75-2549. Same; petition for establishment; contents. Any one or more boards, may petition the state board for establishment of a regional system of cooperating libraries comprised of territory which includes one or more counties, except territory supporting a library regularly subject to a tax levy of .25 mill or more shall be excluded from the proposed regional system upon request of the governing body of the district making such levy. Such petition shall be prepared in cooperation with the state librarian on forms provided by him or her. Such petition may propose cooperative arrangements with institutions of higher learning. Such petition shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information:
(a) A statement of purpose for establishment of the proposed system and an outline of the proposed program of the system.
(b) A list of the counties to be included in the proposed regional system of cooperating libraries and any exclusions therefrom.
(c) A list of the participating libraries within the proposed regional system of cooperating libraries, together with the names and addresses of the members of the board of each such library.
(d) Letters or resolutions from each of the boards of participating libraries indicating the interest and attitude of such board toward establishment of the regional system of cooperating libraries.
(e) A list of the current budgets of each participating library showing items for library material and personnel for each such budget.
(f) Indication of local support appropriate to the operation of the proposed regional system of cooperating libraries.
(g) The number of persons to be served by the system, showing those presently within the taxing districts supporting one of the participating libraries, and those persons not within such a district.
(h) Such other information as may be requested by the state librarian.
History: L. 1965, ch. 105, § 3; L. 2007, ch. 114, § 4; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
Article 25 - State Library And Library Services
75-2525 Stormont medical library; abolished.
75-2535 State librarian; appointment; qualifications.
75-2537 State librarian; duties; assistants; employees.
75-2538 Same; exchanges with other states and governments.
75-2539 Same; duties of secretary of state.
75-2541 Same; labeling and cataloguing of books and material.
75-2542 Same; rules and regulations for government of library and services; local library services.
75-2547 Regional systems of cooperating libraries; purpose.
75-2549 Same; petition for establishment; contents.
75-2549a Same; constitute a body corporate and politic; powers and authority.
75-2549b Same; certain regional systems of cooperating libraries validated.
75-2550 Same; system board; membership; powers.
75-2550a Same; selection of an executive board; delegation of legal functions; exception.
75-2552 Same; establishment of standards by state board.
75-2553 Grants-in-aid to libraries act; citation.
75-2554 Grants-in-aid to libraries; definitions.
75-2555 Same; apportionment and distribution to eligible libraries; formula.
75-2558 Grants-in-aid to libraries; limitations of expenditures from state aid funds; penalty.
75-2559 Same; annual expenditure reports by libraries receiving grants-in-aid.
75-2561 Same; budget requests of state librarian; reports of distributions and expenditures.
75-2563 Contracts for computerized information and cataloging services; cost system; fees.
75-2568 Same; rules and regulations.
75-2575 Interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing; purpose of act.
75-2577 Same; function of state library.
75-2585 Same; contracts for computerized services; state-level cooperative activities.
75-2587 Same; participation by unified school districts; costs.