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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2592
Author: Williams (D)
Amended: 8/24/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : County free public libraries: withdrawal: use
of private
contractors
SOURCE : Service Employees International Union
DIGEST : This bill requires that a city or library
district in which a withdrawal from the county free library
system becomes effective on or after January 1, 2012, must
comply with specified statutory requirements before
entering into a contract to operate a library or libraries
with a private contractor.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/24/12 delete the prior version
of the bill dealing with consideration for appointment to
the Instructional Quality Commission and insert the current
language to modify the conditions under which a city or
library district that withdraws from a county free library
system must comply with specified statutory requirements,
and change the bill's author.
ANALYSIS : Existing law provides that if a city or
library district's governing board intends to withdraw from
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a county free library system to operate the city's or
district's library or libraries with a private contractor,
the board must comply with specified statutory
requirements.
Existing law exempts a city or library district that
withdraws from a county library system in Los Angeles or
Riverside County from complying with specified statutory
requirements if the library or libraries are funded only by
the proceeds of special taxes imposed pursuant to state
law.
This bill requires that a city or library district in which
a withdrawal from the county free library system becomes
effective on or after January 1, 2012, must comply with
specified statutory requirements before entering into a
contract to operate a library or libraries with a private
contractor.
This bill, until January 1, 2019, exempt a city or library
district that withdraws from a county library system in any
other county from complying with specified statutory
requirements if the library or libraries are funded only by
the proceeds of special taxes imposed pursuant to state
law.
Comments
This bill is a clean-up bill to AB 438 (Williams), Chapter
611, Statutes of 2011.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/27/12)
Service Employees International Union (source)
AGB:mn 8/27/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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