Are members of a rural county library district board of trustees, not including seven-member rural county library district boards established under RCW 27.12.192, required to be residents of the rural county library district that they serve?

Modified on 2020/11/18 08:14 by Jeremy Stroud Categorized as FAQ

<p>AG Opinion AGLO 1973 No. 67 (1973) states:
<blockquote>&ldquo;A person is not required to be an inhabitant of a rural county library district in order to serve as a member of a board of trustees thereof under the provisions of <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12.040" target="_blank" class="externallink">RCW 27.12.040</a>&hellip; [N]either this statute nor any other provision contained in this RCW chapter relating to libraries states either expressly or by implication that residency is a qualification for appointment to such a board.&rdquo;</blockquote>
<p>This opinion remains in force for five-member rural county library district boards of trustees established under <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12.190" target="_blank" class="externallink">RCW 27.12.190</a>. As of 2017, seven-member rural county library district boards of trustees established under <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12.192" target="_blank" class="externallink">RCW 27.12.192</a>&mdash;for &ldquo;any county with an adopted home rule charter and one million or more residents&rdquo;—are subject to residency requirements enumerated in <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12.192" target="_blank" class="externallink">RCW 27.12.192</a>.

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Are members of a rural county library district board of trustees, not including seven-member rural county library district boards established under RCW 27.12.192, required to be residents of the rural county library district that they serve?