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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Notice: Changes to District Library Establishment Act as of January 1, 2015
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If your community is considering forming a district library, there will be a significant change in the District Library Establishment Act (DLEA) going into effect on January
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Section 2(i) of the DLEA, MCL 397.172(i), currently states that cities, villages, townships, counties and
<b>school districts </b>may be participating municipalities for the purpose of establishing a new district library. Section 2(i), however, also states that after January 1, 2015, a school district may NOT be a participating municipality – this specific provision
will “sunset.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Practically speaking, this means that new agreements for establishing a district library
<b>that include a school district as a participating municipality </b>must have all authorizations in place –<i>i.e</i>., must be signed and approved by ALL the necessary parties - by December 31, 2014. The Library of Michigan will continue to review these
agreements within a reasonable time of receipt by the State Librarian’s Office, although please be aware that Section 5(1) of the DLEA, MCL 397.175(1), states the “legislative bodies of the municipalities that establish a district library shall submit the
agreement to the state librarian within 10 days following the date on which the agreement is adopted.”
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<p class="Default"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please also note, however, that HB 5597, which proposes to remove the sunset provision, is currently pending in the Michigan Legislature .</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
If HB 5597 is enacted, school districts will continue to be able to be participating municipalities for purposes of establishing a district library. The progress of HB 5597 may be followed on the Michigan Legislature website at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2014-HB-5597">http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2014-HB-5597</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
HB 5597 does NOT, as of September 4, 2014, change the DLEA prohibition against adding a school district as a participating municipality under Section 25(1), MCL 397.195.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For questions, please contact Kim Koscielniak (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:koscielniakk@michigan.gov">koscielniakk@michigan.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">)
at the Library of Michigan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">State Law Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michigan Library and Historical Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lmlawlib@michigan.gov">lmlawlib@michigan.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">517-373-0630<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/lawlibrary">www.michigan.gov/lawlibrary</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#31849B">Invest in a child’s future today. Support the MDE Culture of Reading.</span></i><span style="color:#00B050">
</span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading">www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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