PART 11. LIBRARIES [18010. - 20092.]
Part 11 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 18010–20092 · 476 sections
CHAPTER 1.5. Public Library Finance §§ 18010–18032 · 16 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18010–18013 · 4 sections
- § 18010 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of information and knowledge…
- § 18011 It is the intent of the Legislature under this chapter to initiate and examine a specific program providing equitable and adequate funds to the public…
- § 18012 In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its policy, and its objective in enacting the specific program prescribed in Section 18011, is to do…
- § 18013 The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter effects a state policy that each public library provide a minimum level of service, known as the…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 18015 · 1 section
- § 18015 As used in this chapter: (a) “Public library” means a library, or two or more libraries, operated as a single entity by one or more public jurisdictions and…
ARTICLE 3. Funding §§ 18020–18026 · 7 sections
- § 18020 For the fiscal year 1982–83, the cost of the foundation program is deemed to be twelve dollars ($12) per capita. For the 1983–84 fiscal year and each fiscal…
- § 18021 The State Librarian shall determine and certify, on or before June 1, 1982, and June 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the population served by each public…
- § 18022 The total cost of the foundation program for each public library for the purposes of this chapter shall be the product of the per capita cost determined…
- § 18023 On or before August 31, 1982, and October 31 of each fiscal year thereafter, the fiscal officer of each public library shall report to the State Librarian the…
- § 18024 (a) A fund is hereby created in the State Treasury to be known as the Public Library Fund. (b) The Controller shall transfer on January 1, 1984, from the…
- § 18025 (a) For the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Librarian shall determine the amount to which each public library is entitled for…
- § 18026 Commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year, the State Librarian shall certify to the Controller on or before November 15, 1984, and on or before each November 15…
ARTICLE 4. Services §§ 18030–18032 · 4 sections
- § 18030 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, books and other library materials acquired or maintained by a public library as a part of the foundation program…
- § 18030.5 (a) Every public library that receives state funds pursuant to this chapter and that provides public access to the Internet shall, by a majority vote of the…
- § 18031 The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July 1, 1983.
- § 18032 (a) Every public library that receives state funds pursuant to this chapter and that provides public access to video recordings shall, by a majority vote of…
CHAPTER 2. School Libraries §§ 18100–18203 · 25 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment and Maintenance §§ 18100–18104 · 5 sections
- § 18100 The governing board of each school district shall provide school library services for the pupils and teachers of the district by establishing and maintaining…
- § 18101 The State Board of Education shall adopt standards, rules and regulations for school library services.
- § 18102 Libraries may be established and maintained under the control of the governing board of any school district.
- § 18103 The libraries shall be open to the use of the teachers and the pupils of the school district during the schoolday. In addition, the libraries may be open at…
- § 18104 (a) It is in the interest of the state to authorize the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District to enter into a joint-use arrangement with another…
ARTICLE 2. Books §§ 18110–18111 · 2 sections
- § 18110 County boards of education may adopt lists of books and other library materials for districts not employing a superintendent of schools or a librarian for full…
- § 18111 The governing board of any school district may exclude from schools and school libraries all books, publications, or papers of a sectarian, partisan, or…
ARTICLE 3. Management §§ 18120–18122 · 3 sections
- § 18120 The governing board of a school district maintaining its own library or libraries may appoint a librarian or librarians to staff the libraries provided they…
- § 18121 The governing board of a school district is accountable for the proper care and preservation of the school libraries of the district, and may make all…
- § 18122 The governing board of a school district shall, on or before August 31st, in each year, report to the State Department of Education on the condition of school…
ARTICLE 4. Affiliation With County and City Libraries §§ 18130–18139 · 10 sections
- § 18130 Whenever the county in which a district is situated maintains a county library, the governing board of any school district or community college district may…
- § 18131 Notwithstanding any other section of this article to the contrary, school districts may purchase textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and other…
- § 18132 All funds transferred to a county library pursuant to this article shall be used by the county library only for: (a) the acquisition of books and other…
- § 18133 The county librarian may (a) at his discretion dispose of books and other materials no longer fit for service, and (b) with the approval of the county board of…
- § 18134 In any city conducting a public library owned and managed by the city, the governing board of any school district may enter into an arrangement with the…
- § 18135 Whenever an agreement is made that school library services will be provided by a city, or county library, the county, or city and county, or city…
- § 18136 The governing board of any high school district lying wholly or partly within a county maintaining a county free library may enter into a contract or agreement…
- § 18137 Whenever the governing board of a school district enters into an agreement with a county or city library for school library services the district shall provide…
- § 18138 With the consent of the county superintendent of schools the governing board of the school district may agree with the proper authorities of the county or city…
- § 18139 With the consent of the county board of education, in those counties in which the county superintendent of schools performs library services for the school…
ARTICLE 5. Use of Library Fund §§ 18170–18172 · 3 sections
- § 18170 The governing board of any school district shall expend the library fund, together with the money that is added thereto by donation, in the purchase of school…
- § 18171 No warrant shall be drawn by the superintendent of schools upon the order of any governing board of any school district against the library fund of any…
- § 18172 All orders of the governing board of any school district for books or apparatus shall in every case be submitted to the superintendent of schools of the…
ARTICLE 8. California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999 §§ 18202–18203 · 2 sections
- § 18202 (a) A fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to be known as the Business Organizations and Opportunities for Kids Fund. Moneys donated by private…
- § 18203 (a) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall be apportioned to eligible school districts in an equal amount per enrollment reported in the…
CHAPTER 3. Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries §§ 18300–18571 · 85 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 18300–18301 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Unified School Districts §§ 18310–18312 · 3 sections
- § 18310 For the purposes of this chapter a unified school district has all of the powers and duties of a union high school district. A library district may be formed…
- § 18311 As used in this chapter the words “union high school district” mean union high school district or unified school district and the words “union high school”…
- § 18312 If there are formed substantially within the territory of a union high school library district two or more unified school districts, the library district shall…
ARTICLE 3. Establishment §§ 18320–18322 · 3 sections
- § 18320 Any union high school district may establish, equip, and maintain a public library for the dissemination of knowledge of the arts, sciences, and general…
- § 18321 The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the library, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated, vests…
- § 18322 Every union high school library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the library district,…
ARTICLE 4. Formation of District §§ 18330–18343 · 11 sections
- § 18330 Upon the application by petition of 50 or more taxpayers and residents of any union high school district to the board of supervisors in the county in which the…
- § 18333 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state, where applicable, without reference to form of ballot or manner of…
- § 18335 The election officers shall report the result of the election to the board of supervisors within five days subsequent to the holding thereof.
- § 18336 If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of a union high school library district, the board of supervisors shall, by resolution, establish…
- § 18337 If more than one-third of the votes cast in the election is against a library district, the board of supervisors shall, by order, so declare and no other…
- § 18338 The fact of the presentation of the petition and the order establishing the library district shall be entered on the minutes of the board of supervisors, and…
- § 18339 Every library district shall be designated by the name and style of “____ Library District (using the name of the district) of ____ County (using the name of…
- § 18340 In the name of the library district, the governing board may sue and be sued, and may hold and convey property for the use and benefit of the district.
- § 18341 The trustees in whose control the library district has been placed shall severally hold office during the term for which they have been elected as trustees of…
- § 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…
- § 18343 (a) The governing board of the Banning Unified School District may, by resolution, provide that the Banning Unified School District Library District shall be…
ARTICLE 5. Dissolution of Districts §§ 18370–18373 · 4 sections
- § 18370 The district may at any time be dissolved if two-thirds of the votes cast at an election called by the library trustees upon the question of dissolution are in…
- § 18371 The election shall be called and conducted in the same manner as other elections of the district.
- § 18372 Upon dissolution, the property of the district shall vest in any union high school district in which the library is situated.
- § 18373 If at the time of the election to dissolve the district, there is any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district, the vote to dissolve the district shall…
ARTICLE 6. Meetings of Boards of Trustees §§ 18380–18385 · 6 sections
- § 18380 A board of library trustees shall meet at least quarterly, at the time and place that it may fix by resolution.
- § 18381 Special meetings may be called at any time by two trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the…
- § 18382 Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 18383 The board shall hold an annual organizational meeting. In a year in which a regular election for board members is conducted, the meeting shall be held on a day…
- § 18384 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.
- § 18385 At the first meeting of the board of trustees of any library district formed under this chapter it shall immediately cause to be made out and filed with the…
ARTICLE 7. Powers of Boards of Trustees §§ 18400–18411 · 12 sections
- § 18400 The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the…
- § 18401 The board of library trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the library and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or…
- § 18402 The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library, determine the…
- § 18403 The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.
- § 18404 The board of library trustees shall purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or rooms, as in its judgment are necessary to…
- § 18405 The board of library trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws, and other…
- § 18406 The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries, and shall allow nonresidents to borrow books…
- § 18407 The board of library trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 18408 The board of library trustees shall file through the librarian on or before the last day in August of each year, a report with the State Librarian at…
- § 18409 The board of library trustees shall designate the hours during which the library will be open for the use of the public.
- § 18410 All public libraries established under this chapter shall be open for the use of the public at all reasonable times.
- § 18411 Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees of neighboring library districts, or the legislative bodies of neighboring municipalities, or boards of…
ARTICLE 8. Library Commission §§ 18440–18452 · 13 sections
- § 18440 A board of library trustees may appoint, by resolution or other order entered in the minutes of the board of library trustees, a library commission consisting…
- § 18441 The members of the library commission shall hold office for three years from the first day of July next succeeding their appointment and until their successors…
- § 18442 The members of the first commission appointed shall be so classified by the board of library trustees at the time of their appointment that the term of office…
- § 18443 Vacancies shall be filled by the board of library trustees by appointment for the unexpired term.
- § 18444 Within 30 days after the members of the commission are first appointed, and whenever vacancies in an office occur and are filled, the commission shall meet and…
- § 18445 A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 18446 The commission shall act only by resolution or motion. A majority vote of the members of the commission is required on each action taken, and the vote thereon…
- § 18447 The commission shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept and maintained.
- § 18448 Members of the commission may be allowed actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as…
- § 18449 The commission shall do and perform any and all powers and duties authorized or required of the board of library trustees in Article 7 (commencing with Section…
- § 18450 Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an order of the library commission of the district, he shall issue his warrant upon the county treasurer for the…
- § 18451 Annually, and on or before the first day of June of each and every year, the commission shall submit or cause to be submitted to the board of library trustees…
- § 18452 The board of library trustees may dissolve the library commission created under the provisions of this article effective as of the 30th day of June next…
ARTICLE 9. Estimates of Funds Needed § 18480 · 1 section
- § 18480 In any library district formed under this chapter which maintains a public library, or which has petitioned for and has been granted permission to establish,…
ARTICLE 10. Tax Levy §§ 18493–18494 · 2 sections
- § 18493 The revenue derived from the tax, together with all money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise for the purposes of the library, shall be paid into…
- § 18494 If the payment into the treasury is inconsistent with the terms or conditions of any gift, devise, or bequest, the board of library trustees shall provide for…
ARTICLE 11. Claims § 18500 · 1 section
- § 18500 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
ARTICLE 12. Election for Issuance of Bonds §§ 18510–18518 · 5 sections
- § 18510 The board of trustees of any union high school library district may, when in its judgment it is deemed advisable, and shall upon a petition of 50 or more…
- § 18511 In determining the amount of bonds to be issued and sold, the board of trustees may include: (a) Legal or other fees incidental to or connected with the…
- § 18513 Voting shall be by ballot, without reference to the general election law in regard to form of ballot or manner of voting. The ballots shall have printed on…
- § 18515 If it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of issuing the bonds, the board shall cause an entry of the fact to be made upon…
- § 18518 No error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the taxpayers within the district or the electors voting at any election at…
ARTICLE 13. Issuance and Sale of Bonds §§ 18530–18536 · 9 sections
- § 18530 After the provisions of Sections 18510 to 18515, inclusive, have been complied with, the board of supervisors shall issue the bonds of the district, to the…
- § 18531 The total amount of bonds issued, shall not exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the district, as shown by the last equalized assessment book of the…
- § 18532 The bonds shall not bear a rate of interest greater than 8 percent, payable annually or semiannually.
- § 18533 The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto.
- § 18534 The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal of the bonds will be payable,…
- § 18534.3 The board of supervisors may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series. The bonds…
- § 18534.5 The board of supervisors may provide for redemption of bonds before maturity at prices determined by it. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption…
- § 18535 The bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, but for not less than 95 percent of par.
- § 18536 The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the building fund of the library district, and shall be drawn…
ARTICLE 14. Cancellation of Bonds §§ 18550–18553 · 4 sections
- § 18550 Whenever any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter remain unsold for the period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner…
- § 18551 Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition, which…
- § 18552 At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the petition, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the supervisors shall…
- § 18553 Thereupon the bonds and the vote by which they were authorized to be issued, shall cease to be of any validity whatever.
ARTICLE 14.5. Sale of Unsold Bonds §§ 18555–18558 · 4 sections
- § 18555 When the board of trustees of the library district determines that the purpose and object of the bonds has been accomplished, it may request the board of…
- § 18556 Upon receiving the request, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the request, which shall…
- § 18557 At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the request, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the supervisors shall…
- § 18558 In the event a petition, as set forth in Section 18557, is filed, the board of supervisors shall not grant the request without first submitting the question to…
ARTICLE 15. Tax for Interest and Redemption of Bonds §§ 18560–18562 · 3 sections
- § 18560 The board of supervisors, at the time of making a levy of taxes for county purposes, shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district,…
- § 18561 The tax shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest of the bonds for that year, and such portion of the principal as is to become due during the…
- § 18562 All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library district, and be used for the payment of principal and…
ARTICLE 16. Payment of Interest and Bonds §§ 18570–18571 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 4. California Library Services Act §§ 18700–18767 · 25 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18700–18703 · 4 sections
- § 18700 This chapter shall be known as the California Library Services Act.
- § 18701 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the state to ensure that all people have free and convenient access to all…
- § 18702 It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all residents with the opportunity to obtain from their public libraries needed materials and informational…
- § 18703 In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its policy shall be as follows: (a) To reaffirm the principle of local control of the government and…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 18710 · 1 section
- § 18710 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise indicates or unless specific exception is made: (a)…
ARTICLE 3. Administration §§ 18720–18726 · 6 sections
- § 18720 (a) There is hereby established in the state government the California Library Services Board, to consist of 13 members. The Governor shall appoint nine…
- § 18722 The concurrence of seven members of the state board shall be necessary to the validity of any of its acts.
- § 18723 Members of the state board shall serve without pay. They shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business.
- § 18724 The duties of the state board shall be to adopt rules, regulations, and general policies for the implementation of this chapter. In addition, the state board,…
- § 18725 The state board shall serve as the State Advisory Council on Libraries for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the federal Library Services and…
- § 18726 The State Librarian shall be the chief executive officer of the state board for purposes of this chapter and shall: (a) Make such reports and recommendations…
ARTICLE 4. Local Public Library Services §§ 18730–18731 · 2 sections
- § 18730 Any public library or combination of public libraries may submit proposals to the state board for Special Services Programs within the service area.…
- § 18731 A California public library may participate in universal borrowing. A public library participating in universal borrowing shall not exclude the residents of…
ARTICLE 5. Library System Services §§ 18740–18747 · 5 sections
- § 18740 A library system, eligible for funds under this article, may consist of the following systems: (a) A cooperative library system that, as of the effective date…
- § 18743 Each member library of a system shall provide equal access to all residents of the area served by the system.
- § 18745 Each system shall annually apply to the state board for funds for intrasystem communications and delivery and resource sharing. Proposals shall be based upon…
- § 18746 Each system shall annually apply to the state board for funds for planning, coordination, and evaluation of the overall systemwide services authorized by this…
- § 18747 Each system shall establish an administrative council whose membership consists of the head librarians of each jurisdiction in the system. Duties of the…
ARTICLE 6. Statewide Services §§ 18760–18767 · 7 sections
- § 18760 The state board shall establish and administer two or more state reference centers. The centers shall be responsible for answering reference requests that…
- § 18761 Each reference center established by the state shall provide statewide service. Such service shall include the handling of reference requests that cannot be…
- § 18762 Each reference center established pursuant to Section 18760 may enter into reciprocal or contractual agreements with libraries or any other information source…
- § 18763 The budget of any reference center established pursuant to Section 18760 may include funds for the general operations of such centers, including funds for…
- § 18764 The state board shall designate one or more of the reference centers established pursuant to Section 18760 as a repository for collections specially relevant…
- § 18766 The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide communications and delivery and resource-sharing network between and among systems, state reference…
- § 18767 The state board shall establish and maintain a computerized data base of bibliographic records and locations of all materials acquired by public libraries in…
CHAPTER 4.6. California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program §§ 18880–18883 · 3 sections
- § 18880 (a) The California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program is hereby established within the California State Library as a public library…
- § 18881 The California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program for public libraries may be used for any of the following: (a) (1) Services designed…
- § 18883 A local library shall ensure that funds received pursuant to this chapter are exclusively used for expenses resulting from providing English language and…
CHAPTER 5. Municipal Libraries §§ 18900–18965 · 29 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment §§ 18900–18901 · 2 sections
- § 18900 The common council, board of trustees, or other legislative body of any city in the state may, and upon being requested to do so by one-fourth of the electors…
- § 18901 The request may be by a single petition, or by several petitions. The several petitions shall be substantially in the same form. The single petition, or…
ARTICLE 2. Trustees §§ 18910–18927 · 18 sections
- § 18910 The public library shall be managed by a board of library trustees, consisting of five members, to be appointed by the mayor, president of the board of…
- § 18911 The trustees shall hold office for three years. The members of the first board appointed shall so classify themselves by lot that one of their number shall go…
- § 18912 Men and women are equally eligible to appointment as trustees.
- § 18913 Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
- § 18914 Boards of library trustees shall meet at least once a month at such times and places as they may fix by resolution.
- § 18915 Meetings of the board are governed by the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government…
- § 18916 A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 18917 The board shall appoint one of its number president, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is appointed, and in his absence shall select a…
- § 18918 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.
- § 18919 The board of library trustees may make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the…
- § 18920 The board of library trustees may administer any trust declared or created for the library, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest and hold in trust or…
- § 18921 The board of library trustees may prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library; determine the…
- § 18922 The board of library trustees may purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.
- § 18923 The board of library trustees may purchase real property, and erect or rent and equip, such buildings or rooms, as may be necessary, when in its judgment a…
- § 18924 The board of library trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws, and other…
- § 18925 The board of library trustees may borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries, and may allow nonresidents to borrow books upon…
- § 18926 The board of library trustees may do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 18927 The board of library trustees, or if there is no board of trustees, then the administrative head of the library shall, on or before August 31st, in each year,…
ARTICLE 3. Support of Libraries §§ 18951–18953 · 3 sections
- § 18951 All money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, for the purposes of the library, shall be apportioned to a fund to be designated the library fund,…
- § 18952 If payment into the treasury is inconsistent with the conditions or terms of any gift, devise, or bequest, the board shall provide for the safety and…
- § 18953 Payments from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued after due audit by, and an order from, the library trustees. The warrants shall be signed by the…
ARTICLE 4. Government §§ 18960–18965 · 6 sections
- § 18960 Every library established pursuant to this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the municipality, subject always to…
- § 18961 The board of library trustees and the legislative body of any neighboring municipality or the board of supervisors of the county in which the public library is…
- § 18962 The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the library, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or otherwise designated, vests in…
- § 18963 Any municipal library which was established and existed on June 11, 1909, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to establish free public libraries…
- § 18964 Any ordinance establishing a library adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be repealed by the body which adopted it upon being requested to do so by 51…
- § 18965 Whenever the governing bodies of two or more cities or counties consolidate their existing public library services, as a joint exercise of powers under Chapter…
CHAPTER 6. County Free Libraries §§ 19100–19180 · 42 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment §§ 19100–19116 · 18 sections
- § 19100 The boards of supervisors of the several counties may establish and maintain, within their respective counties, county free libraries pursuant to this chapter.
- § 19101 The board of supervisors of any county may establish at the county seat or elsewhere in the county, a county free library for that part of the county lying…
- § 19102 At least once a week for two successive weeks prior to taking any action, the board of supervisors shall publish, in a newspaper designated by it and published…
- § 19103 After the establishment of a county free library, the board of trustees, common council, or other legislative body of any city in the county maintaining a free…
- § 19104 (a) The board of trustees, common council, or other legislative body of a city or the board of trustees of a library district may, on or before January 1 of…
- § 19104.5 (a) The board of trustees, common council, or other legislative body of a city or the board of trustees of a library district in which a withdrawal from the…
- § 19105 If the notice is given after January 1st of any year, the property situated in the city or library district shall be liable to taxes for county free library…
- § 19106 Before any board of trustees, common council, or other legislative body of any city, or the board of trustees of any library district gives notice that the…
- § 19107 The board of supervisors of any county in which a county free library has been established may enter into contracts with any city maintaining a free public…
- § 19108 The board of supervisors of any county in which a county free library has been established may enter into a contract with the board of supervisors of any other…
- § 19109 The board of supervisors of any county may enter into a contract with the board of supervisors of another county in which a county free library has been…
- § 19110 The board of supervisors of any county may contract with the board of supervisors of any other county or two or more other counties to provide for the services…
- § 19111 The making of the contract shall not bar the board of supervisors of the county during the continuance of the contract from establishing a county free library…
- § 19112 Instead of establishing a separate county free library, the board of supervisors may enter into a contract with the board of library trustees or other…
- § 19113 After a county free library has been established, it may be disestablished in the same manner as it was established. At least once a week for two successive…
- § 19114 Whenever any of the territory being served by a county free library is annexed to, or otherwise included within, any municipal corporation not served by the…
- § 19115 The board of supervisors may establish a reasonable fee to be collected from persons who desire to participate in the services and benefits of the county free…
- § 19116 (a) (1) Sections 19104 and 19105 are not applicable to the withdrawal of a city or library district from the county free library system in Los Angeles County…
ARTICLE 2. County Librarian §§ 19140–19150 · 10 sections
- § 19140 Upon the establishment of a county free library, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county librarian.
- § 19141 If any county adopts a civil service system or a limited civil service system for county officers and employees, the county librarian shall be entitled to the…
- § 19142 No person may be appointed to the office of county librarian on or after January 1, 1987, unless he or she possesses both of the following qualifications: (a)…
- § 19143 At the time of his or her appointment, the county librarian need not be a citizen of the State of California.
- § 19145 The county librarian shall, prior to entering upon his duties, file the usual oath, and he shall be required to file an official bond in an amount determined…
- § 19146 The county librarian shall, subject to the general rules adopted by the board of supervisors, build up and manage, according to accepted principles of library…
- § 19147 The salary of the county librarians shall be paid by each of the counties in equal monthly installments, at the same time and in the same manner and out of the…
- § 19148 The board of supervisors of a county over 400,000 population, as determined by the 1960 decennial census, maintaining a county free library may provide that…
- § 19149 The county librarian and his assistant shall be allowed actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred on the business of the office.
- § 19150 Except when the county librarian is temporarily absent, no person shall serve in the position of county librarian under the title of acting county librarian,…
ARTICLE 3. Government §§ 19160–19180 · 14 sections
- § 19160 The county free library is under the general supervision of the board of supervisors, which may: (a) Make general rules and regulations regarding the policy of…
- § 19167 The county free libraries are under the general supervision of the State Librarian, who shall from time to time, either personally or by one of his or her…
- § 19168 The State Librarian shall annually call a convention of county librarians, to assemble at such time and place as he deems most convenient, for the discussion…
- § 19169 The county librarian shall, on or before August 31st, in each year, report to the board of supervisors and to the State Librarian on the condition of the…
- § 19171 The county board of supervisors of any county may in its discretion allocate and appropriate any funds received by the county under the State and Local Fiscal…
- § 19173 The board of supervisors may create special taxing zones within the territory of the county subject to taxation for county free library purposes for the…
- § 19174 The board of supervisors may receive, on behalf of the county, any gift, bequest, or devise for the county free library, or for any branch or subdivision of…
- § 19174.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds from the county general fund may be used to support the county free library.
- § 19175 The title to all property belonging to the county free library is vested in the county. All laws applicable to the collection of county taxes shall apply to…
- § 19176 Each claim against the county free library fund shall be authorized and approved by the county librarian, or in his absence from the county by his assistant.…
- § 19177 In any county of this state where a law library exists under the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 3 of the Business and…
- § 19178 The board of supervisors may accept on behalf of the county free library, all books and other property of school libraries and of the teachers’ library, and…
- § 19179 Any county library which was established and existed on April 26, 1911, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to provide county library systems,”…
- § 19180 The board of supervisors of any county in which there has been established a county free library which does not serve the entire county may, on behalf of the…
CHAPTER 7. California State Library §§ 19300–19354 · 35 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 19300–19307 · 6 sections
- § 19300 The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence…
- § 19301 There is in the state government an agency known as the California State Library.
- § 19302 The California State Library is under the control of an executive who shall be a technically trained librarian and shall be known as the “State Librarian.”
- § 19303 The State Librarian shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
- § 19306 The State Librarian shall nominate a Deputy State Librarian to be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor.
- § 19307 As used in this chapter, “public library” means any public library as defined in this code, or any county law library established pursuant to Chapter 5…
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 19320–19328 · 11 sections
- § 19320 The State Librarian may do all of the following: (a) Make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of the California State Library.…
- § 19320.5 The State Librarian may employ consultants to provide technical assistance to public libraries in the development and enhancement of library services.
- § 19321 The State Librarian shall also do all of the following: (a) Purchase books, maps, engravings, paintings, furniture, and other materials and equipment necessary…
- § 19322 The State Librarian may do both of the following: (a) Contract directly with counties, cities, or districts within this state, agencies of the state, and…
- § 19323 The State Librarian shall make available in the state on a loan basis to blind or print disabled persons, or to persons with a disability that prevents them…
- § 19324 The State Librarian may consider for rendering into embossed braille any print books and other materials, excluding textbooks, requested by an eligible patron…
- § 19325 The State Librarian may provide the following: (a) Toll-free and local telephone services for registered patrons of the federally designated regional libraries…
- § 19325.1 (a) The State Librarian may operate a telephonic reading system, fund the operation of telephonic reading systems operated by qualifying entities, or both. (b)…
- § 19326 (a) The State Librarian may annually award a gold medal for excellence in the humanities and science to an individual or organization for publication of a work…
- § 19327 (a) In order to protect and preserve valuable and irreplaceable treasures of the state, the State Librarian may enter into an operating agreement with a…
- § 19328 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that Bernard E. Witkin’s legendary contribution to California law is deserving of a lasting tribute and an…
ARTICLE 3. Books §§ 19330–19334 · 5 sections
- § 19330 Books may be taken from the California State Library by the Members of the Legislature and by other state officers during regular office hours.
- § 19331 The Controller, when notified by the State Librarian that any officer or employee of the state for whom he or she draws a warrant for salary has failed to…
- § 19332 In case of the neglect or refusal on the part of any officer or employee of the state to return a book for which he or she has given an order or a receipt or…
- § 19333 The State Librarian may bring suit in his or her official capacity for the recovery of any book, or for three times the value thereof, together with costs of…
- § 19334 Every person who injures or fails to return any book taken is liable in three times its value.
ARTICLE 4. Reading Initiative Program §§ 19335–19336 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 5. Local Public Library Partnership Program §§ 19340–19345 · 6 sections
- § 19340 The Local Public Library Partnership Program is hereby established under the administration of the State Librarian for purposes of ensuring that, by third…
- § 19341 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter…
- § 19342 (a) The State Librarian shall offer resources to assist each local public library to find student success card dispensing strategies that work best for their…
- § 19343 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the State Librarian shall, on or before January 1, 2029, and by each January 1 thereafter, report…
- § 19344 Consistent with Section 99.37 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a local educational agency may disclose directory information, as defined in…
- § 19345 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a local public library from partnering with a local educational agency to issue student success cards to…
ARTICLE 6. Statewide Imagination Library Program §§ 19350–19354 · 5 sections
- § 19350 The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under the administration of the State Librarian for purposes of developing, implementing,…
- § 19351 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of…
- § 19352 The State Librarian shall coordinate with a nonprofit entity, qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and organized solely to promote…
- § 19353 The State Librarian shall do all of the following: (a) Promote the statewide development of local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs. (b) Advance and…
- § 19354 The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may be needed for the administration of the Statewide Imagination Library Program.
CHAPTER 8. Library Districts §§ 19400–19532 · 60 sections
ARTICLE 1. Formation, Annexation, Dissolution §§ 19400–19407 · 8 sections
- § 19400 A library district may be organized, as provided in this chapter. The library district may establish, equip, and maintain a public library for the…
- § 19401 The library district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory, or both, in any one or more counties, so long as the territory of the district…
- § 19402 Whenever the formation of a library district is desired, a petition which may consist of any number of instruments, may be presented at a regular meeting of…
- § 19403 The petition shall be signed by registered voters residing within the proposed library district equal in number to at least 5 percent of the number of votes…
- § 19404 The proceedings for the filing and hearing of the petition are governed and controlled by the provisions of Sections 58032, 58033, 58034, 58060, and 58061 of…
- § 19405 The proceedings for final hearing of the petition and the formation of the district are governed and controlled by the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with…
- § 19406 On the filing of written protests by registered voters residing in the proposed district equal in number to at least 50 percent of the number of votes cast in…
- § 19407 No library district including territory in more than one county shall be organized under this chapter without the concurrent consent by resolution of each…
ARTICLE 2. Trustees §§ 19420–19432 · 13 sections
- § 19420 Within 30 days after the filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors or county board of supervisors of the resolution declaring the organization of the…
- § 19421 The governing board of the district shall be called “the Board of Library Trustees of ____ Library District” (inserting the name of the particular district).
- § 19422 The trustee shall hold office for the term of four years beginning on the last Friday in November next succeeding their appointment or election.
- § 19423 The first board of library trustees appointed or elected in a district shall at their first meeting so classify themselves by lot that their terms shall…
- § 19424 At its first meeting called after the original appointment of the board, and annually thereafter at its first meeting called after the last Friday in November…
- § 19425 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees of the library district, it shall…
- § 19426 A vacancy in the board of library trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the supervising board of supervisors.
- § 19427 Each library trustee shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified.
- § 19428 The board of library trustees shall meet at least once a month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution.
- § 19429 Special meetings may be called at any time, as follows: (a) A special meeting of a three-member board of library trustees may be called by two trustees, by…
- § 19430 (a) For three-member boards, two members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) For five-member boards, three members constitute a quorum for…
- § 19431 A proposal to increase the number of seats on the board of library trustees from three to five may be initiated in either of the following alternative ways:…
- § 19432 (a) The supervising board of supervisors, at its option, may conduct a public hearing on a petition or resolution filed pursuant to Section 19431. Notice of…
ARTICLE 3. Powers §§ 19460–19483 · 22 sections
- § 19460 The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the…
- § 19460.5 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
- § 19461 The board of library trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the library, and received by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or…
- § 19462 The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library, determine the…
- § 19463 The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.
- § 19464 The board of library trustees shall purchase real property, and erect or rent and equip, such buildings or rooms, as in its judgment are necessary properly to…
- § 19465 The board of library trustees shall require the Secretary of State and other state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws,…
- § 19466 The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries, and may allow nonresidents of the district to…
- § 19467 The board of library trustees shall borrow money, give security therefor, purchase on contract, and do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary…
- § 19468 The board of library trustees shall file, through the librarian, on or before the last day of August of each year, a report with the State Librarian at…
- § 19469 The board of library trustees shall designate the hours during which the library shall be open for the use of the public.
- § 19470 Annually, at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which county taxes are levied, the board of library trustees of each library district shall…
- § 19473 The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax rolls, and collected in the same manner as county taxes are computed, entered, and collected. All money…
- § 19475 All money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, for the purposes of the library, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library…
- § 19476 If the payment into the treasury is inconsistent with the terms or conditions of any gift, devise, or bequest, the board of library trustees shall provide for…
- § 19477 Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an order of the library trustees of the district, he shall issue his warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount…
- § 19478 When any warrant is presented to the treasurer for payment and it is not paid for want of funds, the treasurer shall endorse thereon “not paid for want of…
- § 19479 Every library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the library district, subject always to such…
- § 19480 The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the library, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated, vests…
- § 19481 Every library district shall be designated by the name and style of ____ Library District (using the name of the district) of ____ County (using the name of…
- § 19482 The board of library trustees and the boards of trustees of neighboring library districts, or the governing bodies of neighboring cities, or boards of…
- § 19483 Anything in Sections 19100 to 19179, inclusive, to the contrary, notwithstanding, the property in any library district created under this chapter subsequent to…
ARTICLE 4. Claims § 19500 · 1 section
- § 19500 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
ARTICLE 5. Biennial Election of Trustees §§ 19510–19515 · 4 sections
- § 19510 An election shall be held biennially in each library district for the election of one or more library trustees who shall hold office for four years beginning…
- § 19511 To be qualified to vote at any library district election a person shall be registered to vote in the library district, at least 29 days before the election.
- § 19514 If pursuant to Section 5327 a district election is not held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the largest part thereof in area,…
- § 19515 Except as otherwise provided in this article, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4 of this division shall govern and control the conduct of…
ARTICLE 6. Bonds §§ 19520–19532 · 12 sections
- § 19520 The board of trustees of any library district may, when in their judgment it is deemed advisable, and shall, upon a petition of 50 or more taxpayers and…
- § 19521 The bond election shall be called and conducted and the results thereof canvassed, returned, and declared in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with…
- § 19522 The board of trustees shall set forth in the resolution calling for a bond election the amount and denomination of the bonds, the rate of interest, and the…
- § 19524 If it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast at the election were cast in favor of issuing the bonds, the board shall enter the fact upon its minutes and…
- § 19525 The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed 5 percent of the assessed value of the property of the district, prior to the 1980–81 fiscal year and shall…
- § 19526 The supervising board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto,…
- § 19527 The bonds shall not bear a greater amount of interest than 6 percent, to be payable annually or semiannually. The bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed…
- § 19528 The board of supervisors of each county in which any part of the district is situated, at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes, shall levy…
- § 19529 All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library district, and shall be used for the payment of principal…
- § 19530 Whenever any bonds issued under this article remain unsold for the period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner prescribed by the…
- § 19531 Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervising board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing…
- § 19532 At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the petition, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing is postponed, the supervising board of…
CHAPTER 9. Library Districts and Museums in Unincorporated Towns and Villages §§ 19600–19734 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. Formation §§ 19600–19614 · 11 sections
- § 19600 Any unincorporated town or village of this state may establish, equip, and maintain a public library for the dissemination of knowledge of the arts, sciences,…
- § 19601 Upon the application, by petition, of 50 or more taxpayers and residents of any unincorporated town or village to the board of supervisors in the county in…
- § 19603 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 19604 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
- § 19605 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
- § 19608 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of this state, where applicable, without reference to form of ballot or manner of…
- § 19610 The election officers shall report the result of the election to the board of supervisors within five days after the election.
- § 19611 If a majority of the votes at the election is in favor of a library district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution, establish the library district, and…
- § 19612 Vacancies shall be filled by the board of supervisors by appointment for the unexpired term.
- § 19613 If a majority of the votes cast is against a library district, the board of supervisors shall, by order, so declare, and no other proceedings shall be taken in…
- § 19614 The fact of the presentation of the petition, and the order establishing the library district and making the appointment of the five library trustees, shall be…
ARTICLE 2. Powers §§ 19640–19664 · 24 sections
- § 19640 The board of library trustees shall meet at least once a month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution.
- § 19641 Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the…
- § 19642 Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 19643 At its first meeting held after the general district election the board shall organize by electing one of its number president, and another one of its number…
- § 19644 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees, it shall immediately cause to be made…
- § 19645 The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the…
- § 19646 The board of library trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the library, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or…
- § 19647 The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library, determine the…
- § 19648 The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.
- § 19649 The board of library trustees shall also purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or rooms, as in its judgment is necessary to…
- § 19650 The board of library trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws, and other…
- § 19651 The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries. It shall allow nonresidents to borrow books upon…
- § 19652 The board of library trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 19653 The board of library trustees shall file, through the librarian, on or before the last day in the month of August of each year, a report with the State…
- § 19654 The board of library trustees shall designate the hours during which the library is open for the use of the public. All public libraries established under this…
- § 19655 In any library district formed under the provisions of this chapter, which maintains a public library, or which has petitioned for and been granted permission…
- § 19656 The board of library trustees may, when in its judgment it is deemed advisable, and upon the petition of 50 or more taxpayers residing within the library…
- § 19658 The revenue derived from the tax, together with all money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, for the purposes of the library, shall be paid into…
- § 19659 Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an order of the library trustees of the district he shall issue his warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount…
- § 19660 When any warrant is presented to the treasurer for payment and it is not paid for want of funds the treasurer shall endorse thereon “not paid for want of…
- § 19661 Every library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the library district, subject always to such…
- § 19662 Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees of neighboring library districts, or the legislative bodies of neighboring municipalities, or boards of…
- § 19663 The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the libraries, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated,…
- § 19664 Every library district shall be designated by the name and style of ____ Library District, (using the name of the district), of ____ County, (using the name of…
ARTICLE 2.5. Museums §§ 19670–19685 · 16 sections
- § 19670 The board of library trustees may vote to establish a public museum in the library district and to constitute the board of library trustees as the board of…
- § 19671 The board of museum trustees shall meet at least once a month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution.
- § 19672 Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the…
- § 19673 Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
- § 19674 At its first meeting held after being constituted, the board shall organize by electing one of its number president, and another one of its number secretary.…
- § 19675 The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees, it shall immediately cause to be made…
- § 19676 The board of museum trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the…
- § 19677 The board of museum trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the museum, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or…
- § 19678 The board of museum trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the curator, secretary, and other officers and employees of the museum, determine the…
- § 19679 The board of museum trustees shall purchase necessary objects of artistic, scientific, or historical interest, and other personal property.
- § 19680 The board of museum trustees shall also purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or rooms, as in its judgment is necessary to…
- § 19681 The board of museum trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 19682 The board of museum trustees shall designate the hours during which the museum is open for the use of the public. All public museums established under this…
- § 19683 In any library district formed under the provisions of this chapter, which maintains a public museum, in accordance with this chapter, the board of museum…
- § 19684 The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the museum, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated, vests…
- § 19685 It is the intent of the Legislature that public museums established pursuant to this chapter shall be funded primarily by private funds. The board of…
ARTICLE 3. Claims § 19690 · 1 section
- § 19690 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
ARTICLE 4. Biennial Election of Trustees §§ 19700–19702 · 3 sections
- § 19700 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections…
- § 19701 The number of library trustees for any library district established under the provisions of this chapter is five.
- § 19702 Every person who is registered to vote in the library district where the election is held at least 29 days before the election, may vote at the election.
ARTICLE 5. Bonds §§ 19720–19734 · 15 sections
- § 19720 The board of trustees of any library district may, when in their judgment it is deemed advisable, and shall upon a petition of 50 or more taxpayers and…
- § 19721 The election shall be called by posting notices, signed by the board, in three of the most public places in the district, for not less than 20 days before the…
- § 19722 The notice shall contain: (a) Time and place of holding the election. (b) The names of inspectors and judges to conduct the election. (c) The hours during the…
- § 19723 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions relating to the election of trustees, insofar as they are applicable to the election for…
- § 19724 Voting shall be by ballot, without reference to the general election law in regard to form of ballot, or manner of voting. The ballots shall have printed on…
- § 19725 On the seventh day after the election, at 8 o'clock p.m., the returns having been made to the board of trustees, the board shall meet and canvass the returns,…
- § 19726 The money shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in the district, for the redemption of the bonds and the payment of the interest thereon.
- § 19727 The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the district, as shown by the last equalized assessment book of the…
- § 19728 The board of supervisors by an order entered upon its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto, and shall fix…
- § 19729 The bonds shall not bear a greater amount of interest than 6 percent, to be payable annually or semiannually. The bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed…
- § 19730 The board of supervisors, at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes, shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the…
- § 19731 All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the library district, and shall be used for the payment of principal…
- § 19732 Whenever any bonds issued under this article remain unsold for the period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner prescribed by the…
- § 19733 Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the board of trustees, the supervisors shall fix a time for hearing the petition, which…
- § 19734 At the time and place designated in the notice for hearing the petition, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing is postponed, the supervisors shall…
CHAPTER 10. California Freedom to Read Act §§ 19800–19802 · 3 sections
- § 19800 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Freedom to Read Act.
- § 19801 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Libraries are essential for information, education, and enlightenment of all people of the…
- § 19802 (a) (1) Every public library jurisdiction that directly receives any state funding, including, but not limited to, state funding pursuant to this part, shall…
CHAPTER 10.5. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 19900–19911 · 5 sections
ARTICLE 1. Deposit of Newspapers in Libraries §§ 19900–19902 · 3 sections
- § 19900 The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the county recorder to deposit with any free public library maintained at the county seat, or with the…
- § 19901 Before making the deposit, the board of supervisors shall obtain from the board of trustees or authorities in charge of the free public library, or the State…
- § 19902 The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the boards of trustees or other authorities in charge of any free public library with which newspaper…
ARTICLE 2. Offenses Against Libraries §§ 19910–19911 · 2 sections
- § 19910 Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, breaks, or injures any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, or other work of…
- § 19911 Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or other property belonging to any public or incorporated library,…
CHAPTER 11. California Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 1988 §§ 19950–19981 · 30 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 19950–19952 · 3 sections
- § 19950 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 1988.
- § 19951 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The public library is a supplement to the formal system of free public education, a source of…
- § 19952 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the California Library Construction and Renovation Finance…
ARTICLE 2. California Library Construction and Renovation Program §§ 19955–19967 · 14 sections
- § 19955 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Library Construction and Renovation Fund, which is hereby…
- § 19956 All moneys deposited in the fund shall be available for grants to any city, county, city and county, or district that is empowered at the time of the project…
- § 19957 The grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19956 and the matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19962 shall be used by the recipient for any of the…
- § 19957.5 (a) An applicant for a grant for the acquisition, construction, remodeling, or rehabilitation of public library facilities under this chapter, as opposed to an…
- § 19958 No grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19956 or matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19962 shall be used by a recipient for any of the following…
- § 19959 All construction contracts for projects funded in part through grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be awarded through competitive bidding pursuant to…
- § 19960 This chapter shall be administered by the State Librarian, who shall adopt rules, regulations, and policies for the implementation of this chapter.
- § 19961 A city, county, city and county, or district may apply to the State Librarian for a grant pursuant to this chapter, as follows: (a) Each application shall be…
- § 19962 (a) Each grant recipient shall provide matching funds from any available source in an amount equal to 35 percent of the costs of the project. The remaining 65…
- § 19963 An amount not to exceed 1 percent of the cost of construction of the project may be used for appropriate works of art to enhance the facility.
- § 19964 (a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.…
- § 19965 Once an application has been approved by the board and included in the State Librarian’s request to the committee, the amount of funding to be provided to the…
- § 19966 In reviewing applications, the board shall consider all of the following factors: (a) Needs of urban and rural areas. (b) Projected population growth. (c)…
- § 19967 (a) A facility, or the part thereof, acquired, constructed, remodeled, or rehabilitated with grants received pursuant to this chapter shall be dedicated to…
ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 19970–19981 · 13 sections
- § 19970 Bonds in the total amount of seventy-two million four hundred five thousand dollars ($72,405,000) (exclusive of refunding bonds), or so much thereof as is…
- § 19971 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
- § 19972 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter,…
- § 19973 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
- § 19974 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
- § 19975 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
- § 19976 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed…
- § 19976.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
- § 19977 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
- § 19978 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section…
- § 19979 All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
- § 19980 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
- § 19981 An amount not to exceed 1 percent of the fund may be used by the State Librarian for costs of administering this chapter.
CHAPTER 12. California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 §§ 19985–20011 · 28 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 19985–19986 · 3 sections
- § 19985 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000.
- § 19985.5 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Reading and literacy skills are fundamental to success in our economy and our society. (b) The…
- § 19986 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the California Library Construction and Renovation Finance…
ARTICLE 2. Program Provisions §§ 19987–19999 · 13 sections
- § 19987 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Public Library Construction and Renovation Fund, which is…
- § 19988 All moneys deposited in the fund, except as provided in Section 20011, are continuously appropriated to the State Librarian, notwithstanding Section 13340 of…
- § 19989 The grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19988, and the matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19995, shall be used by the recipient for any of the…
- § 19990 Any grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19988, or matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19995, may not be used by a recipient for any of the…
- § 19991 All construction contracts for projects funded in part through grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be awarded through competitive bidding pursuant to…
- § 19992 This chapter shall be administered by the State Librarian. The board shall adopt rules, regulations, and policies for the implementation of this chapter.
- § 19993 A city, county, city and county, or district may apply to the State Librarian for a grant pursuant to this chapter, as follows: (a) Each application shall be…
- § 19994 (a) The State Librarian shall consider applications for construction of new public library facilities submitted pursuant to Section 19993 in the following…
- § 19995 (a) Each grant recipient shall provide matching funds from any available source in an amount equal to 35 percent of the costs of the project. The remaining 65…
- § 19996 (a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.…
- § 19997 Once an application has been approved by the board and included in the State Librarian’s request to the committee, the amount of the funding to be provided to…
- § 19998 (a) In reviewing applications, as part of establishing the priorities set forth in Section 19994 the board shall consider all of the following factors: (1)…
- § 19999 (a) A facility, or the part thereof, acquired, constructed, or remodeled, or rehabilitated with grants received pursuant to this chapter shall be dedicated to…
ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 20000–20011 · 12 sections
- § 20000 Bonds in the amount of three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and…
- § 20001 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
- § 20002 (a) For purposes of this chapter, the California Library Construction and Renovation Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 19972 is the “committee”…
- § 20003 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
- § 20004 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
- § 20005 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
- § 20006 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed…
- § 20007 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
- § 20008 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section…
- § 20009 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and…
- § 20010 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
- § 20011 Amounts deposited in the fund pursuant to this chapter may be appropriated in the annual Budget Act to the State Librarian for the actual amount of office,…
CHAPTER 13. California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act §§ 20050–20092 · 20 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 20050–20052.5 · 4 sections
- § 20050 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act.
- § 20051 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Every civilization defines itself in part by its past, and an understanding of its past helps determine…
- § 20052 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Development” includes, but is not limited to, improvement, rehabilitation,…
- § 20052.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that consideration be given to the transferring and fully integrating the Office of Historic Preservation with the…
ARTICLE 2. Creation and Powers of the Endowment §§ 20053–20060 · 7 sections
- § 20053 (a) There is in the Natural Resources Agency the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, consisting of the following 10 members: (1) The Secretary of the…
- § 20054 (a) Appointments to the endowment made pursuant to paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 20053 shall be persons with distinguished…
- § 20056 If any member of the endowment is an employee, director, or officer of any organization that has applied to the endowment for a grant, that member shall not…
- § 20057 (a) A majority of the total authorized membership of the endowment shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business under this chapter. (b) The…
- § 20058 The endowment shall determine the qualifications of, and it shall appoint and fix the salary of, the executive officer of the endowment, who shall be exempt…
- § 20059 The endowment may appoint one or more advisory committees as it determines to be useful to its work. Members of advisory committees shall serve without…
- § 20060 The endowment may apply for and accept federal grants. Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the endowment may receive gifts, donations,…
ARTICLE 3. Grants and Loans §§ 20070–20074 · 5 sections
- § 20070 (a) The endowment may award grants and loans on a competitive basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, including museums, to encourage development…
- § 20071 The endowment shall require that public agencies requesting a grant provide a matching amount of resources for the completion of the project. The match may…
- § 20072 (a) The endowment shall require grant recipients to report on the progress and completion of any project for which they have received a grant, and on public…
- § 20073 (a) Funds may be granted or loaned to a nonprofit organization under this chapter if the nonprofit organization enters into an agreement with the endowment, on…
- § 20074 The endowment may provide technical and other assistance to applicants and prospective applicants as it determines to be useful or necessary to carry out the…
ARTICLE 4. Cultural and Historical Policy § 20080 · 1 section
- § 20080 The endowment shall undertake a comprehensive survey of the state of cultural and historical preservation, accessibility, and interpretation in California. In…
ARTICLE 5. Museum and Cultural Resources Program §§ 20090–20092 · 3 sections
- § 20090 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Museums help Californians understand the past, the present, and potential futures. Museums…
- § 20091 To the extent that funding is available for such purposes, the endowment shall establish a competitive grant program to assist and enhance the services of…
- § 20092 (a) The endowment may create a competitive grant program to support capital projects, exhibits, educational programs, outreach programs, public programs,…