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MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES : Chapter 54

• 1 : Establishment; chapter applicable to libraries established under other laws
• 2 : Referendum
• 3 : Referendum; notice
• 4 : Ballot; form and content
• 5 : Election returns
• 6 : Vote required for adoption
• 7 : Rejection of proposition; second election
• 8 : Library tax.
• 8.1 : Limitation on increase in amount raised by taxation.
• 9 : Trustees; number, appointment and term; alternates
• 10 : Vacancies; how filled
• 11 : Trustees; corporate name; organization; officers; certificate; recording and filing
• 12 : Powers of board.
• 12.1 : Purchases not requiring advertisements for bids
• 12.2 : Free public library administrators, duties
• 13 : Trustees; treasurer; bond and duties
• 14 : Trustees; compensation; limitation on amount of indebtedness
• 15 : Annual report, identification of excess funds to municipality, transfer procedure.
• 16 : Appropriation for furnishing
• 17 : Fines expended for library purposes
• 17.1 : Moneys from operation of photocopy machines
• 18 : Use of money paid by library to municipal treasury
• 19 : Devises and bequests to trustees
• 19.1 : Loan of funds received as gift or bequest
• 19.2 : Strict compliance with law in making loans required
• 19.3 : Investment of funds; regulation of bonds or securities
• 19.4 : Custody of securities; report; minutes
• 19.5 : Income from investments
• 20 : Gifts of works of art; acceptance and maintenance
• 21 : Acceptance of conditional gifts generally
• 22 : Custodian of gifts; expenditure
• 23 : Municipalities may furnish site where buildings are offered; amount
• 24 : Purchase of site; title
• 25 : Lands and buildings; purchase and alteration; financing; title
• 26 : Bond issues
• 27 : Redemption of bonds
• 28 : Acquisition of lands by condemnation
• 29 : Transfer of books to library
• 29.10 : Joint library trustees
• 29.11 : Termination of boards of trustees of free public libraries of participating municipalities; assets and obligations
• 29.12 : Board of trustees as body corporate; name
• 29.13 : Board of trustees
• 29.13a : Joint free public library administrators, duties
• 29.14 : Disbursing officer
• 29.15 : Employees
• 29.16 : Certification of sum needed for operation of joint library; apportionment.
• 29.17 : Raising of sum needed, quarterly payments.
• 29.18 : Capital improvements; certification of sums needed; apportionment of costs
• 29.19 : Appropriation for capital improvements; borrowing
• 29.20 : Consent to capital improvements; expenditures
• 29.21 : Title to realty
• 29.22 : Discontinuance of participation in joint library; notice; joint meeting of governing bodies
• 29.23 : Discontinuance.
• 29.24 : Discontinuance; form of ballot
• 29.25 : Discontinuance; effect of majority approval; participation in joint library by remaining municipalities
• 29.26 : Repeal
• 29.3 : Joint free public libraries
• 29.4 : Apportionment of appropriations
• 29.5 : Joint library agreement, filing.
• 29.6 : Notification of governing bodies after adoption of ordinance; submission of question to voters
• 29.7 : Form of ballot
• 29.8 : Approval of resolution
• 29.9 : Amendment of joint library agreement; approval by ordinance
• 35 : Library funds

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