ARTICLE 2.5. Museums

Article 2.5 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 988.

§§ 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…