22-1-402. Library systems -- definition. (1) Library systems must include library federations or library networks.
(2) (a) A library federation is a combination of libraries serving a multicounty, multicity, or city-county area within a federation area designated by the state library commission. Any other public library or town, city, or county within the federation area may participate in a federation.
(b) Two or more cities, towns, counties, or a city and one or more counties may agree by contract to form a federation by action of their respective governing bodies or duly created boards of library trustees, provided that one of the parties is or maintains a library that has been designated by the state library commission as a headquarters library for that federation area. The participating entities may retain the autonomy over their respective libraries that specified in the contract.
(c) The expense of providing library services for the library federation must be based on funds received from the state or participating libraries as agreed upon in the contract. The funds of the federation must be maintained as a separate account as provided in the contract. Participating libraries shall transfer semiannually to the account all money collected for the federation in their respective jurisdiction.
(d) A participating entity may withdraw from a federation according to the terms for withdrawal provided in the contract by the action of its governing body or by a majority of its qualified voters voting at a general or special election. A special election must be held in conjunction with a regular or primary election.
(3) A library network is an agreement between individual libraries or library systems, which may be intercity, intrastate, or interstate, for the exchange of information or to provide specific library services not provided in existing library federations.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 357, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 44-212; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 374, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 387, L. 1995.
