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Committee backs bill letting consolidated library districts change fiscal year

2879940 · April 2, 2025
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Senators and library representatives told the House Committee on Local Government that allowing consolidated public library districts to select fiscal-year dates can reduce reserve carryovers and save interest; committee voted SB 396 do pass by consent 13-0.

Senator Brown presented Senate Bill 396 to the House Committee on Local Government, saying the measure would allow boards of trustees of consolidated public library districts to change the starting and ending dates of their fiscal years instead of being fixed by state law to July 1–June 30.

"Enables a board of trustees of a consolidated public library district to change the…

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