Library districts could seek to leave regional systems under conditions

A qualifying district may petition the state library board to leave a regional library system. This covers a district in a regional system that regularly levies at least 0.25 mill to support a public library. The text says the board may or shall order the district's exclusion if the district qualifies and exclusion would do no manifest harm; unclear amendment marks leave the board's duty uncertain. The district must submit its petition by May 1 in a year after its governing body approves the property tax levy.

The state library board must order an excluded district back into its former regional system if it stops levying the required tax for two consecutive years. This applies to a taxing district that was excluded from a regional library system and stops levying the required tax to support a public library. The board must order the district's return after it stops levying the required tax for two consecutive years.