HB 1559 -- CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT REPORTS

SPONSOR:  Brown (30)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Local Government by a vote of 14 to 0.

Currently, the librarian of a consolidated public library
district is required to submit an annual status report to the
district board by August 31, and the board is required to submit
this report and an independent audit to the county commission and
the State Library Commission by September 30 of each year.  This
bill changes the due dates to September 30 and October 31,
respectively.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2011, FY 2012, and
FY 2013.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will save money for
library districts.  The current law was enacted when there were
less stringent standards for audits.  Audits now take more time
to complete; therefore, the report takes more time to complete.
The current deadline causes library districts to often pay a
premium to get the audit completed more quickly.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Brown (30); and
Stephen Potter, Consolidated Public Library District #3.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:11 pm