Libraries: administration.

(1) The California Library Services Act establishes the California Library Services Board and provides that its duties include, among other things, adopting rules, regulations, and general policies relating to the implementation of the act. Under the act, a library system, constituted as specified, receives an annual allowance for the improvement and maintenance of coordinated reference service support to the members of the system. The act authorizes a library system to apply for funds for special services programs, as defined. The act requires a library system to apply for funds for intrasystem communications and delivery and for planning, coordination, and evaluation of overall systemwide services. The act also requires each system to establish an administrative council and an advisory board, each with specified duties. This bill would delete the annual allowance for the improvement and maintenance of coordinated reference service support to the members of a library system. The bill would also delete the authorization for a library system to apply for funds for special services programs. The bill would delete the requirement that a library system establish a specified advisory board. The bill would make conforming changes. (2) The Library of California Act augments the services provided under the California Library Services Act and establishes regional library networks composed of libraries that agree to share services and resources with one another. The Library of California Act establishes the Library of California Board, and provides that the initial members of the board shall be those persons serving on the California Library Services Board at the time of the enactment of the Library of California Act. Existing law provides for a transition period from the California Library Services Act services and funding to the Library of California Act services and funding, and repeals the California Library Services Act upon completion of the transition. This bill would repeal the Library of California Act. The bill would require that, on January 1, 2013, the members of the California Library Services Board be those persons serving on the Library of California Board, who shall serve for the duration of their terms.