BILL NUMBER: SB 683	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 11, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to  amend Section 18015 of   add
Section 19321.5 to  the Education Code, relating to 
public libraries.   the State   Library. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 683, as amended, Wolk.  Public library services:
foundation program.   Art, maps, and historical items
belonging to the state: inventory and catalogue.  
   Existing law establishes the California State Library within the
State Department of Education, places the State Library under the
direction of the State Librarian, and sets forth the powers and duty
of the State Librarian, including, but not limited to, collecting,
preserving, and disseminating information regarding the history of
the state, and purchasing and cataloging books, maps, engravings,
paintings, furniture, and other materials and equipment necessary to
carry out State Library programs and services.  
   This bill would require each state entity to conduct an inventory
of every piece of art and every map or other item of historical
significance in its possession and to prepare a catalogue of each
item not previously catalogued. The bill would require the catalogue
to be made available to the State Librarian.  
   Existing law declares that certain provisions relating to public
library finance effects a state policy that each public library
provide a minimum level of service, known as the foundation program,
to the extent state funds are made available for that purpose.
Existing law defines the foundation program as those elements of
library service which are basic to its function as a provider of
information, education, and cultural enrichment to all segments of
the community, including, but not limited to, collection development
and maintenance, lending services, information services, facility
maintenance, and administration. Existing law excludes from the
foundation program major capital improvements, which, for purposes of
these provisions, is defined as the purchase of real property, the
construction or improvement of buildings, and the purchase of
equipment and the payment of fees or other costs in connection with
the same.  
   This bill would include technology services in the definition of
the foundation program. The bill would also exclude from the meaning
of major capital improvements, the purchase of equipment and the
payment of fees or other costs in connection with the same. 

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 19321.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   19321.5.  (a) Each state entity, including, but not limited to,
the State Library, the State Archives, the State Lands Commission,
the Department of Transportation, and the State Water Resources
Control Board, shall conduct an inventory of every piece of art and
every map or other item of historical significance belonging to the
state in its possession and shall prepare a catalogue of each item
not previously catalogued.
   (b) The catalogue shall be made available to the State Librarian.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the costs of the
inventory and catalogue be absorbed by each state entity and paid
through the use of general administrative funds legally available for
these purposes.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 18015 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   18015.  As used in this chapter:
   (a) "Public library" means a library, or two or more libraries,
operated as a single entity by one or more public jurisdictions and
that serves the general public without distinction.
   (b) "Foundation program" means those elements of library service
that are basic to its function as a provider of information,
education, and cultural enrichment to all segments of the community,
including, but not limited to, collection development and
maintenance, lending services, information and technology services,
facility maintenance, and administration. The foundation program
shall not include major capital improvements, which, for purposes of
this chapter, shall be defined as the purchase of real property and
the construction or improvement of buildings.
   (c) "Fiscal officer" means, for a municipal library, the chief
fiscal officer of the municipality; for a county library or a library
district under the jurisdiction of the county board of supervisors,
the chief fiscal officer of the county; and for an independent
library district, the chief librarian of the district. In the case of
a public library that provides foundation program service by
contract to one or more jurisdictions in addition to the jurisdiction
or jurisdictions with which it is affiliated, the chief fiscal
officer of the jurisdiction with which it is primarily affiliated
shall be deemed the fiscal officer for the public library for
purposes of this chapter.