Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 22. LIBRARIES, ARTS, AND ANTIQUITIES

CHAPTER 1. LIBRARIES

Part 1. State Library Commission

State Library Commission Established

22-1-101. State library commission established. (1) There is a state library commission.

(2) This commission is composed of the following members:

(a) the state superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee;

(b) five persons appointed by the governor, who shall serve staggered terms of 3 years; and

(c) a librarian appointed by the commissioner of higher education from one of the six units of the Montana university system, who shall serve a term of 3 years.

(3) The commission shall annually elect a presiding officer from its membership.

(4) The members of the commission must be compensated and receive travel expenses as provided for in 2-15-124.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 184, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 1575.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 91, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 55, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 215, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 439, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 44-127; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 172, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 650, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 347, Ch. 56, L. 2009.