California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
PART 11 - LIBRARIES

CHAPTER 1.5 - Public Library Finance

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 18010. - 18010. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in...

Section 18011. - 18011. It is the intent of the Legislature under this...

Section 18012. - 18012. In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its...

Section 18013. - 18013. The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter effects...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 18015. - 18015. As used in this chapter: (a) “Public library” means...

ARTICLE 3 - Funding

Section 18020. - 18020. For the fiscal year 1982–83, the cost of the...

Section 18021. - 18021. The State Librarian shall determine and certify, on or...

Section 18022. - 18022. The total cost of the foundation program for each...

Section 18023. - 18023. On or before August 31, 1982, and October 31...

Section 18024. - 18024. (a) A fund is hereby created in the State...

Section 18025. - 18025. (a) For the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal...

Section 18026. - 18026. Commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year, the State Librarian...

ARTICLE 4 - Services

Section 18030. - 18030. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, books and other...

Section 18030.5. - 18030.5. (a) Every public library that receives state funds pursuant...

Section 18031. - 18031. The provisions of this chapter shall become operative July...

Section 18032. - 18032. (a) Every public library that receives state funds pursuant...

CHAPTER 2 - School Libraries

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment and Maintenance

Section 18100. - 18100. The governing board of each school district shall provide...

Section 18101. - 18101. The State Board of Education shall adopt standards, rules...

Section 18102. - 18102. Libraries may be established and maintained under the control...

Section 18103. - 18103. The libraries shall be open to the use of...

Section 18104. - 18104. (a) It is in the interest of the state...

ARTICLE 2 - Books

Section 18110. - 18110. County boards of education may adopt lists of books...

Section 18111. - 18111. The governing board of any school district may exclude...

ARTICLE 3 - Management

Section 18120. - 18120. The governing board of a school district maintaining its...

Section 18121. - 18121. The governing board of a school district is accountable...

Section 18122. - 18122. The governing board of a school district shall, on...

ARTICLE 4 - Affiliation With County and City Libraries

Section 18130. - 18130. Whenever the county in which a district is situated...

Section 18131. - 18131. Notwithstanding any other section of this article to the...

Section 18132. - 18132. All funds transferred to a county library pursuant to...

Section 18133. - 18133. The county librarian may (a) at his discretion dispose...

Section 18134. - 18134. In any city conducting a public library owned and...

Section 18135. - 18135. Whenever an agreement is made that school library services...

Section 18136. - 18136. The governing board of any high school district lying...

Section 18137. - 18137. Whenever the governing board of a school district enters...

Section 18138. - 18138. With the consent of the county superintendent of schools...

Section 18139. - 18139. With the consent of the county board of education,...

ARTICLE 5 - Use of Library Fund

Section 18170. - 18170. The governing board of any school district shall expend...

Section 18171. - 18171. No warrant shall be drawn by the superintendent of...

Section 18172. - 18172. All orders of the governing board of any school...

ARTICLE 8 - California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999

Section 18202. - 18202. (a) A fund is hereby established in the State...

Section 18203. - 18203. (a) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this article...

CHAPTER 3 - Unified School Districts and Union High School Districts Public Libraries

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 18300. - 18300. “Trustees,” or “library trustees” as used in this chapter...

Section 18301. - 18301. “Library,” “library district,” or “library districts” as used in...

ARTICLE 2 - Unified School Districts

Section 18310. - 18310. For the purposes of this chapter a unified school...

Section 18311. - 18311. As used in this chapter the words “union high...

Section 18312. - 18312. If there are formed substantially within the territory of...

ARTICLE 3 - Establishment

Section 18320. - 18320. Any union high school district may establish, equip, and...

Section 18321. - 18321. The title to all property acquired for the purposes...

Section 18322. - 18322. Every union high school library established under this chapter...

ARTICLE 4 - Formation of District

Section 18330. - 18330. Upon the application by petition of 50 or more...

Section 18333. - 18333. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the...

Section 18335. - 18335. The election officers shall report the result of the...

Section 18336. - 18336. If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election...

Section 18337. - 18337. If more than one-third of the votes cast in...

Section 18338. - 18338. The fact of the presentation of the petition and...

Section 18339. - 18339. Every library district shall be designated by the name...

Section 18340. - 18340. In the name of the library district, the governing...

Section 18341. - 18341. The trustees in whose control the library district has...

Section 18342. - 18342. (a) The Board of Trustees of the Santa Paula...

Section 18343. - 18343. (a) The governing board of the Banning Unified School...

ARTICLE 5 - Dissolution of Districts

Section 18370. - 18370. The district may at any time be dissolved if...

Section 18371. - 18371. The election shall be called and conducted in the...

Section 18372. - 18372. Upon dissolution, the property of the district shall vest...

Section 18373. - 18373. If at the time of the election to dissolve...

ARTICLE 6 - Meetings of Boards of Trustees

Section 18380. - 18380. A board of library trustees shall meet at least...

Section 18381. - 18381. Special meetings may be called at any time by...

Section 18382. - 18382. Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of...

Section 18383. - 18383. The board shall hold an annual organizational meeting. In...

Section 18384. - 18384. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 18385. - 18385. At the first meeting of the board of trustees...

ARTICLE 7 - Powers of Boards of Trustees

Section 18400. - 18400. The board of library trustees shall make and enforce...

Section 18401. - 18401. The board of library trustees shall administer any trust...

Section 18402. - 18402. The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties...

Section 18403. - 18403. The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books,...

Section 18404. - 18404. The board of library trustees shall purchase such real...

Section 18405. - 18405. The board of library trustees may request the appropriate...

Section 18406. - 18406. The board of library trustees shall borrow books from,...

Section 18407. - 18407. The board of library trustees shall do and perform...

Section 18408. - 18408. The board of library trustees shall file through the...

Section 18409. - 18409. The board of library trustees shall designate the hours...

Section 18410. - 18410. All public libraries established under this chapter shall be...

Section 18411. - 18411. Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees...

ARTICLE 8 - Library Commission

Section 18440. - 18440. A board of library trustees may appoint, by resolution...

Section 18441. - 18441. The members of the library commission shall hold office...

Section 18442. - 18442. The members of the first commission appointed shall be...

Section 18443. - 18443. Vacancies shall be filled by the board of library...

Section 18444. - 18444. Within 30 days after the members of the commission...

Section 18445. - 18445. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum...

Section 18446. - 18446. The commission shall act only by resolution or motion....

Section 18447. - 18447. The commission shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 18448. - 18448. Members of the commission may be allowed actual necessary...

Section 18449. - 18449. The commission shall do and perform any and all...

Section 18450. - 18450. Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an...

Section 18451. - 18451. Annually, and on or before the first day of...

Section 18452. - 18452. The board of library trustees may dissolve the library...

ARTICLE 9 - Estimates of Funds Needed

Section 18480. - 18480. In any library district formed under this chapter which...

ARTICLE 10 - Tax Levy

Section 18493. - 18493. The revenue derived from the tax, together with all...

Section 18494. - 18494. If the payment into the treasury is inconsistent with...

ARTICLE 11 - Claims

Section 18500. - 18500. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 12 - Election for Issuance of Bonds

Section 18510. - 18510. The board of trustees of any union high school...

Section 18511. - 18511. In determining the amount of bonds to be issued...

Section 18513. - 18513. Voting shall be by ballot, without reference to the...

Section 18515. - 18515. If it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast...

Section 18518. - 18518. No error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect...

ARTICLE 13 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds

Section 18530. - 18530. After the provisions of Sections 18510 to 18515, inclusive,...

Section 18531. - 18531. The total amount of bonds issued, shall not exceed...

Section 18532. - 18532. The bonds shall not bear a rate of interest...

Section 18533. - 18533. The board of supervisors by an order entered upon...

Section 18534. - 18534. The board of supervisors by an order entered upon...

Section 18534.3. - 18534.3. The board of supervisors may divide the principal amount...

Section 18534.5. - 18534.5. The board of supervisors may provide for redemption of...

Section 18535. - 18535. The bonds shall be sold in the manner prescribed...

Section 18536. - 18536. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall...

ARTICLE 14 - Cancellation of Bonds

Section 18550. - 18550. Whenever any bonds issued under the provisions of this...

Section 18551. - 18551. Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of...

Section 18552. - 18552. At the time and place designated in the notice...

Section 18553. - 18553. Thereupon the bonds and the vote by which they...

ARTICLE 14.5 - Sale of Unsold Bonds

Section 18555. - 18555. When the board of trustees of the library district...

Section 18556. - 18556. Upon receiving the request, signed by a majority of...

Section 18557. - 18557. At the time and place designated in the notice...

Section 18558. - 18558. In the event a petition, as set forth in...

ARTICLE 15 - Tax for Interest and Redemption of Bonds

Section 18560. - 18560. The board of supervisors, at the time of making...

Section 18561. - 18561. The tax shall not be less than sufficient to...

Section 18562. - 18562. All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into...

ARTICLE 16 - Payment of Interest and Bonds

Section 18570. - 18570. The principal and interest on the bonds shall be...

Section 18571. - 18571. The county auditor shall cancel and file with the...

CHAPTER 4 - California Library Services Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 18700. - 18700. This chapter shall be known as the California Library...

Section 18701. - 18701. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in...

Section 18702. - 18702. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide...

Section 18703. - 18703. In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 18710. - 18710. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 3 - Administration

Section 18720. - 18720. (a) There is hereby established in the state government...

Section 18722. - 18722. The concurrence of seven members of the state board...

Section 18723. - 18723. Members of the state board shall serve without pay....

Section 18724. - 18724. The duties of the state board shall be to...

Section 18725. - 18725. The state board shall serve as the State Advisory...

Section 18726. - 18726. The State Librarian shall be the chief executive officer...

ARTICLE 4 - Local Public Library Services

Section 18730. - 18730. Any public library or combination of public libraries may...

Section 18731. - 18731. A California public library may participate in universal borrowing....

ARTICLE 5 - Library System Services

Section 18740. - 18740. A library system, eligible for funds under this article,...

Section 18743. - 18743. Each member library of a system shall provide equal...

Section 18745. - 18745. Each system shall annually apply to the state board...

Section 18746. - 18746. Each system shall annually apply to the state board...

Section 18747. - 18747. Each system shall establish an administrative council whose membership...

ARTICLE 6 - Statewide Services

Section 18760. - 18760. The state board shall establish and administer two or...

Section 18761. - 18761. Each reference center established by the state shall provide...

Section 18762. - 18762. Each reference center established pursuant to Section 18760 may...

Section 18763. - 18763. The budget of any reference center established pursuant to...

Section 18764. - 18764. The state board shall designate one or more of...

Section 18766. - 18766. The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide...

Section 18767. - 18767. The state board shall establish and maintain a computerized...

CHAPTER 4.6 - California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program

Section 18880. - 18880. (a) The California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services...

Section 18881. - 18881. The California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program...

Section 18883. - 18883. A local library shall ensure that funds received pursuant...

CHAPTER 5 - Municipal Libraries

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 18900. - 18900. The common council, board of trustees, or other legislative...

Section 18901. - 18901. The request may be by a single petition, or...

ARTICLE 2 - Trustees

Section 18910. - 18910. The public library shall be managed by a board...

Section 18911. - 18911. The trustees shall hold office for three years. The...

Section 18912. - 18912. Men and women are equally eligible to appointment as...

Section 18913. - 18913. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired...

Section 18914. - 18914. Boards of library trustees shall meet at least once...

Section 18915. - 18915. Meetings of the board are governed by the Ralph...

Section 18916. - 18916. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum...

Section 18917. - 18917. The board shall appoint one of its number president,...

Section 18918. - 18918. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 18919. - 18919. The board of library trustees may make and enforce...

Section 18920. - 18920. The board of library trustees may administer any trust...

Section 18921. - 18921. The board of library trustees may prescribe the duties...

Section 18922. - 18922. The board of library trustees may purchase necessary books,...

Section 18923. - 18923. The board of library trustees may purchase real property,...

Section 18924. - 18924. The board of library trustees may request the appropriate...

Section 18925. - 18925. The board of library trustees may borrow books from,...

Section 18926. - 18926. The board of library trustees may do and perform...

Section 18927. - 18927. The board of library trustees, or if there is...

ARTICLE 3 - Support of Libraries

Section 18951. - 18951. All money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise,...

Section 18952. - 18952. If payment into the treasury is inconsistent with the...

Section 18953. - 18953. Payments from the fund shall be made upon warrants...

ARTICLE 4 - Government

Section 18960. - 18960. Every library established pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 18961. - 18961. The board of library trustees and the legislative body...

Section 18962. - 18962. The title to all property acquired for the purposes...

Section 18963. - 18963. Any municipal library which was established and existed on...

Section 18964. - 18964. Any ordinance establishing a library adopted pursuant to this...

Section 18965. - 18965. Whenever the governing bodies of two or more cities...

CHAPTER 6 - County Free Libraries

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment

Section 19100. - 19100. The boards of supervisors of the several counties may...

Section 19101. - 19101. The board of supervisors of any county may establish...

Section 19102. - 19102. At least once a week for two successive weeks...

Section 19103. - 19103. After the establishment of a county free library, the...

Section 19104. - 19104. (a) The board of trustees, common council, or other...

Section 19104.5. - 19104.5. (a) The board of trustees, common council, or other...

Section 19105. - 19105. If the notice is given after January 1st of...

Section 19106. - 19106. Before any board of trustees, common council, or other...

Section 19107. - 19107. The board of supervisors of any county in which...

Section 19108. - 19108. The board of supervisors of any county in which...

Section 19109. - 19109. The board of supervisors of any county may enter...

Section 19110. - 19110. The board of supervisors of any county may contract...

Section 19111. - 19111. The making of the contract shall not bar the...

Section 19112. - 19112. Instead of establishing a separate county free library, the...

Section 19113. - 19113. After a county free library has been established, it...

Section 19114. - 19114. Whenever any of the territory being served by a...

Section 19115. - 19115. The board of supervisors may establish a reasonable fee...

Section 19116. - 19116. (a) (1) Sections 19104 and 19105 are not applicable...

ARTICLE 2 - County Librarian

Section 19140. - 19140. Upon the establishment of a county free library, the...

Section 19141. - 19141. If any county adopts a civil service system or...

Section 19142. - 19142. No person may be appointed to the office of...

Section 19143. - 19143. At the time of his or her appointment, the...

Section 19145. - 19145. The county librarian shall, prior to entering upon his...

Section 19146. - 19146. The county librarian shall, subject to the general rules...

Section 19147. - 19147. The salary of the county librarians shall be paid...

Section 19148. - 19148. The board of supervisors of a county over 400,000...

Section 19149. - 19149. The county librarian and his assistant shall be allowed...

Section 19150. - 19150. Except when the county librarian is temporarily absent, no...

ARTICLE 3 - Government

Section 19160. - 19160. The county free library is under the general supervision...

Section 19167. - 19167. The county free libraries are under the general supervision...

Section 19168. - 19168. The State Librarian shall annually call a convention of...

Section 19169. - 19169. The county librarian shall, on or before August 31st,...

Section 19171. - 19171. The county board of supervisors of any county may...

Section 19173. - 19173. The board of supervisors may create special taxing zones...

Section 19174. - 19174. The board of supervisors may receive, on behalf of...

Section 19174.5. - 19174.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds from the...

Section 19175. - 19175. The title to all property belonging to the county...

Section 19176. - 19176. Each claim against the county free library fund shall...

Section 19177. - 19177. In any county of this state where a law...

Section 19178. - 19178. The board of supervisors may accept on behalf of...

Section 19179. - 19179. Any county library which was established and existed on...

Section 19180. - 19180. The board of supervisors of any county in which...

CHAPTER 7 - California State Library

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 19300. - 19300. The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the...

Section 19301. - 19301. There is in the state government an agency known...

Section 19302. - 19302. The California State Library is under the control of...

Section 19303. - 19303. The State Librarian shall be appointed by and hold...

Section 19306. - 19306. The State Librarian shall nominate a Deputy State Librarian...

Section 19307. - 19307. As used in this chapter, “public library” means any...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 19320. - 19320. The State Librarian may do all of the following:...

Section 19320.5. - 19320.5. The State Librarian may employ consultants to provide technical...

Section 19321. - 19321. The State Librarian shall also do all of the...

Section 19322. - 19322. The State Librarian may do both of the following:...

Section 19323. - 19323. The State Librarian shall make available in the state...

Section 19324. - 19324. The State Librarian may consider for rendering into embossed...

Section 19325. - 19325. The State Librarian may provide the following: (a) Toll-free...

Section 19325.1. - 19325.1. (a) The State Librarian may operate a telephonic reading...

Section 19326. - 19326. (a) The State Librarian may annually award a gold...

Section 19327. - 19327. (a) In order to protect and preserve valuable and...

Section 19328. - 19328. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that Bernard...

ARTICLE 3 - Books

Section 19330. - 19330. Books may be taken from the California State Library...

Section 19331. - 19331. The Controller, when notified by the State Librarian that...

Section 19332. - 19332. In case of the neglect or refusal on the...

Section 19333. - 19333. The State Librarian may bring suit in his or...

Section 19334. - 19334. Every person who injures or fails to return any...

ARTICLE 4 - Reading Initiative Program

Section 19335. - 19335. This act shall be known and may be cited...

Section 19336. - 19336. The State Librarian shall establish the Reading Initiative Program...

ARTICLE 6 - Statewide Imagination Library Program

Section 19350. - 19350. The Statewide Imagination Library Program is hereby established under...

Section 19351. - 19351. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury...

Section 19352. - 19352. The State Librarian shall coordinate with a nonprofit entity,...

Section 19353. - 19353. The State Librarian shall do all of the following:...

Section 19354. - 19354. The California State Library may promulgate regulations as may...

CHAPTER 8 - Library Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Formation, Annexation, Dissolution

Section 19400. - 19400. A library district may be organized, as provided in...

Section 19401. - 19401. The library district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory,...

Section 19402. - 19402. Whenever the formation of a library district is desired,...

Section 19403. - 19403. The petition shall be signed by registered voters residing...

Section 19404. - 19404. The proceedings for the filing and hearing of the...

Section 19405. - 19405. The proceedings for final hearing of the petition and...

Section 19406. - 19406. On the filing of written protests by registered voters...

Section 19407. - 19407. No library district including territory in more than one...

ARTICLE 2 - Trustees

Section 19420. - 19420. Within 30 days after the filing with the clerk...

Section 19421. - 19421. The governing board of the district shall be called...

Section 19422. - 19422. The trustee shall hold office for the term of...

Section 19423. - 19423. The first board of library trustees appointed or elected...

Section 19424. - 19424. At its first meeting called after the original appointment...

Section 19425. - 19425. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 19426. - 19426. A vacancy in the board of library trustees shall...

Section 19427. - 19427. Each library trustee shall hold office until his successor...

Section 19428. - 19428. The board of library trustees shall meet at least...

Section 19429. - 19429. Special meetings may be called at any time, as...

Section 19430. - 19430. (a) For three-member boards, two members constitute a quorum...

Section 19431. - 19431. A proposal to increase the number of seats on...

Section 19432. - 19432. (a) The supervising board of supervisors, at its option,...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers

Section 19460. - 19460. The board of library trustees shall make and enforce...

Section 19460.5. - 19460.5. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

Section 19461. - 19461. The board of library trustees shall administer any trust...

Section 19462. - 19462. The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties...

Section 19463. - 19463. The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books,...

Section 19464. - 19464. The board of library trustees shall purchase real property,...

Section 19465. - 19465. The board of library trustees shall require the Secretary...

Section 19466. - 19466. The board of library trustees shall borrow books from,...

Section 19467. - 19467. The board of library trustees shall borrow money, give...

Section 19468. - 19468. The board of library trustees shall file, through the...

Section 19469. - 19469. The board of library trustees shall designate the hours...

Section 19470. - 19470. Annually, at least 15 days before the first day...

Section 19473. - 19473. The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax...

Section 19475. - 19475. All money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise,...

Section 19476. - 19476. If the payment into the treasury is inconsistent with...

Section 19477. - 19477. Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an...

Section 19478. - 19478. When any warrant is presented to the treasurer for...

Section 19479. - 19479. Every library established under this chapter shall be forever...

Section 19480. - 19480. The title to all property acquired for the purposes...

Section 19481. - 19481. Every library district shall be designated by the name...

Section 19482. - 19482. The board of library trustees and the boards of...

Section 19483. - 19483. Anything in Sections 19100 to 19179, inclusive, to the...

ARTICLE 4 - Claims

Section 19500. - 19500. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 5 - Biennial Election of Trustees

Section 19510. - 19510. An election shall be held biennially in each library...

Section 19511. - 19511. To be qualified to vote at any library district...

Section 19514. - 19514. If pursuant to Section 5327 a district election is...

Section 19515. - 19515. Except as otherwise provided in this article, Chapter 3...

ARTICLE 6 - Bonds

Section 19520. - 19520. The board of trustees of any library district may,...

Section 19521. - 19521. The bond election shall be called and conducted and...

Section 19522. - 19522. The board of trustees shall set forth in the...

Section 19524. - 19524. If it appears that two-thirds of the votes cast...

Section 19525. - 19525. The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed...

Section 19526. - 19526. The supervising board of supervisors by an order entered...

Section 19527. - 19527. The bonds shall not bear a greater amount of...

Section 19528. - 19528. The board of supervisors of each county in which...

Section 19529. - 19529. All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into...

Section 19530. - 19530. Whenever any bonds issued under this article remain unsold...

Section 19531. - 19531. Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of...

Section 19532. - 19532. At the time and place designated in the notice...

CHAPTER 9 - Library Districts and Museums in Unincorporated Towns and Villages

ARTICLE 1 - Formation

Section 19600. - 19600. Any unincorporated town or village of this state may...

Section 19601. - 19601. Upon the application, by petition, of 50 or more...

Section 19603. - 19603. Within five days after the district formation election has...

Section 19604. - 19604. The board of supervisors or any member or members...

Section 19605. - 19605. If more than one argument for or more than...

Section 19608. - 19608. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the...

Section 19610. - 19610. The election officers shall report the result of the...

Section 19611. - 19611. If a majority of the votes at the election...

Section 19612. - 19612. Vacancies shall be filled by the board of supervisors...

Section 19613. - 19613. If a majority of the votes cast is against...

Section 19614. - 19614. The fact of the presentation of the petition, and...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers

Section 19640. - 19640. The board of library trustees shall meet at least...

Section 19641. - 19641. Special meetings may be called at any time by...

Section 19642. - 19642. Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of...

Section 19643. - 19643. At its first meeting held after the general district...

Section 19644. - 19644. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 19645. - 19645. The board of library trustees shall make and enforce...

Section 19646. - 19646. The board of library trustees shall administer any trust...

Section 19647. - 19647. The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties...

Section 19648. - 19648. The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books,...

Section 19649. - 19649. The board of library trustees shall also purchase such...

Section 19650. - 19650. The board of library trustees may request the appropriate...

Section 19651. - 19651. The board of library trustees shall borrow books from,...

Section 19652. - 19652. The board of library trustees shall do and perform...

Section 19653. - 19653. The board of library trustees shall file, through the...

Section 19654. - 19654. The board of library trustees shall designate the hours...

Section 19655. - 19655. In any library district formed under the provisions of...

Section 19656. - 19656. The board of library trustees may, when in its...

Section 19658. - 19658. The revenue derived from the tax, together with all...

Section 19659. - 19659. Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an...

Section 19660. - 19660. When any warrant is presented to the treasurer for...

Section 19661. - 19661. Every library established under this chapter shall be forever...

Section 19662. - 19662. Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees...

Section 19663. - 19663. The title to all property acquired for the purposes...

Section 19664. - 19664. Every library district shall be designated by the name...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Museums

Section 19670. - 19670. The board of library trustees may vote to establish...

Section 19671. - 19671. The board of museum trustees shall meet at least...

Section 19672. - 19672. Special meetings may be called at any time by...

Section 19673. - 19673. Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of...

Section 19674. - 19674. At its first meeting held after being constituted, the...

Section 19675. - 19675. The board shall cause a proper record of its...

Section 19676. - 19676. The board of museum trustees shall make and enforce...

Section 19677. - 19677. The board of museum trustees shall administer any trust...

Section 19678. - 19678. The board of museum trustees shall prescribe the duties...

Section 19679. - 19679. The board of museum trustees shall purchase necessary objects...

Section 19680. - 19680. The board of museum trustees shall also purchase such...

Section 19681. - 19681. The board of museum trustees shall do and perform...

Section 19682. - 19682. The board of museum trustees shall designate the hours...

Section 19683. - 19683. In any library district formed under the provisions of...

Section 19684. - 19684. The title to all property acquired for the purposes...

Section 19685. - 19685. It is the intent of the Legislature that public...

ARTICLE 3 - Claims

Section 19690. - 19690. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 4 - Biennial Election of Trustees

Section 19700. - 19700. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the...

Section 19701. - 19701. The number of library trustees for any library district...

Section 19702. - 19702. Every person who is registered to vote in the...

ARTICLE 5 - Bonds

Section 19720. - 19720. The board of trustees of any library district may,...

Section 19721. - 19721. The election shall be called by posting notices, signed...

Section 19722. - 19722. The notice shall contain: (a) Time and place of...

Section 19723. - 19723. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the...

Section 19724. - 19724. Voting shall be by ballot, without reference to the...

Section 19725. - 19725. On the seventh day after the election, at 8...

Section 19726. - 19726. The money shall be raised by taxation upon the...

Section 19727. - 19727. The total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed...

Section 19728. - 19728. The board of supervisors by an order entered upon...

Section 19729. - 19729. The bonds shall not bear a greater amount of...

Section 19730. - 19730. The board of supervisors, at the time of making...

Section 19731. - 19731. All money levied, when collected, shall be paid into...

Section 19732. - 19732. Whenever any bonds issued under this article remain unsold...

Section 19733. - 19733. Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of...

Section 19734. - 19734. At the time and place designated in the notice...

CHAPTER 10.5 - Miscellaneous Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Deposit of Newspapers in Libraries

Section 19900. - 19900. The board of supervisors of any county may authorize...

Section 19901. - 19901. Before making the deposit, the board of supervisors shall...

Section 19902. - 19902. The board of supervisors of any county may authorize...

ARTICLE 2 - Offenses Against Libraries

Section 19910. - 19910. Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, defaces, breaks, or...

Section 19911. - 19911. Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine,...

CHAPTER 11 - California Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 1988

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 19950. - 19950. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 19951. - 19951. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 19952. - 19952. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 2 - California Library Construction and Renovation Program

Section 19955. - 19955. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to...

Section 19956. - 19956. All moneys deposited in the fund shall be available...

Section 19957. - 19957. The grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19956 and...

Section 19957.5. - 19957.5. (a) An applicant for a grant for the acquisition,...

Section 19958. - 19958. No grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19956 or...

Section 19959. - 19959. All construction contracts for projects funded in part through...

Section 19960. - 19960. This chapter shall be administered by the State Librarian,...

Section 19961. - 19961. A city, county, city and county, or district may...

Section 19962. - 19962. (a) Each grant recipient shall provide matching funds from...

Section 19963. - 19963. An amount not to exceed 1 percent of the...

Section 19964. - 19964. (a) The estimated costs of a project for which...

Section 19965. - 19965. Once an application has been approved by the board...

Section 19966. - 19966. In reviewing applications, the board shall consider all of...

Section 19967. - 19967. (a) A facility, or the part thereof, acquired, constructed,...

ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions

Section 19970. - 19970. Bonds in the total amount of seventy-two million four...

Section 19971. - 19971. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared,...

Section 19972. - 19972. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance...

Section 19973. - 19973. The committee shall determine whether or not it is...

Section 19974. - 19974. There shall be collected each year and in the...

Section 19975. - 19975. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is...

Section 19976. - 19976. For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the...

Section 19976.5. - 19976.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or...

Section 19977. - 19977. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board...

Section 19978. - 19978. Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter...

Section 19979. - 19979. All money deposited in the fund which is derived...

Section 19980. - 19980. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as...

Section 19981. - 19981. An amount not to exceed 1 percent of the...

CHAPTER 12 - California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 19985. - 19985. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 19985.5. - 19985.5. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Reading...

Section 19986. - 19986. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 2 - Program Provisions

Section 19987. - 19987. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to...

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