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Subtitle 1 - State Library Agencies
Section 23-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 23-102 - Findings and Policy of State - (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) That public library resources...
Section 23-103 - State Library Agency and State Library Board - There is a State Library Agency and a State Library...
Section 23-104 - Staff of Agency - (a) The head of the State Library Agency is the...
Section 23-105 - Powers and Duties of Division - (a) In addition to the other powers granted and duties...
Section 23-106 - Powers and Duties of State Library Agency - (a) In addition to any other powers granted and duties...
Section 23-107 - Maryland State Library Board - (a) There is a Maryland State Library Board. (b) (1)...
Section 23-108 - Circulation Records - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...
Section 23-109 - Deaf Culture Digital Library - (a) The State Library Agency shall establish the Deaf Culture...
Subtitle 2 - Resource Centers and Cooperative Programs
Section 23-201 - State Library Resource Center - (a) The Central Library of the Enoch Pratt Free Library...
Section 23-202 - Regional Resource Centers - (a) The boards of library trustees of at least three...
Section 23-203 - Metropolitan Cooperative Service Programs - (a) The board of library trustees of any public library...
Section 23-204 - Evaluation of Regional Resource Centers and Metropolitan Cooperative Service Programs - The State Library Board periodically shall evaluate the effectiveness of...
Section 23-205 - Funding for Programs - (a) Each year, the State Library Board may include in...
Section 23-206 - Cooperative Library Corporations - (a) Any two or more boards of library trustees acting...
Subtitle 3 - State Publications and Depository Program
Section 23-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 23-302 - State Publications Depository and Distribution Program - (a) There is created, as part of the State Library...
Section 23-303 - Responsibilities of State Agencies - (a) Each State agency shall designate an agency publications contact...
Section 23-304 - Responsibilities of Bicounty Agencies - Each bicounty agency shall: (1) Designate an agency publications contact...
Subtitle 4 - County Public Libraries
Section 23-401 - Authorized - (a) The governing body of each county may establish, and...
Section 23-402 - Special Provisions for Baltimore City, Washington County, Prince George's County, and Garrett County - (a) (1) The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall...
Section 23-403 - Boards of Library Trustees - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this...
Section 23-404 - Officers; Meetings; Attendance - (a) Each year, each board of library trustees: (1) Shall...
Section 23-405 - Powers and Duties of Board - (a) In addition to any other powers granted or duties...
Section 23-406 - Library Personnel - (a) Each board of library trustees: (1) Shall select and...
Section 23-407 - Volunteer Aides in Public Libraries - The board of library trustees of any library may use...
Section 23-408 - Theft or Mutilation of Books or Other Property - (a) A person may not unlawfully take, detain, mutilate, injure,...
Section 23-409 - Restrictions on Fines on Minor's Overdue Library Materials -- Adoption of Regulations - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Subtitle 5 - Financing for County Public Libraries
Section 23-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 23-502 - Program Established - (a) There is a county-State minimum library program for the...
Section 23-503 - State and Counties to Share Cost - (a) (1) The entire capital and operating cost of the...
Section 23-504 - Retirement Contributions - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a...
Section 23-505 - Matching Amounts; Current and Capital Expenses - (a) To be eligible for its State share of the...
Section 23-506 - Payment and Use of Funds - (a) The State Librarian shall authorize the payment of funds...
Section 23-506.1 - Prevention of Access by Minors to Obscene Materials or Child Pornography - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 23-507 - Withholding by Comptroller - The State Librarian shall authorize the State Comptroller to withhold...
Section 23-508 - Sick Pay - Remuneration of an employee on account of sickness or accident...
Section 23-509 - County Library Capital Project Grant Program - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Subtitle 6 - Howard County Library System -- Collective Bargaining
Section 23-601 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 23-602 - Permitted Activities - Employees of the employer may: (1) Form, join, and participate...
Section 23-603 - Duty of Good Faith; Fostering Positive Labor Relations; Goal of Collective Bargaining - (a) The employer and the certified exclusive representative have a...
Section 23-604 - Units; Determination of Management Status for Purpose of Exclusion - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 23-605 - Certification of Employee Organization - (a) (1) An employee organization that is seeking certification as...
Section 23-606 - Certified Exclusive Representative of Unit - (a) The employer shall recognize the right of the certified...
Section 23-607 - Collective Bargaining Agreements - (a) If an exclusive representative is certified under § 23–605...
Section 23-608 - Agreement Date; Impasse; Submission of Disputes to Mediation - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 23-609 - Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreement by Board; Funding - (a) The employer shall submit to the Board a term...
Section 23-610 - Rights and Responsibilities Retained by the Employer - (a) (1) Except where abridged by an express provision of...
Section 23-611 - Decertification - An employee organization shall be deemed decertified if a petition...
Section 23-612 - Prohibited Acts - (a) The employer may not: (1) Interfere with, coerce, or...
Section 23-613 - Strikes - (a) In this section, “strike” has the meaning stated in...
Section 23-614 - Collective Bargaining Agreement Supersedes Conflicting Regulation or Administrative Policy of Employer - Except as otherwise provided by law, if employees have entered...
Subtitle 7 - Electronic Literary Product Licenses (Subtitle Effective January 1, 2022.)
Section 23-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings...
Section 23-702 - Publishers to License Electronic Literary Products -- Terms -- Limitation on Numbers -- Violations - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...
Subtitle 8 - Baltimore County Public Library -- Collective Bargaining
Section 23-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 23-802 - Employee Deemed Supervisory in Certain Circumstances -- Differentiation Between Supervisory and Nonsupervisory Employee - (a) An employee who may effectively recommend an action listed...
Section 23-803 - Possible Actions by Employees - Employees of the employer may: (1) Form, join, and participate...
Section 23-804 - Good Faith Bargaining -- Joint Responsibility for Positive Labor Relations Environment -- Goal of Collective Bargaining - (a) The employer and the certified exclusive representative have a...
Section 23-805 - Certified Exclusive Representative - (a) The employer shall recognize the right of the certified...
Section 23-806 - Petition Indicating Intent to Be Certified as Exclusive Representative -- Contents -- Neutral Decision Maker Involvement -- Written Authorization Cards -- Timing of Election -- Election Procedures - (a) (1) An employee organization seeking certification as the exclusive...
Section 23-807 - Provisions in Collective Bargaining Agreement -- Automatic Dues Deduction -- Limited Construction -- Agreement Effective Date - (a) If an employee organization is certified as described in...
Section 23-808 - Agreement in Year When Collective Bargaining Agreement Expires -- Impasse Reached -- Mediator -- Findings and Recommendations Submitted to Board - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 23-809 - Submission of Terms to County Executive -- Approval or Rejection of Additional Funding by County Executive -- Mutual Obligations - (a) The Board shall submit a term of a collective...
Section 23-810 - Restrictions on Actions by Employer and Employee Organization - (a) The employer may not: (1) Interfere with, coerce, unduly...
Section 23-811 - Exclusive Right of Employer -- Provisions Deemed Part of Every Agreement -- Right to Submit Grievance -- Agreement Superseding - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, it is the...
Section 23-812 - Restrictions on Actions by Employer and Employee Organization - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...