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173.480 Notice of organization -- Copy of petition -- Duties of Department for Libraries and Archives -- Board membership.

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173.480 Notice of organization -- Copy of petition -- Duties of Department for Libraries and Archives -- Board membership. Upon the creation of a district, the fiscal court of each county in the district shall at once <br>notify the Department for Libraries and Archives of the establishment of the district and <br>shall forward to the department a copy of the petition required pursuant to KRS 173.470. <br>The Department for Libraries and Archives shall then recommend to the county <br>judge/executive of each county in the district the names of suitable persons from among <br>the signers of the petition to be appointed to the board. The Department for Libraries and <br>Archives in recommending persons to the county judge/executive for appointment to the <br>board shall recommend twice as many persons for each county as the county is entitled to <br>have members appointed, and the county judge/executive shall immediately, with the <br>approval of the fiscal court, make the selection from those recommended. Where the <br>district consists of one (1) county, the county judge/executive shall appoint five (5) <br>persons from that county as members. The Department for Libraries and Archives shall <br>prescribe by regulation the number of board members when the district consists of more <br>than one (1) county, provided that the board shall consist of not less than one (1) nor <br>more than four (4) members from each county, each county having such number of <br>members as the proportion of its population bears to the total population in the district, <br>and that the total membership of the board consists of not less than five (5) members. <br>Where a county joins an already established district, the Department for Libraries and <br>Archives shall, from among the signers of the petition, recommend to the county <br>judge/executive of each county included in the new district for the first time twice as <br>many persons for appointment to the board as the county is entitled to have appointed, <br>and the county judge/executive shall select the members for the county from this list. The <br>terms of the members of the counties composing the previously existing district shall <br>expire immediately upon the organization of the new board and such vacancies shall be <br>filled as provided in KRS 173.490. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 18, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 188, sec. 130, effective July 15, <br>1980. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra Sess.) ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- <br>Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 4, effective June 16, 1960.