municipal public libraries; annual report

Plain English Breakdown

The source confirms the change to the date but does not specify when this law will officially take effect, only that it passed the legislature.

HB2129: Changing the Due Date for Municipal Library Annual Reports

This bill changes the deadline for municipal library trustees to submit their yearly report from the first Monday of July to the second Monday of July.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the due date for annual reports by municipal public libraries to the second Monday in July.
• Updates Arizona Revised Statutes section 9-418 with this new deadline.

Who It Names or Affects

• Library trustees of cities and towns
• The governing bodies of the city or town that receive these reports

Limits and Unknowns

• The official effective date for this law has not been listed yet.

Official Summary Text

HB2129 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
GOV DP 6-0-0-1

HB
2129
: municipal public libraries; annual report

Sponsor:
Representative Livingston, LD 28

House
Engrossed

Overview

Revises
the date by which a city or town (municipality's) Library Trustees must
complete their annual report.

History

A municipality's governing body can appoint residents as
trustees of its library. A municipality with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants may
have six trustees. All other municipalities may have nine trustees. Trustees
hold office for three years with no compensation. The trustees have charge of
the library and all library property (A.R.S. ��
9-414
,
9-415
).

The annual report submitted by Library Trustees must include:
1) a full statement of all property and money received, where it's derived from,
how it's used and expended; 2) the number of books, journals and other
publications on hand; and 3) other statistics, information and suggestions that
may be of general interest (
A.R.S. � 9-418
).

Provisions

1.

Changes the
date a municipality's Library Trustees must complete their annual report from
the first Monday of July to the second Monday of July
. (Sec. 1)

2.

Makes
technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2129 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

municipal public
libraries; annual report

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2129

AN
ACT

amending section
9-418, arizona revised statutes; relating to municipal powers.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 9-418, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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9-418.

Annual reports by trustees

A. The trustees, on or before the
first

second
Monday of July of each year, shall make a report
to the governing body of the city or town containing:

1. A full statement of all property and
money

monies
received, where derived and
how used and expended.

2. The number of books, journals and other
publications on hand, the number added by gift, purchase or otherwise during
the year, the number lost or missing and the number and kind of those loaned.

3.
Such

Any
other
statistics, information and suggestions
as

that

may be of general interest.

B. A financial report, showing all receipts and
disbursements of
money
monies
, shall
be made by the secretary of the board of trustees
,
and
verified by oath.
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