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• Repealed - State Board of Libraries (397.1 - 397.8) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.11
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "library of Michigan act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.12
  As used in this act: (a) "Board" means the board of trustees of the library created in section 4. (b) "Department" means the department...
• Library of Michigan; Creation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.13
  The library of Michigan is created within the department. History: 1982, Act 540, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 114, Imd. Eff....
• Library Board of Trustees; Creation; Duties; Meetings; Membership; Terms; Rules; Election of Chairperson and Vice - Chairperson; Expenses; State Librarian as Secretary of Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.14
  (1) A board of trustees of the library is created within the department. The board shall make recommendations to the department on the following...
• Appointment of State Librarian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.15
  The governor, in consultation with the board and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a state librarian who shall serve...
• State Librarian; Duties; Coordination of Library Activities With Department Director; Qualifications of State Librarian and Assistant State Librarian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.16
  (1) The state librarian shall have care and charge of the library and the administrative functions of the library. The director of the department...
• Employment of Assistants and Other Employees; Transfer to Department; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.17
  (1) The department, after consultation with the board, may permit the state librarian to employ other administrative and general assistants and employees as are...
• Property of Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.18
  The library shall succeed to the furnishings, building space, records, files, books, documents, and all other property in the possession of the state library...
• Library as Depository for Public Documents; Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.19
  (1) The library shall serve as a depository for each public document issued by a state official, department, board, commission, or agency. Not less...
• Duties of Library; Maintenance and Ownership of Website by Legislative Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.20
  (1) The library shall maintain a complete collection of the public documents deposited under section 9 as a permanent reference file. The library is...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.20a
  The department, in consultation with the board, may promulgate rules related to the operations of the library.
• Annual Report of State Librarian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.21
  The state librarian shall report annually to the governor and to the legislature on the operations of the library and on the progress made...
• Repeal of Mcl 397.51 to 397.59, 397.1 to 397.8, and 16.409 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.22
  The following acts or parts of acts are repealed: (a) Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1895, being sections 397.51 to 397.59...
• Transfer and Control of Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.22[1]
  Except for the money transferred in section 7 subsection (6), the appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002 in Senate Bill No....
• Repealed. 1986, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1986. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.24
  This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 201 of the 81st Legislature is enacted into law.
• Public Libraries; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.31
  As used in this act: (a) "Public library" means a library, the whole interests of which belong to the general public, lawfully established for...
• Penal Fines; Apportionment to County Library Boards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.32
  The proceeds of all fines for any breach of the penal laws of this state when collected in any county and paid into the...
• County Library Board; Duties; Membership, Appointment, Terms; Contracts for Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.33
  In any county where there is no public library, or in any county within the boundaries of which there are municipalities which have not...
• County Library Board; Powers as to New Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.34
  If, after the appointment of the county library board, the board of supervisors votes to establish a public library as authorized by Act No....
• County Contracting for Service; Apportionment of Funds; Allocation to More Than 1 Public Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.35
  (1) If any municipality within a county has not established a public library but is contracting for public library service with the governing body...
• Use of Penal Fine Moneys; Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.36
  The penal fine moneys when received by the proper authorities shall be applied exclusively to the support of public libraries and to no other...
• Construction of Act as to County Law Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.37
  This act shall not be construed as affecting the provisions of sections 4845 and 4851 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of...
• Statement of Eligible Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.38
  The state board for libraries, prior to July 15 of each year, shall transmit to the clerk and treasurer of each county a statement...
• Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.39
  The state board for libraries may adopt such rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act as may be deemed expedient,...
• Repeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.40
  Sections 906, 910, 911, 912, 913 and 915 of Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended, being sections 340.906, 340.910,...
• Repealed - State Library (397.51 - 397.65) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Procurement of United States Laws for State Library (397.71 - 397.71) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Distribution of United States Statutes by State Librarian (397.81 - 397.81) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Debates of Constitutional Convention of 1907 (397.91 - 397.92) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - State Aid for Libraries (397.102 - 397.113) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Library Construction; Federal Funds; Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.126
  The state library is hereby authorized to accept, and use, federal funds for library construction under the provisions of Title II, P.L. 88-269, subject...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.131
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "library network act of 1971".
• "library Network" Defined; Administrative Leadership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.132
  As used in this act "library network" means the connecting of the largest research libraries in the state for the express purpose of making...
• Eligibility of Library for Membership in Network; Connection to State Library; Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.133
  A library shall maintain a collection of at least 1,000,000 volumes in order to be eligible for membership in the network. A library shall...
• Administration of Interlibrary Loan Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.134
  The state library in Lansing shall administer the interlibrary loan service for the state.
• Application for Inclusion in Network - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.135
  A library meeting the requirements specified for inclusion in the network shall apply to the state board of education, indicating its compliance with the...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.136
  The state board of education may promulgate rules for administration of this act in accordance with and subject to Act No. 306 of the...
• Regional Libraries; Plan for Establishment and Location - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.151
  The state board for libraries shall develop a plan for the establishment and location of regional libraries throughout the state based on a detailed...
• Proposal to Establish Regional Libraries; Referral to County Board of Supervisors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.152
  On completion of the survey of any proposed region, the proposal to establish a regional library shall be referred to the boards of supervisors...
• Board of Trustees; Membership, Appointment, Term, Vacancies, Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.153
  Upon the adoption of the regional library proposal, each board of supervisors shall name members to a library board, the members to be chosen...
• Repealed. 1961, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Board of Trustees; Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.155
  The board of trustees of each regional library so established shall have the following powers: (a) To establish, maintain and operate a public library...
• Appropriation for Regional Libraries; Budget, Disbursement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.156
  Sums necessary for the establishment and operation of regional libraries shall be provided by the boards of supervisors of each of the counties included...
• Cities Exempt From Act; Notification When Included in Proposal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.157
  Cities of a population of 5,000 or more, maintaining a public library, may be exempted from the provisions of this act on the filing...
• Municipal Libraries; Transfer to Regional Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.158
  After the establishment of a regional library as provided for in this act, the township board, the legislative body of any city or village,...
• Repealed. 1961, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.171
  This act shall be known and may be cited as "the district library establishment act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.172
  As used in this act: (a) "Agreement" means a district library agreement required by section 3 or the agreement governing a district library established...
• Joint Establishment of District Library; Requirements; Portion of Municipality to Be Included in District Library; Excluded Portion; Resolution; Documents to Be Filed With State Librarian; Review; Approval of Agreement; Amendment of Boundaries; Effect of Excluded Territory; Single Municipality - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.173
  (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (13), 2 or more municipalities, except 2 or more school districts that hold their regularly scheduled elections...
• Referendum on Question of Becoming District Library or Joining Existing District Library; Filing, Approval, and Review of Petition; Approval by Electors; Establishment of New - District Library; Appointment of Interim Board; Vote by District Library Board to Accept or Reject New Proposed Participating Municipality - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.173a
  (1) Upon petition by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in the affected municipality, municipalities, or the portion of a municipality,...
• Merging of District Libraries; Requirements; Districtwide Library Tax - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.173b
  (1) Two or more district libraries may merge if all of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The governing boards of the district libraries...
• District Library Agreement; Provisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.174
  (1) The agreement shall provide for all of the following: (a) The name of the district. For a district that is created on or...
• Submission of Agreement and Amendment to State Librarian; Approval or Disapproval of Agreement, Amendment, or Revision; Statement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.175
  (1) The legislative bodies of the municipalities that establish a district library shall submit the agreement to the state librarian within 10 days following...
• Organizational Plan; Revision of Board Structure and Selection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.176
  Within 1 year after May 22, 1989, the board of a district library established pursuant to former 1955 PA 164 shall submit to the...
• District Library as Authority - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.177
  A district library established pursuant to this act constitutes an authority under section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
• Candidate for Appointment or Election as Board Member; Qualifications; Vacancy in Office of Board Member - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.178
  (1) An individual appointed as a board member shall be a qualified elector of the participating municipality that appoints the member on the date...
• Appointed Board Members; Number; Right to Appoint; Term; Vacancy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.179
  If an agreement prescribes appointed board members, the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 and not more than 8 members. The agreement...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 159, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Violation of Mcl 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.180a
  A petition under section 10 or 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election...
• Election of Board Members of District Library; Provisions Applicable Where School District Is Participating Municipality; Amendment of Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.181
  (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsections (2) and (3), all of the following apply to an election of board members of a district...
• Powers of Board; Compensation and Expenses of Board Members; Deposit and Expenditure of Money in District Library Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.182
  (1) A board may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Establish, maintain, and operate a public library for the district. (b) Appoint...
• Determination of Money Necessary for Establishment and Operation of District Library Districtwide Tax; Payment by Participating Municipality; Approval of Tax; Library Tax - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.183
  (1) Subject to any limitation in the district library agreement on the amount of the district library annual budget or the amount or percentage...
• Provisions Governing Elections - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.184
  (1) An election for or recall of board members and an election for a districtwide tax shall be conducted under the provisions of the...
• Ballot Proposal for Districtwide Tax; Amount of Millage; Proposed Duration; Adoption by Resolution; Certification; Authorization of Tax Levy; Limitation on Elections - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.185
  (1) A ballot proposal for a districtwide tax shall state the amount of the millage. If section 13(4) limits the maximum duration of a...
• Providing Ballots - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.186
  If none of the participating municipalities are a school district, the county election commission of each participating county and each county in which all...
• Conduct of Election; List of Electors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.187
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), if none of the participating municipalities are school districts, an election for board members or a...
• Publication of Notices of Close of Registration and Election; Canvass and Certification of Results of Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.188
  (1) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is to be held in conjunction with a general election or a state...
• Printing and Providing Ballots - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.189
  If 1 or more participating municipalities are school districts, the school district election coordinator of each participating school district shall provide for the printing...
• Conduct of Election for Board Members or Districtwide Tax - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.190
  If 1 or more participating municipalities are school districts, the election for board members or a districtwide tax shall be conducted as follows: (a)...
• Publication of Notices for Election of Board Members or Districtwide Tax; Publication of Notices of Close of Registration and Election; Ballot Language of Proposal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.191
  (1) If an election for district board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating school district under section 20(a), the school...
• Canvass and Certification of Results of Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.192
  (1) If an election for district board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating school district pursuant to section 20(a), the...
• Reimbursement for Costs of Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.193
  (1) A county clerk shall charge the district library and the district library shall reimburse the county for the actual costs the county incurs...
• Withdrawal of Municipality From District Library; Amendment of Agreement; Dissolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.194
  (1) Except to the extent that the agreement provides otherwise, a participating municipality in which a district library tax is in effect or authorized...
• Municipality Other Than School District as Party to Existing Agreement; Requirements; Acceptance Conditioned on Authorization of Tax; Change in Number of Mills Based on District Library Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.195
  (1) A municipality other than a school district may become a party to an existing agreement if the agreement's requirements concerning the addition of...
• Repealed. 2003, Act 279, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repeal of Mcl 397.271 to 397.276 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.196
  Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1955, being sections 397.271 to 397.276 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.
• Public Library and Reading Room; Establishment and Maintenance by City Council; Tax Levy; Library Fund; Tax Additional to Tax Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.201
  (1) The city council of each incorporated city may establish and maintain a public library and reading room for the use and benefit of...
• Board of Directors; Members; Qualifications; Number; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.202
  (1) If a city council decides to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under this act, the mayor of that city...
• Board of Directors; Appointment, Terms, Removal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.203
  The offices of boards of directors heretofore appointed under this act, consisting of 9 members, are hereby declared vacant on July 1, 1932, and...
• Board of Directors; Vacancies, Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.204
  Vacancies in the board of directors occaisioned by removals, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the city council, and be filled in like...
• Board of Directors; Officers, Powers and Duties; Library Fund, Expenditures, Accounting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.205
  Said directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of 1 of their number president, and by the election of such...
• City Library; Free Use; Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.206
  Every library and reading room established under this act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants where located, always subject to...
• Board of Directors; Annual Report, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.207
  The said board of directors shall make, at the end of each and every year from and after the organization of such library, a...
• City Library; Injury to Property, Ordinances, Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.208
  The city council of said city shall have power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such...
• City Library; Donations, Acceptance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.209
  Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of such library, shall have the right to...
• Free Public Library in Village or Township; Petition to Levy Tax for Establishment; Notice of Election; Library Fund; Board of Directors; Estimate of Money Necessary for Support and Maintenance of Library; Report; Assessment and Collection of Tax; Powers of Corporate Authorities; Library as Authority Under State Constitution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.210
  (1) Fifty voters of an incorporated village or township may present to the clerk of the village or township a petition asking that a...
• Free Public Library in City; Establishment; Petition for Tax; Notice; Form of Ballot; Library Fund; Preparing and Reporting Estimate of Money Necessary for Support and Maintenance; Tax Additional to Tax Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.210a
  (1) Fifty voters of a city may present to the clerk of the city a petition asking that a tax be levied for the...
• Free Public Library Established in Township or Village Incorporated as City; Continuation of Library Board, Library, and Tax - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.210b
  If a township or village in which a free public library has been established pursuant to section 10 is incorporated in its entirety as...
• Increasing Library Millage; Ballot; Election; Validation of Millage Renewal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.210c
  (1) If a city, village, or township has voted on, approved, and established a library pursuant to this act and the library board of...
• Library Board of City, Village, or Township; Establishment; Provisional or Permanent; Director; Vacancy; Powers of Library Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.211
  (1) Immediately after a city, a village, or a township has voted to establish a free public library, a library board shall be established...
• Violation of Mcl 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.211a
  A petition under section 10, 10a, or 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan...
• Applicability of Mcl 397.210a and 397.211; Exception; Organization of Existing Public Library Under Mcl 397.210a - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.212
  Except as otherwise provided in section 10b, sections 10a and 11 do not apply to a city, village, or township maintaining a public library...
• Use of Library Services by Adjacent Township, Village, or City; Contract; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.213
  (1) Notwithstanding a contrary city, village, or township charter provision, a township, village, or city adjacent to a township, village, or city that supports...
• Contract With Township, City, or Village for Use of Library and Reading Room; Procedure; Tax Levy; Library Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.214
  (1) Upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than 10% of the electors in any township based on the highest vote cast...
• Contract for Use of Library Services by County; Joint Library Board; Number of Directors; Provisions of Contract; Vacancies; Removal of Director; Vacating Offices of Directors; Powers and Duties of Joint Library Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.215
  (1) In a county which does not have a county library established under Act No. 138 of the Public Acts of 1917, being sections...
• Rights in Use and Benefits of Library; Uniform Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.216
  After fulfilling the contractual requirements, the people of a township, village, or city which has contracted for library services with another township, village, or...
• Joint Municipal Libraries; Villages and Cities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.217
  The people of villages may join with townships, or townships with villages, or either with cities, by complying with similar provisions, as aforesaid in...
• Effect of Repealing Local Act Governing City Public Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.231
  If the local act governing a city public library is repealed, the governing body of the city shall succeed to all title and interest...
• Operation and Maintenance of Library by Governing Body of City - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.232
  The governing body of the city may continue to operate and maintain the library in accordance with appropriate statutes of this state or the...
• Conveyance of Library Property to Other Governing Body - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.233
  The governing body of the city may convey the property of such library to the governing body of another governmental unit for use of...
• Repealed - Public Libraries; Bonds (397.241 - 397.246) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Boards of Education Library; Annual Expense Estimates - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.261
  Boards of education in cities where free public libraries are under control of such boards of education by reason of existing charters or otherwise,...
• Boards of Education; Raising Money for Purchase of Property; Bonds; Issuance; Approval by Electors; Issuance Subject to Revised Municipal Finance Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.262
  (1) Boards of education in cities having the control of free public libraries by reason of existing charters or otherwise are hereby authorized and...
• Repealed - District Libraries (397.271 - 397.276) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.281
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "district library financing act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.282
  As used in this act: (a) "Board" means that term as defined in section 2 of the district library establishment act. (b) "District" means...
• Powers of Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.283
  A board may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Acquire real or personal property for use for library purposes by purchase, land...
• Limitation on Borrowing Money or Issuing Bonds or Notes; Conditions to Issuance of General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bonds; Ballot Question - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.284
  (1) A district library shall not borrow money or issue bonds or notes for a sum that, together with the total outstanding bonded indebtedness...
• Issuance of Limited Tax Bonds or Notes by Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.285
  Except as otherwise provided in section 4, a district library may issue limited tax bonds or notes by resolution of the board, without submitting...
• Repealed. 1989, Act 25, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Bonds as Debt of District Library; Withdrawal of Participating Municipality From District Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.287
  Bonds issued pursuant to this act are debt of the district library and not of the participating municipalities. If a participating municipality withdraws from...
• Authorization and Levy of Taxes to Pay Principal of and Interest on Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.288
  If a majority of the qualified electors of a district voting on the question of issuing bonds approves the issuance, or if bonds are...
• Bonds Subject to Revised Municipal Finance Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.289
  Bonds issued pursuant to this act are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. History: 1988, Act...
• Submission of Proposal to Issue Bonds; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.290
  A board shall not submit a proposal to issue bonds under this act more than 1 time during a calendar year. History: 1988, Act...
• County Libraries; Establishment, Contracts for Service, Tax - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.301
  The board of supervisors of any county shall have the power to establish a public library free for the use of the inhabitants of...
• Library Board; Purpose; Appointment and Terms of Members; Voting; Vacancy; Expansion of Board; Board as Body Corporate; Powers; Cost of Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.302
  (1) To administer the county library fund, there shall be a library board consisting of 5 members appointed by the county board of commissioners...
• Contract for Use of Existing Library; County Library Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.303
  In case a contract shall be made with an existing library, the county library fund shall be administered by the county library board and...
• County Library Fund; Disbursement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.304
  Said fund shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the order or warrants of said library board. History: 1917, Act 138, Eff. Aug....
• Contract for Service to Municipality; Tax; Effect of Establishment of Municipal Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.305
  Any county possessing a county library or any board of trustees of a regional library may enter into a contract with 1 or more...
• Townships and Villages; Issuance of Library Bonds, Approval by Electors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.321
  The township board of any organized township and the village council, or board of trustees, of any incorporated village in the state of Michigan...
• Referendum; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.322
  The question of issuing the bonds, provided for in section 1 of this act, shall be submitted to the legal voters of such township,...
• Referendum; Form of Ballot; Election Process - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.323
  The vote upon such proposition shall be by printed ballot, and such ballots shall be in the following form: "For the issuing of bonds...
• Library Bonds; Vote; Issuance; Subject to Revised Municipal Finance Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.324
  If at an election a majority of the qualified electors present and voting upon the proposition vote in favor of the loan, the bonds...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 332, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Declaration of Necessity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.326
  It is hereby declared that this act is immediately necessary for the public health, peace and safety. History: 1917, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar....
• Consolidation of Township Libraries; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.351
  It shall hereafter be lawful for the township boards of adjoining townships in the same county, by joint action of the respective township boards...
• Referendum; Petition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.352
  (1) If the township board of each township that has a library is presented with a petition, signed by registered electors equal to not...
• Referendum; Form of Ballot; Conduct of Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.353
  The election shall be by ballot in substantially the following form: "Shall the township libraries of ........... and ........... townships be consolidated? Yes [...
• Referendum; Meeting to Pass Joint Resolution; Consolidation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.354
  If the proposition shall be carried by a majority of those voting at the election, in each township, and the respective election boards shall...
• Site of Library; Designation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.355
  Such resolution shall designate the site of the library, and if not able to agree by a majority vote of the board members present...
• Maintenance Expenses; Apportionment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.356
  The expense of maintenance for the ensuing year shall be estimated, and the expense apportioned between the 2 townships in proportion to their respective...
• Control of Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.357
  Said library when so consolidated shall be under the joint control of the township boards, and any matter upon which they can not agree...
• Free Public Library; Formation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.358
  After consolidation, the library may be formed into a free public library, with provisional board of directors in pursuance of the statute in such...
• Privately Owned Libraries; Public Support, Limitation, Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.371
  Any township, city or village within this state, having within its limits a library that had been open to the public upon the payment...
• Gifts and Donations; Acceptance; Use; Transfer to Community Foundation; Establishment of Donor Advisory Board; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.381
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a board of education, library commission, or other public corporation empowered to maintain a public library may receive and...
• Donations; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.382
  Whenever any property, real or personal, now or hereafter held and used for the purpose of a public library by any board of education,...
• Library Commission; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.401
  The territory over which the library commission in any city having a population of more than 250,000 shall conduct the activities to it by...
• Library Commission; Annual Budget - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.402
  The annual budget of any said commission shall be prepared in manner and time provided by the charter of any said city concerning the...
• Library Commission; Fiscal Year - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.403
  The fiscal year of any said commission shall be identical with that of any said city. History: 1921, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 26, Eff....
• Effect of Local Act; Continuation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.404
  The relation of officers or agencies of any said city to the affairs of any said commission growing out of any special or local...
• Payrolls, Bills, Accounts and Claims; Audit and Approval; Certificate; Allowance, Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.405
  All payrolls, bills, accounts and claims of every character against the library commission after having been duly audited and approved by the commission, the...
• Free Libraries; Annual Report to State Board of Library Commissioners - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.453
  It shall be the duty of all free libraries organized under the laws of the state, whether general or special, to make an annual...
• Public Libraries; Maintenance and Operation, Contracts; Cooperation to Avoid Duplication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.471
  The officers, agency or other authority charged by law with the maintenance and operation of any library for general public use may enter into...
• Public Libraries; Contracts and Arrangements; Rights and Privileges of Residents; Expenditures; Political Subdivisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.472
  Such contracts and arrangements may be made between and among any number of such libraries. Any library supported in whole or in part by...
• State Library for Blind; Transfer to State Board for Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.491
  The state library for the blind, located at the employment institution for the blind at Saginaw, is hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the...
• State Library for Blind; Administration, Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.492
  The state board for libraries shall have full power to administer this library, determine standards of operation, and make rules and regulations that will...
• State Library for Blind; Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.493
  The state board for libraries shall administer the appropriation for said library.
• State Library for Blind; Personnel, Qualifications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.494
  The state board for libraries shall have full power to determine the qualifications of the personnel in said library and fill all vacancies, subject...
• State Library for Blind; Transfer of Powers and Duties to State Board for Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.495
  Any and all powers and duties vested by any law of this state in the state library for the blind are hereby transferred and...
• Repealed - State Aid to Public Libraries Act of 1965 (397.501 - 397.527) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.551
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state aid to public libraries act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.552
  As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of history, arts, and libraries. (b) "Local board" means the board of trustees or...
• Cooperative Boards; Establishment; Number - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.553
  Cooperative boards representing local public libraries shall be established in accordance with this act and approved by the department. The number of cooperative boards...
• Preliminary Cooperative Plan for Library Services; Contents; Development - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.554
  A preliminary cooperative plan for library services which sets forth a statement describing the specific services that will be rendered to those libraries participating...
• Eligibility for Membership in Cooperative Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.555
  To be eligible for membership in a cooperative library, a local library shall do all of the following: (a) Maintain a minimum local support...
• Areas Included in Cooperative Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.556
  (1) A cooperative library includes those areas consisting of 1 of the following: (a) Two or more counties with a total population of at...
• Cooperative Library Board as Representative of Participating Libraries; Selection of Members; Existing Systems - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.557
  A cooperative library board shall be representative of the participating libraries except as specifically provided in section 6. It shall consist of 9 members...
• Cooperative Library Board as Body Corporate; Powers and Duties; Installment Purchase Contract, Land Contract, Loan Agreement, or Lease Purchase Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.558
  (1) The cooperative board is a body corporate and may sue and be sued. (2) The cooperative board shall do all of the following:...
• Submission and Contents of Plan; Approval of Plan; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.559
  Following establishment of a cooperative board, the cooperative board shall submit to the department a plan that designates and describes the responsibilities of the...
• Fiscal Year and Funds of Cooperative Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.560
  The fiscal year of the cooperative library is October 1 to September 30, except where the cooperative library must conform to the fiscal year...
• Use of Facilities and Resources of Member Libraries; Availability of Services of Cooperative Library; Appeal From Refusal of Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.561
  Following establishment of a cooperative board, residents of the cooperative library's area are eligible to use the facilities and resources of the member libraries...
• Nonresident Borrowing Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.561a
  A library may charge nonresident borrowing fees to a person residing outside of the library's service area, including a person residing within the cooperative...
• Resolution Requesting Local Board to Become Participating Library; Rights, Duties, and Privileges of Participating Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.562
  Once a cooperative plan has been accepted by the department and a cooperative board has been established, a local board shall adopt a resolution...
• State Aid for Cooperative Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.563
  A cooperative library shall be granted continuing state aid at the rate of 50 cents per capita for its served population.
• Cooperative Board to Provide Services to Member Libraries Within Area of Cooperative Library - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.564
  A cooperative board shall provide, directly or through a written contract, services to member libraries within the cooperative library's area. The services, subject to...
• Payment for Services by Member Libraries; Cooperative Library Headquarters - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.565
  When the state aid grant is insufficient to provide all services, the member libraries may be required to pay for services in a priority...
• State Aid for Public Libraries; Reimbursing Public Libraries for Salary of Head Librarian; Employee Wage Increases; Certifying Salary of Head Librarian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.566
  (1) A public library shall receive 35 cents per capita from state aid during the fiscal year 1977-78 if in the prior year the...
• Compliance With Certification Requirements as Qualification for State Aid - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.567
  A cooperative library and public library shall conform to certification requirements for personnel as established by the department in order to qualify for state...
• Application for State Aid; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.568
  A cooperative library and public library desiring to participate in state aid shall apply before February 1 of each year of distribution. The applicant...
• Distribution of State Aid; Statement; Vouchers; Warrants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.569
  The department shall prepare a statement of the amount to be distributed in accordance with this act. Vouchers for disbursement of state aid shall...
• Deposit of Money in Separate Fund; Review of Expenditures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.570
  A cooperative library or public library receiving state aid shall deposit the money in a separate fund. Expenditures from that fund are subject to...
• Expenditure of State Aid - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.571
  State aid paid to a cooperative library or a public library may be used for any expenditure, including the cost of intersystem or intrasystem
• Dispute; Hearing; Decision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.572
  When there is a dispute concerning the cooperative library to which a public library shall belong, services rendered to member libraries, or the operations...
• Needs Considered by State Board in Carrying Out Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.573
  The department shall consider the following needs in carrying out its powers and duties: (a) Library facilities shall be provided to residents of the...
• Repealed. 1982, Act 541, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.575
  (1) There is appropriated for public libraries from the general fund of the state for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for...
• Repeal of Mcl 397.501 to 397.527 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.576
  Act No. 286 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 397.501 to 397.527 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.601
  This act shall be known and may be cited as "the library privacy act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.602
  As used in this act: (a) "Computer" means any connected, directly interoperable or interactive device, equipment, or facility that uses a computer program or...
• Library Record Not Subject to Disclosure Requirements; Release or Disclosure of Library Record Without Consent Prohibited; Exception; Procedure and Form of Written Consent; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.603
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a library record is not subject to the disclosure requirements of the freedom of information act, Act...
• Violation of Mcl 397.603; Liability; Civil Action; Damages; Attorney Fees and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.604
  A library or an agent or employee of a library which violates section 3 shall be liable to the person identified in a record...
• Selection and Use of Library Materials - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.605
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by a regulation adopted by the governing body of the library, the selection of library materials...
• Restriction of Internet Access to Minors; Immunity From Liability; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 397.606
  (1) If a library offers use of the internet or a computer, computer program, computer network, or computer system to the public, the governing...

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