Bill 85 — First Session, 16Th I.€Gislature, 17 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Albert,A Bill 85 An Act To Amend the Libraries Act the Provincial Secretary (Legislature 16, Session 1)

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1968 Bill 85 First Session, 16th i.€gislature, 17 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERT,A BILL 85

An Act to amend The Libraries Act THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY First Reading ............................................................. . Second Reading ........................................................ .. Third Reading ........................................................... . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 85 1968

An Act to amend The Libraries Act (Assented to , 1988) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Libraries Act is hereby amended.

Section 18 is amended by adding the following sub sections:

(3) The board of a municipal library shall consist of not less than five and not more than 10 members all of whom shall be appointed by the council of the municipality from among the residents thereof. ( 4) Except as herein otherwise provided, a person ap pointed pursuant to this

section holds office for three years.

(5) Notwithstanding- subsection (4) where appointments are made in respect of a first board) the appointing council shall, as nearly as may be possible, appoint one-third of the members for a term of one year, one-third of the members for a term of two years and the remaining members for a term of three years.

Section 19 is repealed.

Section 20 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by striking out the words "no more than two members of the council, in addition to the mayor," and by substituting the words "no more than three members of the council", (

b) as to subsection (2) by striking out the words "no more than one member of the council, in addition to the mayor, shall be a member" and by substitut ing the words "no more than two members of the council shall be members".

Section 40 is amended (

a) as to subsection (3), clause (

a) by striking out the words "each associated county, municipal district

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill amends 'chapter 27 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1956. 2. Sections 18 and 19 presently read: 18.

(1) Whenever a municipal library is established under this Act the general management, regulation and control of the library is vested in and shall be exercised by a board of management.

(2) The board of management of a municipal -library is a body politic and corporate and shall be known as "The (name of municipality) Library Board". 19.

(1) In municipalities in which the population is fifteen thousand or more, the board shall be composed of seven members as follows: (

a) the mayor of the municipality, who is ex officio a member of the board during his term of office; (

b) six other members appointed by the council from among the electors of the municipality, two of the first members appointed shall hold office until the date of the first meeting of the council in January of the year following their appointment, and two of the first members appointed shall hold office until the date of the first meeting of the council in January of the second year following their appointment, and two ,of the first members appointed shall hold office until the date of the first meeting of the council in January of the third year following their appointment.

(2) In municipalities in which the population is less than fifteen thousand the board shall be composed of five members as follows: (

a) the mayor of the municipality, who is ex officio a member of the board during his term ,of office; (

b) four other members appointed by the council from among electors of the municipality, two of the first members appointed shall hold office until the date of the first meeting of the council in January of the year following their appointment, and one of such members shall hold office until the date of the first meeting of the council in January 04' the second year following his appoint ment and one of such members shall hold office until the date of the first meeting of the council in January of the third year following his appointment.

(3) Except as herein otherwise provided, every person appointed a member of the board shall hold offic~ for three years. 'I1he composition of boards of management for municipal libraries is altered. 3. Consequenti,al of the lamendment to

section 18.

Section 20 presently reads: 20.

(1) In municipalities where the population is fifteen thousand or more, no more than two members of the council, in addition to the mayor, shall be members of the board at the same time.

(2) In municipalities where the population is less than fifteen thous and, no more than one member of the council, in addition to the mayor, shall be a member of the board. s. (

a) The amendment to subsection (3) (

a) provides for representation on the regional board by school district an~ school division representatives. (

b) The amendment to subsectIOn (4) is self-explanatory.

and city" and by substituting the words "each municipality, school division and school district", (

b) by striking out subsection (4) and by substituting the following:

(4) Where a municipality has a population great er than the combined total of the populations of all other municipalities, school divisions and school districts that are associated with it in a regional library, that municipality is entitled, subject to the approval of the Minister as to number, to appoint additional members to the board sufficient to give the municipality a majority representation on the board. 6. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

2 Title: 1968 (16th, 1st) Bill 85,

An Act to amend The Libraries Act

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