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Article 3. Powers of California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.
The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all
rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration,
government, and protection of the library under its management, and
all property belonging to the district.
A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the
Government Code.
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 otherwise, property situated in this
state or elsewhere, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the
property for the benefit of the library.
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 number of and appoint all officers and
employees, and fix their compensation. The officers and employees
shall hold their offices and positions at the pleasure of the board.
The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary
books, journals, publications, and other personal property.
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 carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
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, and other publications of the state not
otherwise disposed of by law.
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 borrow books upon such conditions as
the board may prescribe.
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 or proper to carry out the
provisions of this chapter.
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 Sacramento giving the condition of its
library and the number of volumes contained therein on the 30th day
of June preceding. The report shall, in addition to other matters
deemed expedient by the board of trustees or the district librarian,
contain such statistical and other information as is deemed desirable
by the State Librarian. For this purpose the State Librarian may
send to the several district librarians instructions or question
blanks so as to obtain the material for a comparative study of
library conditions in the state.
The board of library trustees shall designate the hours
during which the library shall be open for the use of the public.
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 furnish to the board of supervisors of
the county in which the district or any part thereof is situated, an
estimate in writing of the amount of money necessary for all purposes
required under this chapter during the next ensuing fiscal year.
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 collected shall be paid into the county
treasury to the credit of the particular library district fund and
shall be paid out on the order of the district board, signed by the
president and secretary.
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 fund of the district, subject
only to the order of the library trustees of the district.
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 the safety and preservation of the
fund, and the application thereof to the use of the library, in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the gift, devise, or
bequest.
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 stated in the order.
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 funds" with the date of presentation
and sign his name thereto, and from that time the warrant bears
interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum until it is paid or until
funds are available for its payment and the county treasurer gives
notice to the warrant holder that funds are available for the
payment. The giving of the notice is deemed complete upon deposit
thereof in the United States mail in a sealed envelope addressed to
the warrant holder at his address given by him at the time of
presentation of the warrant to the treasurer, with postage thereon
fully prepaid and registered.
Every library established under this chapter shall be
forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the
library district, subject always to such rules, regulations, and
bylaws as may be made by the board of library trustees. For violation
of any rule, regulation, or bylaw a person may be fined or excluded
from the privileges of the library.
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 in the district in which the library
is or is to be situated.
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 the county or counties in which the
district is situated). In that name the trustees may sue and be sued,
and may hold and convey property for the use and benefit of the
district. A number shall not be used as a part of the designation of
any library district.
The board of library trustees and the boards of trustees of
neighboring library districts, or the governing bodies of neighboring
cities, or boards of supervisors of counties in which public
libraries are situated, may contract to lend the books of libraries
created under this chapter to residents of the counties, neighboring
cities, or library districts, upon a reasonable compensation to be
paid by the counties, neighboring cities, or library districts.
Anything in Sections 19100 to 19179, inclusive, to the
contrary, notwithstanding, the property in any library district
created under this chapter subsequent to the establishment of a
county free library is subject to taxation for county free library
purposes as though the library district had not been created. This
section shall not apply to any adjustments in property tax
allocations made pursuant to Section 19116.
