California Education Code ARTICLE 2 - Powers

  • Section 19640.
    The board of library trustees shall meet at least once a month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution.(Enacted by Stats....
  • Section 19641.
    Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time...
  • Section 19642.
    Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
  • Section 19643.
    At its first meeting held after the general district election the board shall organize by electing one of its number president, and another one of...
  • Section 19644.
    The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees, it shall...
  • Section 19645.
    The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the library under...
  • Section 19646.
    The board of library trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the library, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in...
  • Section 19647.
    The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees of the library, determine the...
  • Section 19648.
    The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary books, journals, publications, and other personal property.(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
  • Section 19649.
    The board of library trustees shall also purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or rooms, as in its judgment...
  • Section 19650.
    The board of library trustees may request the appropriate state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all reports, laws, and other...
  • Section 19651.
    The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend books to, and exchange books with other libraries. It shall allow nonresidents to borrow books...
  • Section 19652.
    The board of library trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of...
  • Section 19653.
    The board of library trustees shall file, through the librarian, on or before the last day in the month of August of each year, a...
  • Section 19654.
    The board of library trustees shall designate the hours during which the library is open for the use of the public. All public libraries established...
  • Section 19655.
    In any library district formed under the provisions of this chapter, which maintains a public library, or which has petitioned for and been granted permission...
  • Section 19656.
    The board of library trustees may, when in its judgment it is deemed advisable, and upon the petition of 50 or more taxpayers residing within...
  • Section 19658.
    The revenue derived from the tax, together with all money acquired by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, for the purposes of the library, shall be...
  • Section 19659.
    Upon the receipt by the county auditor of an order of the library trustees of the district he shall issue his warrant upon the county...
  • Section 19660.
    When any warrant is presented to the treasurer for payment and it is not paid for want of funds the treasurer shall endorse thereon “not...
  • Section 19661.
    Every library established under this chapter shall be forever free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the library district, subject always to such rules,...
  • Section 19662.
    Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees of neighboring library districts, or the legislative bodies of neighboring municipalities, or boards of supervisors of...
  • Section 19663.
    The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the libraries, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated,...
  • Section 19664.
    Every library district shall be designated by the name and style of ____ Library District, (using the name of the district), of ____ County, (using...

Last modified: October 22, 2018