Any town, city, borough, fire district or incorporated school district may, by ordinance, establish a public library and may expend such sums of money as may be necessary to purchase land for a suitable site and to provide and maintain such suitable rooms or buildings as may be necessary for such library or for any library which is the property of any corporation without capital stock or for any public library established in such municipality, provided the use of such library shall be free to its inhabitants under such regulations as its trustees prescribe. Any such municipality may receive, hold and manage any devise, bequest or gift for the establishment, increase or maintenance of any such library within its limits and may retire with a pension or other reward any employee of any such library.
(1949 Rev., S. 1657; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 67; P.A. 07-227, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors, effective July 1, 2007.
See Sec. 7-403 re deposit of funds in custodian account.
See Sec. 11-32 re power of city councils to establish and maintain public libraries.
Devise to city, with discretionary power as to its application, sustained, although at the time of testator's death there was no public library. 60 C. 32.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 11 - Libraries and Museums
Chapter 190 - Public Libraries
Section 11-20. - Establishment. Gifts. Pensions.
Section 11-21. - Board of trustees.
Section 11-23. - State Librarian to advise and assist libraries.
Section 11-23a. - Library service center in Middlesex and Windham-Tolland areas.
Section 11-23c. - Communications grant program for schools and public libraries.
Section 11-24. - Payments to free public libraries.
Section 11-24a. - Definitions. Principal public library. Nonprincipal public library.
Section 11-24b. - State grants to principal public libraries; incentive grants.
Section 11-24c. - Construction cost grants. Emergency repair grants.
Section 11-24d. - Grants for library automation.
Section 11-25. - Reports by libraries. Confidentiality of records.
Section 11-26. - Librarians' certificates.
Section 11-27. - Library fund.
Section 11-28. - Merger of library facilities.
Section 11-29. - Transfer of employees.
Section 11-30. - Contracts for library service.
Section 11-31. - Regional library service.
Section 11-31a. - Definitions.
Section 11-31b. - Connecticard program; state aid for services rendered to nonresidents.
Section 11-31c. - State Library Board to adopt regulations.
Section 11-32. - Legislative body of municipality may establish or operate a public library.
Section 11-33. - Powers and duties of trustees in municipalities. Gifts.
Section 11-34. - Report by trustees.
Section 11-35. - Penalties for injuries.