1. a. The state commission of libraries consists of one member appointed by the supreme court, the director of the department of education, or the director’s designee, and the following seven members who shall be appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19.

 (1) Two members shall be employed in the state as public librarians.
 (2) One member shall be a public library trustee.
 (3) One member shall be employed in this state as an academic librarian.
 (4) One member shall be employed as a librarian by a school district or area education agency.
 (5) Two members shall be selected at large.
 b. The members shall be reimbursed for their actual expenditures necessitated by their official duties. Members may also be eligible for compensation as provided in section 7E.6.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 256.52

  • Commission: means the college student aid commission created pursuant to section 261. See Iowa Code 261B.2
  • Department: means the department of education. See Iowa Code 256.2
  • Director: means the director of the department of education. See Iowa Code 256.2
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Property: means a tangible object, animate or inanimate, under a museum's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See Iowa Code 305B.2
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
     a. See Iowa Code 261B.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
 2. The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson. The commission shall meet at the time and place specified by call of the chairperson. Five members are a quorum for the transaction of business.
 3. a. The commission shall appoint the state librarian who shall administer the division, and serve at the pleasure of the commission.

 b. The state librarian shall do all of the following:

 (1)  Organize, staff, and administer the division so as to render the greatest benefit to libraries in the state.
 (2) Submit a biennial report to the governor on the activities and an evaluation of the division and its programs and policies.
 (3) Control all property of the division. The state librarian may dispose of, through sale, conveyance, or exchange, any library materials that may be obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or appropriate to the mission of the state library of Iowa. These materials may be sold by the state library directly or the library may sell the materials by consignment with an outside entity. A state library fund is created in the state treasury. Proceeds from the sale of the library materials shall be remitted to the treasurer of state and credited to the state library fund and shall be used for the purchase of books and other library materials. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
 (4) Appoint and approve the technical, professional, secretarial, and clerical staff necessary to accomplish the purposes of the division subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
 (5) Perform other duties imposed by law.
 4. The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for carrying out the responsibilities of the division.
 5. The commission shall receive and approve the budget and unified plan of service submitted by the division.
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