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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 2091 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to library systems; amending 11 O.S.
2021, Section 31-102, which relates to municipal
library board appointments; modifying terms for
members appointed to board; amending 65 O.S. 2021,
Sections 2-103, 4-103, 4-203, and 154, which relate
to library system board appointments; modifying terms
for members appointed to board; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 31-102, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 31-102. The municipal governing body may, in its
discretion and by ordinance, place the management and control of the
public library under a library board of directors. The library
board shall consist of at least five but not more than nine
directors, chosen by the municipal governing body with reference to
their fitness for such office. No director shall receive
compensation as such. Directors appointed to the library board
shall hold office for a term of three (3) years from the first day
of May following their appointment, and their terms shall be
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staggered. The municipal governing body may remove any director for
misconduct or neglect of duty Directors appointed to the library
board shall serve at the pleasure of the municipal governing body
and may be removed without cause. Vacancies in the library board of
directors shall be filled in the same manner as original
appointments.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 65 O.S. 2021, Section 2-103, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2-103. The term of office of each appointive member,
except for initial appointments as herein specified, shall be six
(6) years, beginning July 1 of the year of appointment or until his
successor has been appointed and qualified. The present State
Library Board shall become members of the Board of the Department
and shall continue in office until their respective terms expire.
The Governor shall appoint one member on or before July 1 of each
year; provided that he shall make the first appointments for the
following terms in the years indicated: One member for a term of one
(1) year, and one member for a term of two (2) years in 1967; one
member for a term of two (2) years, one member for a term of three
(3) years and the member-at-large for a term of three (3) years in
1968; one member for a term of three (3) years, and one member for a
term of four (4) years in 1969. After the initial appointments,
terms shall be for six (6) years. Any vacancy on the Board shall be
filled for the remainder of the term only and by the method of the
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original appointment. No person who has served a full six-year term
shall be appointed to succeed himself. Members may be removed only
for cause Members appointed to the State Library Board shall serve
at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed without cause.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 65 O.S. 2021, Section 4-103, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-103. A. The Board of Trustees of a library system
containing two or more counties, herein defined as a multicounty
library system, shall consist of at least five (5) members. There
shall be at least one member from each county appointed by the board
of county commissioners. Additional members shall be appointed for
each city within the system with a public library located in the
city, with these appointments to be made by the governing body of
the city. Should the board serving a multicounty unit result in
fewer than five members, additional board members shall be appointed
on a proportional basis agreed upon by the county governments
involved.
B. Any member serving on a system board as of the effective
date of this act shall continue to serve until the end of the
current term for which they were appointed. Thereafter,
appointments shall be made as provided for in subsection A of this
section.
C. Initial appointments shall be distributed among one-, two-
and three-year terms, with one-third (1/3) of the appointments to be
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made for one (1) year, one-third (1/3) to be made for two (2) years
and one-third (1/3) for three (3) years. Subsequent appointments
shall be for three-year terms, except in the case of an appointment
to fill a vacancy in the membership of the system board, which
appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term of the
member where death, resignation or removal has created the vacancy.
A partial term of not more than eighteen (18) months served
immediately prior to a full three-year term shall not be counted as
a full term. No person shall serve more than two full successive
terms. Provided that a person who previously served for two (2)
successive terms or less may be reappointed if two (2) years has
expired since the person’s last service on the board. All tenure of
initial and future appointees shall expire on June 30 of the
designated year. A member of a system board once qualified can
thereafter be removed by the appointive authority during his term of
office only for misconduct or neglect of duty without cause.
D. Appointments to the system board shall be made on the basis
of ability, a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and
objectives of public libraries and an active interest in the
attainment of these comprehensive goals. Appointive members shall
be qualified electors and bona fide residents of the counties from
which they are appointed. No member of the system board shall in
any way be connected with the business of publishing or selling
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books, periodicals or other forms of library materials nor with the
business of manufacturing or selling library supplies or equipment.
E. All system board members shall serve thereon without
compensation except actual and necessary travel expenses as
authorized by the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Individual
memberships for systems board members in state, regional, and
national library associations and expenses incurred in attending
conferences of these associations, board meetings and other library
and library-related meetings may be paid from library funds upon
proper authorization of the board.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 65 O.S. 2021, Section 4-203, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-203. A. The board of trustees of a rural single
county library system shall consist of at least five (5) members.
One member shall be appointed from each county commissioner district
by the board of county commissioners. One member shall be appointed
by the governing body of the county seat city or town. A member
shall be appointed from the city or town with the largest population
that is not the county seat.
B. Initial appointments shall be for one-, two-, and three-year
terms. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms,
except in the case of an appointment to fill an unexpired term which
appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. No
person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms in addition
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to any partial term served by appointment to fill an unexpired term.
A person who previously served for two consecutive terms or less may
be reappointed if two (2) years has expired since the last service
on the board. All terms shall expire on June 30 of the designated
year. A member of a system board can be removed by shall serve at
the pleasure of the appointing authority during the term for which
appointed only for misconduct or neglect of duty.
C. Appointments to the system board shall be made on the basis
of ability, a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and
objectives of public libraries and active interest in the attainment
of system goals. Appointive members shall be qualified electors and
bona fide residents of the county. No member of the system board
shall be in the business of publishing or selling books, periodicals
or other forms of library materials or the business of manufacturing
or selling library supplies or equipment.
D. All system board members shall serve without compensation
except for actual and necessary travel expenses which shall be
compensated from library funds upon proper authorization of the
board of trustees of the system at the rate provided in the State
Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. Individual memberships for system board members
in state, regional, and national library associations and expenses
incurred in attending conferences of these associations, board
meetings and other library and library-related meetings may be paid
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from library funds upon proper authorization of the board of
trustees of the system.
SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 65 O.S. 2021, Section 154, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 154. The city-county library commission shall consist
of eleven (11) members. Six of the members shall be appointed by
the mayor of the city subject to approval of the governing body
thereof. Three of the members shall be appointed by the board of
county commissioners. The mayor of the city and the chairman of the
board of county commissioners shall be ex officio members of the
commission and shall be entitled to vote on all matters. The
chairman of the board of county commissioners may designate another
county commissioner to serve in place of the chairman on the
commission. The county commissioner designated by the chairman
shall have the same voting rights as the chairman of the board of
county commissioners. The initial appointments by the city shall
designate two members to serve a term of three (3) years, two
members to serve a term of two (2) years, and two members to serve a
term of one (1) year. The initial appointments by the county shall
designate one member to serve a term of three (3) years, one member
to serve a term of two (2) years, and one member to serve a term of
one (1) year. Provided, that the terms of such initial appointees
and the terms of all future appointees of both the city and county
shall expire on July 31 of that year in which they expire,
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regardless of the calendar date when such appointments are made.
Subsequent appointments of either the city or the county shall be
for three-year terms, except in the case of an appointment to fill a
vacancy in the membership of the commission, which latter
appointment shall be for the balance of the unexpired term of the
member whose death, resignation, or removal has created the vacancy.
A member of such commission once qualified can thereafter be removed
during his term of office only for misconduct or neglect of duty at
the pleasure of the appointing authority and, if he requests a
hearing before the governing body by which he was appointed, after
such hearing has been held. All members of the commission shall
serve thereon without compensation. Expenses which are incurred by
members pursuant to prior specific authorization by the board of
county commissioners and the governing body of the city shall be
reimbursed, provided that expenses incurred for transportation,
meals, and lodging shall be reimbursed only if incurred in
connection with authorized travel outside the county.
SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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