CHAPTER 3. Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries [18300. - 18571.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 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