CHAPTER 5. Municipal Libraries
Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 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…