of the City of North Las Vegas)
February 3, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY--Revises provision governing boundaries of consolidated library districts. (BDR 33-535)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public libraries; revising the provision governing the boundaries of consolidated library districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 379.0224 is hereby amended to read as follows:
379.0224 The boundaries of [any] a consolidated library district include all of the area of:
1. [The city;] Each city that is consolidated into the county library district;
2. The county library district at the time of the establishment of the consolidated library district, except for [any] an area annexed [before the effective date of this act] by another city which [has] :
(a) Is not consolidated into the county library district; and
(b) Has established a city library pursuant to NRS 379.105 [;] or created a municipal library district pursuant to the provisions of its charter; and
3. Any other county library district which has merged with the county library district being consolidated.
[The boundaries of the consolidated district are not altered by annexations by a city after March 4, 1985.]
Sec. 2 Section 2.310 of the charter of the City of North Las Vegas, being chapter 189, Statutes of Nevada 1993, as amended by chapter 246, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page 400, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2.310 Powers of city council: Creation of library district.
1. The city council may create a municipal library district to include all of the territory of the city . [except any such territory included within another library district on the date of creation of the municipal library district.] The city council may designate itself as the governing authority of the municipal library district or may appoint a board of trustees as the governing authority.
2. The governing authority of the municipal library district has the powers and duties provided for the trustees of a public library by NRS 379.025, 379.026, 379.040 and 379.060, and the city council may provide for a tax upon all taxable property in the district for the purpose of operating the district. The rate of the tax must be calculated pursuant to NRS 354.59811. The limit upon the calculated receipts from the tax may be exceeded pursuant to a vote of the people as provided in NRS 354.5982.
3. The governing authority of the municipal library district may propose the issuance of general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the total last assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or improving buildings and other real property to be used for library purposes or for purchasing books, materials and equipment for libraries. If the governing authority decides to propose the issuance of bonds, the proposal must be submitted to the debt management commission of the county in which the district is situated, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 350.001 to 350.006, inclusive. If the commission approves the proposed issuance, the question of issuing the bonds must be submitted to the registered electors of the district in accordance with the provisions of NRS 350.020 to 350.070, inclusive. If a majority of the electors voting on the question favors the proposal, the governing authority shall issue the bonds as general obligations of the municipal library district pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Securities Law.
4. The district is not entitled to receive any distribution of supplemental city-county relief tax.
Sec. 3 1. The amendatory provisions of this act apply to alterations by annexation to the boundaries of a library district that occurred before the effective date of this act.
2. The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to alter the boundaries of a library district for the purposes of taxes levied for the repayment, when due, of the principal of and interest on bonds, notes or other indebtedness issued before the effective date of this act.
Sec. 4 This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.