BILL NUMBER: SB 1044	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 10, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 19, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 8, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 18720, 18725, and 18747 of, to repeal
Sections 18741, 18742, 18749, and 18750 of, and to repeal Chapter 4.5
(commencing with Section 18800) of Part 11 of Division 1 of Title 1
of, the Education Code, relating to libraries.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1044, Liu. Libraries: administration.
   (1) The California Library Services Act establishes the California
Library Services Board and provides that its duties include, among
other things, adopting rules, regulations, and general policies
relating to the implementation of the act. Under the act, a library
system, constituted as specified, receives an annual allowance for
the improvement and maintenance of coordinated reference service
support to the members of the system. The act authorizes a library
system to apply for funds for special services programs, as defined.
The act requires a library system to apply for funds for intrasystem
communications and delivery and for planning, coordination, and
evaluation of overall systemwide services. The act also requires each
system to establish an administrative council and an advisory board,
each with specified duties.
   This bill would delete the annual allowance for the improvement
and maintenance of coordinated reference service support to the
members of a library system. The bill would also delete the
authorization for a library system to apply for funds for special
services programs. The bill would delete the requirement that a
library system establish a specified advisory board. The bill would
make conforming changes.
   (2) The Library of California Act augments the services provided
under the California Library Services Act and establishes regional
library networks composed of libraries that agree to share services
and resources with one another. The Library of California Act
establishes the Library of California Board, and provides that the
initial members of the board shall be those persons serving on the
California Library Services Board at the time of the enactment of the
Library of California Act. Existing law provides for a transition
period from the California Library Services Act services and funding
to the Library of California Act services and funding, and repeals
the California Library Services Act upon completion of the
transition.
   This bill would repeal the Library of California Act. The bill
would require that, on January 1, 2013, the members of the California
Library Services Board be those persons serving on the Library of
California Board, who shall serve for the duration of their terms.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18720 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   18720.  (a) There is hereby established in the state government
the California Library Services Board, to consist of 13 members. The
Governor shall appoint nine members of the board. Three of the
Governor's appointments shall be representative of laypersons, one of
whom shall represent people with disabilities, one of whom shall
represent limited- and non-English-speaking persons, and one of whom
shall represent economically disadvantaged persons.
   (b) The Governor shall also appoint six members of the board, each
of whom shall represent one of the following categories: school
libraries, libraries for institutionalized persons, public library
trustees or commissioners, public libraries, special libraries, and
academic libraries.
   (c) The Legislature shall appoint the remaining four public
members from persons who are not representative of categories
mentioned in this section. Two shall be appointed by the Senate Rules
Committee and two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

   (d) The terms of office of members of the board shall be for four
years and shall begin on January 1 of the year in which the
respective terms are to start.
   (e) On January 1, 2013, the members of the board shall be those
persons serving on the former Library of California Board, appointed
pursuant to former Section 18820, as it existed on December 31, 2012,
who shall serve for the duration of their terms.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18725 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   18725.  The state board shall serve as the State Advisory Council
on Libraries for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the
federal Library Services and Technology Act.
  SEC. 3.  Section 18741 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 4.  Section 18742 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 5.  Section 18747 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   18747.  Each system shall establish an administrative council
whose membership consists of the head librarians of each jurisdiction
in the system. Duties of the administrative council shall include
general administrative responsibility for the system, adopting a
system plan of service, and submitting annual proposals to the state
board for implementation of the provisions of this article.
  SEC. 6.  Section 18749 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 7.  Section 18750 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 8.  Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 18800) of Part 11 of
Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code is repealed.