Nothing in this article shall be construed to abolish or abridge any power or duty conferred upon any public library already established by virtue of any city or town charter or other special act, or to affect any existing local laws allowing or providing municipal aid to libraries. Any library now operating under any city or town charter or other special act has, however, the privilege of reorganizing under the provisions of this article.
All powers granted herein shall be considered to be conferred upon public libraries existing at the time of the passage of this act.
Any provision concerning the disbursement of funds including the designation of the depository of the library funds or of the library board's disbursing officer contained in this article may be adopted by a library board organized under the provisions of this article, notwithstanding any other provisions of law.
Structure West Virginia Code
§10-1-1. &Quot;public Library" and &Quot;governing Authority" Defined
§10-1-2. Power of Governing Authority to Establish and Maintain Libraries; Financing
§10-1-3. Regional Library Defined; Apportionment of Regional Library Expenses
§10-1-3a. Authority of Regional Library Board to Disburse Funds
§10-1-4. Contract With Existing Public Library
§10-1-6. Board of Library Directors -- Powers and Duties
§10-1-7. Free Use of Libraries
§10-1-9. Library Board to Be a Corporation; Vesting of Title to Bequests or Donations
§10-1-10. Injury to Library Property; Penalty
§10-1-11. Willful Retention of Library Property
§10-1-11a. Effect of Article on Existing Laws
§10-1-12. State Library Commission
§10-1-13. State Library Commission Officers
§10-1-14. Same. Powers and Duties
§10-1-14a. West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources; Material Description
§10-1-15. State Library Commission Disposition of Monetary Gifts
§10-1-16. Regional Libraries and Library Areas Establishment and Location
§10-1-18. Regional Libraries and Library Areas Powers of West Virginia Library Commission
§10-1-19. Regional Libraries and Library Areas Transfer of Certain Libraries to Library Commission
§10-1-20. Aid to Libraries by Library Commission
§10-1-22. Confidential Nature of Certain Library Records