51-201.03 County library; petition to establish; procedure; election.
51-201.03. County library; petition to establish; procedure; election.(1)The registered voters of the incorporated and unincorporated areas of a countywhich do not have a public library may file an initiative petition with thecounty board requesting the establishment of a county library. The petitionshall be filed by July 31 prior to a statewide general election. Signaturesgathered before the last statewide general election shall not be counted.An initiative petition shall conform to the requirements of section 32-628.Petition signers and petition circulators shall conform to the requirementsof sections 32-629 and 32-630. The county board shall submit the petitionsto the election commissioner or county clerk for signature verification pursuantto section 32-631. The required number of signatures shall be five percentof the voters registered at the last statewide general election in the incorporatedand unincorporated areas of the county which do not have a public library.The election commissioner or county clerk shall notify the county board withinthirty days after receiving the petitions from the county board whether therequired number of signatures has been gathered.(2) If the countyboard determines that the petitions are in proper form and signed by the necessarynumber of registered voters, the county board shall notify the governing bodyand library board of each incorporated area within the county within ten daysafter such determination and shall publish in a newspaper of general circulationin the county that the registered voters of the unincorporated area of thecounty and of the incorporated areas which do not have a public library willbe asked to vote on the issue at the next statewide general election and shallsubmit the question of whether to establish a county library to the votersas required in section 51-201. SourceLaws1997, LB 250, § 11; Laws 2008, LB269, § 12.