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18342
. (a) The Board of Trustees of the Santa Paula Union High
School District in Ventura County may, by resolution, provide that
the Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District shall be
governed by a separate board of trustees. Upon adoption, the
resolution shall be filed with the County Clerk of the County of
Ventura. The effective date of the resolution shall not be earlier
than January 1, 1996.
(b) Upon the effective date of the resolution adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a), the name of the Santa Paula Union High School Public
Library District shall be the Blanchard/Santa Paula Library
District.
(c) The governing board shall consist of five members, each of
whom shall be a registered voter residing within the library
district.
(d) Except for the initial board, members appointed pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (f), and members described in
subdivision (h), of the governing board shall hold office for a fixed
term of four years, beginning on the last Friday in November next
succeeding their appointment or election.
(e) Within 60 days after filing with the County Clerk of the
County of Ventura of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision
(a), the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura shall appoint
the initial governing board of the library district. The appointments
shall be made from the membership of the Library Commission of the
Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District.
(f) The first board of trustee shall, at their first meeting, so
classify themselves by lot that their terms shall expire:
(1) Two on the last Friday in November of the first even-numbered
calendar year succeeding his or her appointment.
(2) Three on the last Friday of November of the second succeeding
even-numbered calendar year.
(g) The district shall continue to receive revenues, including
apportioned property taxes and authorized special taxes as if it were
still the Santa Paula Union High School Public Library District.
There shall be no change in district powers or responsibilities.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those persons
elected to the board of trustees in 1997 shall hold office for a
fixed five-year term.