Code of Alabama
Title 41 - State Government.
Chapter 8 - Alabama Public Library Service.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 41-8-1 - Creation; Chief Objective. - In order to aid in the development of higher ideals...

Section 41-8-2 - Executive Board Generally. - The Executive Board of the Alabama Public Library Service shall...

Section 41-8-3 - Election of Officers of Executive Board; Director of Public Library Service and Assistants. - The members of the executive board shall elect from its...

Section 41-8-4 - Annual Report of Executive Board to Governor. - The executive board shall make an annual report to the...

Section 41-8-5 - Powers and Duties of Public Library Service Generally. - (a) The Alabama Public Library Service shall give advice to...

Section 41-8-6 - Scholarships and Grants in Field of Library Service. - The Executive Board of the Alabama Public Library Service may,...

Section 41-8-7 - Service to Obtain Reports From Public Libraries. - The Alabama Public Library Service shall each year obtain from...

Section 41-8-8 - Applicability and Effect of Article. - This article shall in no way affect the administration and...

Section 41-8-9 - "Registration Records" Defined. - As used in Section 41-8-10, the term "registration records" includes...

Section 41-8-10 - Registration, etc., Records of Public Libraries to Be Confidential; Right of Parents to Inspect Records. - It is recognized that public library use by an individual...

Article 2 - Interstate Library Compact.

Section 41-8-20 - "State Library Agency" Defined. - As used in the compact, "state library agency" with reference...

Section 41-8-21 - Enactment of Compact; Form. - The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and...

Section 41-8-22 - Compact Administrator; Deputy Compact Administrators. - The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service shall be...

Section 41-8-23 - Restrictions as to Entry Into Library Agreements for Construction or Maintenance of Libraries, etc., by Counties, Municipalities, Etc. - No county, municipality or other political subdivision of this state...

Section 41-8-24 - State Aid to Interstate Library Districts Lying Partly Within State; Application for and Receipt of Federal Aid by Such Districts. - (a) An interstate library district lying partly within this state...

Section 41-8-25 - Sending and Receipt of Notices Required in Event of Withdrawal From Compact. - In the event of withdrawal from the compact the Governor...

Article 3 - Depositories and Clearinghouse for State Publications.

Section 41-8-40 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) State...

Section 41-8-41 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...

Section 41-8-42 - Alabama Clearinghouse for State Publications Created. - There is created as a program of the Alabama Public...

Section 41-8-43 - Method of Obtaining Materials; Distribution. - (a) The state printer or the responsible state agency shall...

Section 41-8-44 - Designation of Agency Publication Officer; Duties. - (a) Every state agency shall designate one of its employees...

Section 41-8-45 - Contracting With Depository Libraries; Eligibility; Obligations; Penalty for Noncompliance. - (a) The clearinghouse may enter into depository contracts with any...

Section 41-8-46 - Distribution of Publication Lists. - The clearinghouse shall issue periodic lists of state publications to...

Section 41-8-47 - Funding; Implementation of Program Contingent on Sufficient Appropriations. - Funding for the clearinghouse program shall be from separate appropriations...

Section 41-8-48 - Retroactivity. - This article shall not require state agencies to supply copies...