KRS 173.730: Board members -- Terms -- Vacancies to be filled by persons

recommended by the board -- Alternative appointment process -- Removal of

members -- Advisory board -- Residency requirement.

(1) (a) One-third (1/3) of the persons first appoint ed to the board shall serve for a

term of two (2) years, one -third (1/3) for a term of three (3) years and one -

third (1/3) for a term of four (4) years. Where the board consists of a number

of members not divisible by three (3), one -third (1/3) of the next higher

number divisible by three (3), shall serve for a term of two (2) years, one-third

(1/3) for a term of three (3) years and the remaining number shall serve for a

term of four (4) years. Thereafter, as their terms expire, the board shall make

recommendations on their successors, who shall be appointed as set out in

paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(b) 1. The board shall recommend two (2) persons committed to the provision

of library services to the county judge/executive for each vacancy,

unless the fiscal court has adopted an alternative appointment process

through the passage of a resolution as set forth in this paragraph. The

county judge/executive shall within thirty (30) days, with the approval

of the fiscal court, make the selection from those r ecommended unless

the fiscal court has adopted an alternative appointment process. Within

fourteen (14) days, the board shall notify the Department for Libraries

and Archives of the name of any person appointed.

2. For fiscal courts that adopt an alternati ve appointment process through

the passage of a resolution, the board shall recommend one (1) person

committed to the provision of library services to the county

judge/executive, who:

a. May within thirty (30) days, with the approval of the fiscal court,

make the selection from the person recommended by the board; or

b. Shall, if he or she determines that the person recommended by the

board is unacceptable, appoint, with the approval of the fiscal

court, individuals of his or her choosing no later than thir ty (30)

days after rejecting the board's recommendation. The board shall

notify the Department for Libraries and Archives, within fourteen

(14) days of the appointment, of the name of any individual

appointed by the alternative appointment process.

(c) Board members shall serve a term of four (4) years each, and may serve for

two (2) consecutive terms after which they shall not succeed themselves. They

may be reappointed no earlier than twelve (12) months following the end of

their last service. The members shall hold office until their respective

successors are appointed and qualified. After absence of a trustee from four

(4) regular monthly meetings of the board during any one (1) year of the

trustee's term, the trustee shall be considered to have automati cally resigned

from the board. An advisory board may be appointed and serve as specified in

bylaws of the board of trustees.

(2) Any vacancy occurring in the terms of office of members shall be filled for the

unexpired term by the county judge/executive, with the approval of the fiscal court,

by appointment on recommendation of the board of two (2) persons interested in

the provisio n of library services and living in the county in which the vacancy

occurred unless the fiscal court has adopted an alternative appointment process

through the passage of a resolution. For fiscal courts that adopt an alternative

appointment process, the bo ard shall recommend one (1) person committed to the

provision of library services and living in the county to the county judge/executive,

who:

(a) May within thirty (30) days, with the approval of the fiscal court, appoint the

person recommended by the board; or

(b) Shall, if he or she determines that the person recommended by the board is

unacceptable, appoint, with the approval of the fiscal court, an individual of

his or her choosing no later than thirty (30) days after rejecting the board's

recommendation. Any person appointed in accordance with this subsection

shall be committed to the provision of library services and living in the county

in which the vacancy occurred. The board shall notify the Department for

Libraries and Archives, within fourteen (1 4) days of the appointment, of the

name of any individual appointed in the manner set out in this subsection.

(3) A member of the board may be removed from office as provided by KRS 65.007.

(4) Any person appointed to the board shall be committed to the pr ovision of library

services and living in the county in which the board operates.