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The present Bill is based on the draft bill prepared by the Committee. This Bill is intended to bring about uniformity in the law relating to public libraries and enable the establishment and maintenance of a system of public libraries, and for the comprehensive development and organisation of city, rural, and other classes of 3 library service in the State. The Bill provides, among the other things, for the following, namely.- (1) constitution of the Mysore State Library Authority; (2) establishment of a Department of Public Libraries; (3) constitution of local library authorities in the Cities and in the Districts; (4) levy of Library cess; (5) creation of a State Central Library by vesting the Bangalore Public Library in the State Central Library Authority. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV - 2A No. 135 dated 9- 6-1964 at page 33.) II Amending Act 45 of 1976.- At present the Minister incharge of Education will be the Ex-Officio President of the State Library Authority, it may so happen that the Minister for Education may not be incharge of Public Libraries. It is therefore considered necessary to make the Minister incharge of Public Libraries the Ex-Officio President of the State Library Authority. The Library cess is collected by the local authorities. It is proposed to give ten per cent of the cess collected to the local authorities concerned towards costs of collection. Opportunity has been taken to incorporate the new designation of the District Educational Officer and to omit the reference to Bangalore District (Rural) and Bangalore District (Urban) which are no longer in existance. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 6 of 1976) III Amending Act 30 of 1984.- In the State of Karnataka the Head of the Department of Libraries is designated as "State Librarian". It is considered necessary to redesignate the said post, as Director of Public Libraries. In the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, also the Head of the Department of Libraries is called as Director of Public Libraries. The Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act No. 10 of 1965), is proposed to be amended for the above mentioned purpose. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 2 of 1984. File No. LAW 28 LGN 1983.) IV Amending Act 31 of 1998.- The State Government grants annualy to every District Library Authority an amount equal to 3% of the Land Revenue Collection of the district. To improve infrastructure of the libraries in the district, Government has decided to grant annualy 6% instead of 3%. Therefore, it is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Public Libraries Act. As the matter was urgent and the Karnataka Legislative Council was not in session the Karnataka Public Libraries (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998 (Karnataka Ordinance 7 of 1998) was promulgated. Hence this Bill. (Obtained from L.C. Bill No. 6 of 1998.) 4 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT NO. 10 OF 1965. (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Thirteenth day of May, 1965). THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1965. (Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-second day of April, 1965). (As Amended by Acts 45 of 1976, 30 of 1984 and 31 of 1998) An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries and the organisation of a comprehensive rural and urban library service in the 1[State of Karnataka]1 WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries and the organisation of a comprehensive rural and urban library service in the 1[State of Karnataka]1 and for matters connected therewith; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-