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BOARD OF TRUSTEES -- NOMINATION AND ELECTION -- RECALL --
VACANCIES. (1) The procedure for nomination and election of trustees of a
library district shall be as provided for in chapter 14, title 34, Idaho Code,
and in the general election laws of Idaho. If any two (2) or more candidates
for the same trustee position have an equal number of votes, the board of
trustees shall determine the winner by a toss of a coin.
(2) Notwithstanding the limitations of chapter 17, title 34, Idaho Code,
each library district trustee shall be subject to recall following procedures
as closely as possible to the procedures described for the recall of county
commissioners pursuant to chapter 17, title 34, Idaho Code.
Individuals signing a petition to recall a library trustee or voting in an
election to recall a library trustee shall meet the requirements of section
33-2702, Idaho Code.
If, pursuant to section 33-2717, Idaho Code, no election was held for the
trustee being recalled:
(a) The number of district electors required to sign the petition seeking
a recall election must be not less than fifty (50), or twenty per cent
(20%) of the number of votes cast in the last trustee election held in the
library district, whichever is the greater.
(b) To recall any trustee, a majority of the votes cast at the recall
election must be in favor of the recall, and additionally, the number of
votes cast in the recall election must equal or exceed the number of votes
cast in the last trustee election held in the library district.
(3) A vacancy shall be declared by the board of trustees when any nominee
has been elected but has failed to qualify for office, or within thirty (30)
days of when any trustees shall (a) die; (b) resign from office; (c) no longer
reside in his respective trustee zone of residence; (d) no longer be a
resident or qualified elector of the public library district; (e) refuse to
serve as trustee; (f) without excuse acceptable to the board of trustees, fail
to attend two (2) consecutive regular meetings of the board; or (g) be
recalled and discharged from office as provided in this chapter.
A declaration of vacancy shall be made at any regular or special meeting
of the board of trustees, at which any of the above mentioned conditions is
determined to exist.
The board of trustees shall appoint to fill the vacancy, a person
qualified to serve as trustee of the public library district, provided there
remains in membership on the board of trustees a majority of the membership
thereof, and the board shall notify the state library board of the
appointment. This appointment shall be made within sixty (60) days of the
declaration of vacancy. In the event that the board of trustees fails to
exercise their authority, appointments shall be made by the board of county
commissioners of the home county in which the district is located within
thirty (30) days after the expiration of the sixty (60) days allowed for
trustees for this action.
Any person appointed as provided in this chapter shall serve until the
next annual election of public library district trustees following the
appointment. At the annual election a trustee shall be elected to complete the
unexpired term of the office which was declared vacant filled by appointment.
The elected trustee shall assume office at the first annual meeting of the
public library district following the election.

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