Indiana Code
Title 36. Local Government
Article 12. Libraries

36-12-1-10. Conversion of Class 2 Library to Class 1 Library; Procedure; Appointment of Library Board; Tax Levies - Sec. 10. (a) A Class 2 library may convert to...

36-12-1-11. Class 2 Libraries; Operation Under Ic 36-12-7; Election to Adopt Other Provisions - Sec. 11. (a) Class 2 libraries shall operate under the...

36-12-1-12. Policy for Internet or Other Computer Network Use - Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to a board of...

36-12-1-13. Township Trustees of Certain Counties Paying Cost of Resident's Library Card - Sec. 13. A township trustee of a township that is:...

36-12-1-14. Policy for Conducting Criminal History Checks for Public Library Employment or Volunteer Work - Sec. 14. A public library shall adopt a policy, not...

Chapter 2. Class 1 Public Libraries: Organization and Board Members

36-12-2-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Class 1 public...

36-12-2-2. Municipal Corporation; Taxing Unit - Sec. 2. (a) A Class 1 public library is a...

36-12-2-3. Corporate Boundaries; Annexation - Sec. 3. (a) The corporate boundaries of the public library...

36-12-2-4. Transfer of Territory; Procedure - Sec. 4. One (1) public library may transfer a part...

36-12-2-5. Establishment of Library; Authorization; Petition or Remonstrance; Procedure; Affidavit; Duties of Clerk of Circuit Court - Sec. 5. (a) The legislative body of a municipality, township,...

36-12-2-5.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.687. Repealed by P.L.84-2012, SEC.20.

36-12-2-6. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-2-3.1.] As added...

36-12-2-7. Library Board Appointee; Residency - Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an...

36-12-2-8. Limitation on Terms of Service; Consecutive Terms; Computation; Exception for Certain Library Districts - Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an...

36-12-2-9. Appointments to Library Board; Membership - Sec. 9. Except as provided in section 15 of this...

36-12-2-10. Library Board Serving District Located in More Than One County; Appointments - Sec. 10. This section applies to the appointment of members...

36-12-2-11. Library Board Serving District Created in One County; Appointments - Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to the appointment of...

36-12-2-12. Library Board Serving District Located in Unincorporated Areas of Township; Appointments - Sec. 12. This section applies to the appointment of members...

36-12-2-13. Library Board Serving District Located in One Township; Expansion of District; Appointments - Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this...

36-12-2-14. Library Board Serving District Located in One Municipality; Appointments - Sec. 14. This section applies to the appointment of members...

36-12-2-15. Library Board Serving District in Certain Counties; Appointments - Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to the library board...

36-12-2-16. Library Board Serving District Located Partly or Fully Within Consolidated City Within One County; Appointments - Sec. 16. (a) This section applies to the appointment of...

36-12-2-17. Additional Members of County Contractual Library Board; Appointments - Sec. 17. The four (4) additional members of a county...

36-12-2-18. Term of Library Board Member - Sec. 18. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the term of...

36-12-2-19. Certificate of Appointment; Oath of Office - Sec. 19. (a) An appointing authority under this chapter shall...

36-12-2-20. Removal of Member; Vacancy - Sec. 20. (a) A library board member may be removed...

36-12-2-21. Compensation - Sec. 21. A member of a library board shall serve...

36-12-2-22. Treasurer; Election; Powers and Duties; Removal; Vacancy; Surety Bond - Sec. 22. (a) The library board shall annually elect a...

36-12-2-23. Library Board; Meetings; Election of Officers; Quorum - Sec. 23. (a) Upon the creation of a new public...

36-12-2-24. Selection of Director; Employment and Discharge of Librarians; Reimbursement of Interviewing and Moving Expenses; Severance Pay - Sec. 24. (a) The library board shall select a librarian...

36-12-2-25. Local Library Cards; Fees; Penalties for Loss or Damage of Library Property - Sec. 25. (a) The residents or real property taxpayers of...

36-12-2-26. Dissolution - Sec. 26. (a) Dissolution of a library district is initiated...

Chapter 3. Powers and Duties of Class 1 Public Libraries

36-12-3-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Class 1 public...

36-12-3-2. Board Compliance With and Participation in Statewide Library Card Program; Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - Sec. 2. The library board shall comply with and participate...

36-12-3-3. Authority of Library Board - Sec. 3. The library board shall govern and set policy...

36-12-3-4. Establishment of Libraries, Branches, or Stations; Museum - Sec. 4. (a) The library board may establish a sufficient...

36-12-3-5. Real or Personal Property; Acquisition; Disposal - Sec. 5. (a) The library board may: (1) acquire real...

36-12-3-6. Purchase and Loan of Books; Dissemination of Information - Sec. 6. The library board may provide for the: (1)...

36-12-3-7. Contracts for Library Service; Tax Levy - Sec. 7. (a) A library board may contract to provide...

36-12-3-8. Municipal Corporations in Certain Counties; Contracts for Library Services; Tax Levy or Revenue From Other Tax - Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to municipal corporations located...

36-12-3-9. Bonds; Issuance; Procedure; Liability for Indebtedness; Tax Exemption - Sec. 9. (a) A library board may, by resolution, issue...

36-12-3-10. Finances; Powers - Sec. 10. The library board may do the following: (1)...

36-12-3-11. Certain Funds; Establishment - Sec. 11. (a) A library board shall establish funds to...

36-12-3-12. Determination of Tax Rate; Continuation of Prior Appropriation and Levy Upon Failure to Meet Certain Requirements - Sec. 12. (a) The library board shall determine the rate...

36-12-3-13. Authorization of Appropriations by Units; Deposit of Funds - Sec. 13. A township may appropriate general revenue sharing funds...

36-12-3-14. Absence of Library Board Member or Employee; Authorization; Expenses - Sec. 14. When required by the interests of the library,...

36-12-3-15. Funds for Membership in Certain Associations; Authority to Appropriate - Sec. 15. The library board may appropriate funds necessary to...

36-12-3-16. Authorization of Disbursements; Purchases - Sec. 16. (a) The library board may adopt a resolution...

36-12-3-16.5. Electronic Funds Transfer - Sec. 16.5. (a) As used in this section, "electronic funds...

36-12-3-17. Other Powers Not Limited - Sec. 17. This chapter does not limit other powers granted...

36-12-3-18. Collections and Claims - Sec. 18. (a) A library board or a person designated...

Chapter 4. Merger of Class 1 Public Libraries

36-12-4-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Class 1 public...

36-12-4-2. Authorization to Merge; Resolution - Sec. 2. (a) A public library may merge with any...

36-12-4-3. Planning Committee; Plan for Merger; Adoption - Sec. 3. (a) Not more than thirty (30) days after...

36-12-4-4. Filing Resolution; Interim Board; Combination of Budgets; New Budget and Tax Levy - Sec. 4. (a) A copy of the resolution adopting the...

36-12-4-5. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-4-5.] As added...

Chapter 5. Expansion of Class 1 Public Libraries

36-12-5-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. (a) Sections 2 and 3 of this chapter...

36-12-5-2. Proposal of Expansion; Filing - Sec. 2. (a) The library board of a public library...

36-12-5-3. Expansion Proposal; Intent to File Petition for Acceptance; Notice; Petition or Remonstrance; Procedure; Affidavit; Duties of Clerk of Circuit Court; Comparison; Acceptance or Rejection of Expansion - Sec. 3. (a) The library board of a public library...

36-12-5-4. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5-5.] As added...

36-12-5-5. Expansion Proposal; Filing - Sec. 5. (a) The library board of a public library...

36-12-5-6. Expansion Proposal; Filing; Notice; Petition or Remonstrance; Procedure; Duties of Circuit Court Clerk; Acceptance or Rejection of Expansion; Resolution for Expanded District - Sec. 6. (a) The library board of a public library...

36-12-5-7. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5.1-4.] As added...

36-12-5-8. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5.1-5.] As added...

36-12-5-9. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5.1-7.] As added...

36-12-5-10. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5.1-8.] As added...

36-12-5-11. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5.1-9.] As added...

36-12-5-12. Library Board; Appointments From Townships; Expiration of Prior Term - Sec. 12. (a) If not more than two (2) townships...

Chapter 6. County Contractual Libraries

36-12-6-1. Application of Chapter; Name of Library Established - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to Class 1...

36-12-6-2. Library Board; Appointment; Residency; Powers and Duties - Sec. 2. Four (4) citizens who have resided at least...

36-12-6-3. Powers and Duties of Library Boards - Sec. 3. The county contractual library board has all the...

36-12-6-4. Township Contracting With County Contractual Library; Tax Levies - Sec. 4. (a) If a township or part of a...

Chapter 7. Class 2 Public Libraries

36-12-7-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Class 2 public...

36-12-7-2. Board Compliance With and Participation in Statewide Library Card Program; Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement - Sec. 2. The library board shall: (1) comply with; and...

36-12-7-3. Use of Local Library; Fees; Fines - Sec. 3. (a) The residents or real property taxpayers of...

36-12-7-4. Board of 1901 City or Town Library; Residency; Appointment of Members; Vacancy; Certificates of Appointment; Oath; Free Use; Report - Sec. 4. (a) The library board of any public library...

36-12-7-5. 1881 City or County Incorporation Libraries; Corporate Existence and Powers; Tax Exemption; Art Gallery; Reading Rooms; Public Park - Sec. 5. (a) A public library established as an 1881...

36-12-7-6. 1852 Subscription Libraries; Corporate Existence and Powers; Organization; Tax Levy - Sec. 6. (a) A public library established as an 1852...

36-12-7-7. Board of 1899 Township Library; Appointment of Members; Powers and Duties; Tax Levy; Free Use - Sec. 7. (a) The library board of a library established...

36-12-7-8. Certain Libraries Established by Private Donation; Tax Levy; Report - Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section: (1) "county...

36-12-7-9. Dissolution - Sec. 9. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the public library's...

36-12-7-10. Electronic Funds Transfer - Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section, "electronic funds...

36-12-7-11. Collection - Sec. 11. (a) A library board or a person designated...

36-12-7-12. Severance Pay - Sec. 12. (a) A library board may provide severance pay...

36-12-7-13. Funds for Membership in Certain Associations; Authority to Appropriate - Sec. 13. A library board may appropriate funds necessary to...

Chapter 8. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.84-2012,...

Chapter 8.5. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.84-2012, SEC.33.

Chapter 9. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.84-2012,...

Chapter 10. Leasing of Library Property

36-12-10-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a municipal corporation that...

36-12-10-2. Power to Lease Library Buildings; Conditions; Joint Lease Contracts - Sec. 2. (a) A municipal corporation may lease a building...

36-12-10-3. Authorized Purposes of Leases; Limitations on Profit; Disposition of Excess Funds - Sec. 3. (a) A municipal corporation may enter into a...

36-12-10-4. Provisions of Lease - Sec. 4. (a) All contracts of lease must provide that:...

36-12-10-5. Submission of Plans and Specifications to Certain State Agencies; Approval - Sec. 5. (a) The lessor corporation proposing to provide a...

36-12-10-6. Authorized Provisions of Lease; Payment of Taxes, Insurance, and Repairs - Sec. 6. The lease may provide that, as a part...

36-12-10-7. Leases in Anticipation of Completion of Building; Bond - Sec. 7. (a) The municipal corporation or corporations may, in...

36-12-10-8. Notice and Hearing on Terms and Conditions of Proposed Lease - Sec. 8. (a) When the lessor corporation and the municipal...

36-12-10-9. Notice of Lease Signing; Appeal to Department of Local Government Finance; Limitation on Actions to Contest Validity of Lease - Sec. 9. (a) If the execution of the lease as...

36-12-10-10. Applicability; Title to Real Property; Sale; Procedure - Sec. 10. (a) This section applies only to a sale...

36-12-10-11. Authority of Lessor Corporation to Issue Stocks, Bonds, and Other Securities; Sale Procedure - Sec. 11. (a) A corporation qualifying as a lessor corporation...

36-12-10-12. General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 12. A municipal corporation may issue the corporation's general...

36-12-10-13. Tax Levy to Pay Lease Rentals - Sec. 13. A municipal corporation that executes a lease under...

36-12-10-14. Tax Exemptions - Sec. 14. All property owned by a lessor corporation contracting...

Chapter 11. Library Certification Board

36-12-11-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to both Class 1 and...

36-12-11-2. "Board" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to...

36-12-11-3. "Director" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "director" refers to...

36-12-11-4. "Practitioner" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "practitioner" means an...

36-12-11-5. Powers and Duties of Board - Sec. 5. The board shall do the following: (1) Prescribe...

36-12-11-6. Certification Requirements - Sec. 6. All library directors, library department or branch heads,...

36-12-11-7. Public Library Service; Application for Certification - Sec. 7. (a) An individual who: (1) desires to be...

36-12-11-8. Private or School Library Service; Application for Certification - Sec. 8. (a) An individual who is actively engaged or...

36-12-11-9. Reciprocity With Other States - Sec. 9. To prevent unjust and arbitrary exclusions by other...

36-12-11-10. Library Certification Account - Sec. 10. All fees collected under this chapter constitute a...

36-12-11-11. Fees - Sec. 11. (a) The board shall adopt rules under IC...

36-12-11-12. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-12.] As added...

36-12-11-13. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-13.] As added...

36-12-11-14. Complaints; Form; Filing - Sec. 14. All complaints concerning a practitioner must be written,...

36-12-11-15. Director; Duties and Powers; Complaints - Sec. 15. The director has the following duties and powers:...

36-12-11-16. Complaints; Resolution; Dismissal; Board Determination - Sec. 16. (a) If the director is unable to satisfactorily...

36-12-11-17. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-17.] As added...

36-12-11-18. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-18.] As added...

36-12-11-19. Repealed - [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-19.] As added...

36-12-11-20. Attorney General; Investigation and Prosecution - Sec. 20. If the board requests, the attorney general shall...

36-12-11-21. Disciplinary Proceedings; Ultimate Authority - Sec. 21. (a) IC 4-21.5 applies to proceedings to discipline...

36-12-11-22. Confidentiality of Complaint; Disclosure of Information - Sec. 22. (a) A complaint and information pertaining to the...

36-12-11-23. Disciplinary Actions; Conditions - Sec. 23. A practitioner may be disciplined under section 26...

36-12-11-24. Physical and Mental Examination - Sec. 24. The board may order a practitioner to submit...

36-12-11-25. Failure to Comply With Order to Submit to Physical or Mental Examination; Suspension - Sec. 25. Failure of a practitioner to comply with a...

36-12-11-26. Sanctions - Sec. 26. The board may impose any of the following...

36-12-11-27. Suspension of Certificate; Renewal - Sec. 27. The board may summarily suspend a practitioner's certificate...

36-12-11-28. Reinstatement of Certificate - Sec. 28. The board may reinstate a certificate that has...

36-12-11-29. Consistency in Application of Sanctions; Reliance on Precedent - Sec. 29. The board shall seek to achieve consistency in...

Chapter 12. Library Capital Projects Fund

36-12-12-0.2. Application of Prior Statute - Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 20-14-13 (before its repeal,...

36-12-12-1. "Emergency" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "emergency" means: (1)...

36-12-12-2. Capital Projects Fund - Sec. 2. (a) A library district may establish a capital...

36-12-12-3. Plan of Revenues and Expenditures; Hearing; Notice - Sec. 3. (a) Before a library board may collect property...

36-12-12-4. Approval or Rejection of Plan by Appropriate Fiscal Body; Hearing - Sec. 4. (a) If the library board passes a resolution...

36-12-12-5. Notice; Petition of Objection by Taxpayers - Sec. 5. (a) If the library board passes a resolution...

36-12-12-6. Notice and Hearing; Petition of Objection by Taxpayers - Sec. 6. The department of local government finance shall, within...

36-12-12-7. Department of Local Government Finance Action; Appeal - Sec. 7. (a) After a hearing upon the petition under...

36-12-12-8. Appropriations; Conform to Plan - Sec. 8. Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-17, the department of local government...

36-12-12-9. Amending Plan; Emergencies; Increasing Tax Rate and Borrowing Funds - Sec. 9. (a) A library board may amend an adopted...

36-12-12-10. Tax Rate; Limit and Advertisement - Sec. 10. To provide for the capital projects fund, the...

36-12-12-11. Interest - Sec. 11. Interest on the capital projects fund, including the...

36-12-12-12. Administrative Rules - Sec. 12. The department of local government finance may adopt...

Chapter 13. Interstate Library Compact

36-12-13-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to Indiana and any state...

36-12-13-2. Authorization to Enter Into Agreements Under Compact; Procedure - Sec. 2. (a) The appropriate officials and agencies of the...

36-12-13-3. Compact Administrator; Duties - Sec. 3. The director of the Indiana state library, ex...

36-12-13-4. Contents of Agreement - Sec. 4. An interstate library compact agreement must: (1) detail...

36-12-13-5. Effect of Compact After Notice of Repeal - Sec. 5. A compact continues in force and remains binding...

36-12-13-6. Enforcement of Compact - Sec. 6. The agencies and officers of this state and...

Chapter 14. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.815.

Chapter 15. Free Public Use of School Libraries

36-12-15-1. "Governing Body" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "governing body" has...

36-12-15-2. Power; City; Town; Library in Connection With Schools - Sec. 2. In cities and incorporated towns, a governing body...

36-12-15-3. Power; Levy - Sec. 3. The governing body may levy a tax of...

36-12-15-4. Acquisition of Property by Gift, Grant, or Devise - Sec. 4. A city or incorporated town in which a...

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Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government Article 12. Libraries

Indiana Code
Title 36. Local Government
Article 12. Libraries