Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3375 - Libraries

• Section 3375.01 - State Library Board.
  A state library board is hereby created to be composed of five members to be appointed by the state board of education. One member...
• Section 3375.02 - Appointment Of State Librarian - Duties.
  The state library board shall appoint a state librarian, who shall be the secretary of said board. and under the direction and supervision of...
• Section 3375.03 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.140, SB 321, §2, eff. 6/26/2012.
• Section 3375.04 - Control And Management Of State Library.
  The state library shall be under the control and management of the state library board. The board shall make and publish such rules and...
• Section 3375.05 - Application For Establishment Of Library Stations, Branches, Or Traveling Library Service.
  (A) The board of trustees of any public library receiving money from a county's public library fund that desires to render public library service...
• Section 3375.06 - County Free Public Library - Appointment Of Trustees.
  In any county in which the board of county commissioners has accepted a gift or bequest pursuant to volume 122, Ohio Laws, page 166,...
• Section 3375.07 - Tax Levy For Maintenance Of County Free Public Library.
  The board of county commissioners of any county in which there has been created a county free public library, pursuant to section 3375.06 of...
• Section 3375.08 - Board Of County Commissioners May Transfer, Convey, Or Lease Property For Library Purposes.
  The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, transfer, convey, or lease any property of the county, real or personal, suitable for public library...
• Section 3375.09 - Tax Levy By Board Of Township Trustees For Maintenance Of Library.
  In any township where a public library has been created by a vote of the electors thereof, prior to September 4, 1947, the board...
• Section 3375.10 - Township Free Public Library - Appointment Of Trustees.
  In any township in which there has been established by a vote of the electors of such township, prior to September 4, 1947, a...
• Section 3375.11 - Board Of Township Trustees May Transfer, Convey, Or Lease Property For Library Purposes.
  The board of township trustees may, by resolution, transfer, convey, or lease any property of the township, real or personal, suitable for public library...
• Section 3375.12 - Municipal Free Public Libraries - Appointment Of Trustees.
  Except as provided in section 3375.13 of the Revised Code, the erection and equipment and the custody, control, and administration of free public libraries...
• Section 3375.121 - Municipal Library District Created.
  (A) In any municipal corporation, not located in a county library district, that has a population of not less than twenty-five thousand, and within...
• Section 3375.13 - Issuance Of Bonds - Control Of Property Vested In Board Of Library Trustees Of Municipal Corporation - Agreement With Library Organization.
  In any municipal corporation where there is a library organization created by will or otherwise for the purpose of maintaining in perpetuity a public...
• Section 3375.14 - School Libraries.
  The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may provide for the establishment, control, and maintenance of school libraries...
• Section 3375.15 - School District Free Public Library - Appointment Of Trustees.
  (A) In any school district in which a free public library has been established by resolution adopted by the board of education of such...
• Section 3375.151 - Acceptance Of Bequest, Gift, Or Endowment For School District Free Public Library.
  At any time after the effective date of this section but prior to January 1, 2014, the board of education of any school district...
• Section 3375.16 - Board Of Township Trustees May Transfer, Convey, Or Lease Property For Library Purposes.
  The board of education of any school district may, by resolution, transfer, convey, or lease any property of the school district, real or personal,...
• Section 3375.17 - Tax Levy By Board Of Education For Operation Of Library.
  The board of library trustees of a school district free public library may annually, during the month of May, certify to the board of...
• Section 3375.18 - Board Of Education May Provide Building Or Property For Public Library Service.
  The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may purchase, erect, construct, enlarge, improve, equip, and furnish buildings, and...
• Section 3375.19 - County Library District.
  In each county there may be created a county library district composed of all the local, exempted village, and city school districts in the...
• Section 3375.20 - Resolution By Boards Of Library Trustees Requesting Formation Of County Library District.
  In any county in which there is not in existence a county library district and in which all of the local, exempted village, and...
• Section 3375.201 - Election On Creating County District Library.
  The taxing authority of a subdivision maintaining a free public library which is providing approved library service and whose board of library trustees therefore...
• Section 3375.21 - Resolution For Inclusion Of Subdivision In County Library District.
  In any county in which there has been created a county library district, the taxing authority of any subdivision of the county not included...
• Section 3375.211 - Submission Of Resolution To Electors.
  The taxing authority of any subdivision maintaining a free public library for the inhabitants thereof and whose board of library trustees is qualified under...
• Section 3375.212 - Consolidation With Another Subdivision.
  The board of public library trustees of a county library district, appointed under section 3375.22 of the Revised Code, may consolidate with another subdivision...
• Section 3375.213 - Assets, Liabilities And Levies.
  Whenever a county library district has been created, or enlarged, under sections 3375.20, 3375.201, 3375.21, 3375.211, or 3375.212 of the Revised Code, all assets...
• Section 3375.22 - County Library District - Appointment Of Trustees.
  In any county in which there has been created a county library district, the free public library of said district shall be under the...
• Section 3375.23 - Tax Levy By Board Of County Commissioners For County Library District.
  The board of library trustees of a county library district may annually, during the month of May, certify to the board of county commissioners...
• Section 3375.24 - Notes And Bonds May Be Issued By Board Of County Commissioners - Sale Of Real Property.
  The board of county commissioners of any county which has a county library district constitutes the taxing authority of such district and may issue...
• Section 3375.25, 3375.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-17-1961
• Section 3375.27 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3375.403.
  Effective Date: 09-11-1985
• Section 3375.28 - Creation Of Regional Library District.
  The board of county commissioners of two or more contiguous counties may by joint resolution create a regional library district and may provide for...
• Section 3375.29 - Resolution By Taxing Authority For Inclusion In Regional Library District - Transfer Of Title.
  In any county comprising a part of a regional library district or in any county contiguous to such a county in which there has...
• Section 3375.30 - Appointment, Term, And Compensation Of Board Of Library Trustees Of A Regional Library District.
  In any two or more contiguous counties in which there has been created a regional library district, there shall be a board of library...
• Section 3375.31 - Tax Levy By Board Of County Commissioners For Regional Library District.
  The board of library trustees of a regional library district may annually, during the month of May, certify to the boards of county commissioners...
• Section 3375.32 - Meeting Of Boards Of Library Trustees - Organization - Election Of Clerk - Bond.
  Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code shall meet not later...
• Section 3375.33 - Boards Of Library Trustees Are Bodies Politic And Corporate.
  The boards of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code are bodies politic and...
• Section 3375.34 - Name Of Board Of Library Trustees.
  The board of trustees of a free public library, appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 3375.35 - Rules Of Procedure - Annual Report.
  Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code shall, in the exercise...
• Section 3375.351 - Payment Of Employees By Direct Deposit.
  The fiscal officer of each board of library trustees appointed under section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code may...
• Section 3375.36 - Treasurer Of Library Funds - Deposits Of Moneys - Monthly Statement - Financial Statement.
  The fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of a free public library shall be the treasurer of the library funds. All moneys...
• Section 3375.37 - Statement Filed With County Auditor.
  Before giving the fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library a warrant for funds due such board, the...
• Section 3375.38 - Compliance With Duties Relating To Moneys Credited To Board Of Library Trustees.
  All the duties required of the county auditor, county treasurer, or other officer or person relating to the moneys to the credit of or...
• Section 3375.39 - Accounting By Clerk - Count And Certificate.
  At the expiration of the term of a fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library or before such...
• Section 3375.391 - Treasurer To Credit Earnings On Investments.
  The board of library trustees of any free public library district may adopt a resolution requiring the treasurer of the district to credit the...
• Section 3375.392 - Use Of Credit Card To Pay Library Expenses.
  (A) A board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code may authorize an...
• Section 3375.40 - Board Of Library Trustees - Powers And Duties.
  Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code may do the following:...
• Section 3375.401 - Purchase Of Liability Insurance.
  Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 1713.28, 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, and 3375.22 of the Revised Code may procure policies of...
• Section 3375.402 - Establishment Of Museums.
  A library board may contract with a corporation not for profit organized to establish a museum for the use of the general public and...
• Section 3375.403 - Contract For Public Library Service.
  The board of library trustees or governing body of any public library may contract for public library service with the board of library trustees...
• Section 3375.404 - Issuance Of Notes And Anticipation Notes.
  (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Anticipation notes" means notes issued in anticipation of the library fund library facilities notes authorized by this...
• Section 3375.405 - Evaluating Library Buildings For Energy Conservation; Energy Conservation Report; Implementation.
  (A) As used in this section, "energy conservation measure" means the construction of, installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a...
• Section 3375.41 - Contracts Over Fifty Thousand Dollars To Require Bidding Procedure.
  When a board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code determines to construct,...
• Section 3375.411 - Retirement Systems For Library Employees.
  A board of library trustees of a free public library, appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 3375.06, 3375.08, 3375.12, 3375.15, and 3375.22 of...
• Section 3375.42 - Contract For Library Service - Tax Levy.
  (A) The board of county commissioners of any county, the board of education of any school district, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation,...
• Section 3375.43 - Submission Of Question - Issuance And Sale Of Bonds By Subdivision For Library Purposes.
  Any public library board of trustees charged with the title, custody, control, and maintenance of a public library in the state may request the...
• Section 3375.431 - Board Of Education May Issue Bonds For Libraries.
  The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district, which does not have a board of library trustees established under...
• Section 3375.44 - Payment Of Interest - Retirement Of Bonds - Annual Levy.
  After the issue of any notes or bonds under section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the public library board of trustees on behalf of...
• Section 3375.45 - Control And Management Of Sinking Or Bond Retirement Fund.
  When bonds are issued pursuant to section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the board or officer of the political subdivision issuing such bonds having...
• Section 3375.46 - Bureau Of Municipal Research And Information May Be Established.
  Any board of library trustees of a school district may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation located in such school district for...
• Section 3375.47 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-30-2004
• Section 3375.48 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-04-1996; 09-29-2005; 2008 HB420 12-30-2009
• Section 3375.481 - Consortium Of County Law Library Resources Boards.
  (A) There is hereby created a statewide consortium of county law library resources boards. The statewide consortium shall be comprised of the county law...
• Section 3375.49 - Board Of County Commissioners Shall Provide For Law Library.
  (A) For the use of the law library referred to in section 3375.48 of the Revised Code as repealed by this act, the board...
• Section 3375.50 - Allowance To Law Libraries From Fines And Penalties Of Municipal Courts.
  Amended and transferred to 307.515 All fines and penalties collected by, and moneys arising from forfeited bail in, a municipal court for offenses and...
• Section 3375.51 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-17-1987; 2008 HB420 01-01-2010
• Section 3375.52 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-06-1986; 2008 HB420 01-01-2010
• Section 3375.53 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-06-1986; 2008 HB420 01-01-2010
• Section 3375.54 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-15-1981; 09-29-2005; 2008 HB420 03-25-2009
• Section 3375.55 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-10-1961; 09-29-2005; 2008 HB420 03-25-2009
• Section 3375.56 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB420 01-01-2010
• Section 3375.61 - Financial Aid To Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association.
  In recognition of the work the Ohioana Library Association, Martha Kinney Cooper Memorial, a corporation organized not for profit under the laws of this...
• Section 3375.62 - Appointment Of Trustees.
  The governor shall appoint four members of the board of trustees of the Ohioana Library Association, Martha Kinney Cooper Memorial. Terms of office shall...
• Section 3375.63 - Eligibility For Membership On Board Of Public Library Trustees.
  No person shall be ineligible for membership on a board of public library trustees because of his employment by a school district or other...
• Section 3375.64 - Public Library Information Network.
  (A) There is hereby established the Ohio public library information network, as an independent agency within the state library of Ohio, for the purpose...
• Section 3375.65 - Library Information Network Board Of Trustees.
  (A) There is hereby created the Ohio public library information network board of trustees, which shall be the governing board of the Ohio public...
• Section 3375.66 - Duties And Powers Of Board Of Trustees.
  (A) To fulfill the network purpose under section 3375.64 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of the Ohio public library information network...
• Section 3375.67 - Dissolution Of Network.
  If the need for the Ohio public library information network ceases to exist, the network board of trustees, by a two-thirds vote of its...
• Section 3375.79 - Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grant fund consisting of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grants...
• Section 3375.70 To 3375.73 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-30-1999
• Section 3375.80 - Libraries Designated As Resource Centers.
  To encourage and make available adequate library reference and research facilities, the state library board may designate certain libraries as resource centers and develop...
• Section 3375.81 - Essential Library Services Support Program.
  A program of grants, to be known as the essential library services support program, is hereby established within the limitation of funds appropriated by...
• Section 3375.82 - Administration Of Grants.
  The state library board shall administer all grants and shall provide for the expenditure of all funds appropriated for the essential library services support...
• Section 3375.83 - Interstate Library Compact.
  The "interstate library compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio with all states legally joining therein...
• Section 3375.831 - Instrument To Identify State Agency For Whose Use And Benefit Real Property Is Acquired.
  Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 3375.83 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that...
• Section 3375.84 - Interstate Library Compact Definitions.
  As used in the interstate library compact: (A) "State library agency," with reference to this state, means the state library board as designated in...
• Section 3375.85 - Aid To Interstate Library District Partly Within State.
  An interstate library district lying partly within this state may claim and be entitled to receive state aid, other than aid from the public...
• Section 3375.90 - Formation Of Regional Library System.
  Public libraries in two or more counties, or four or more libraries, including two or more types, within a metropolitan area, as defined by...
• Section 3375.91 - Board Of Trustees Of Regional Library System - Powers And Duties.
  The board of trustees of each regional library system may: (A) Develop plans of service and operation for the regional library system and submit...
• Section 3375.92 - Clerk And Deputy Clerk Of Board - Duties.
  The fiscal officer of the board of trustees of the regional library system is the treasurer of the organization's funds. Before entering upon their...
• Section 3375.93 - Dissolution Of Or Withdrawal From Regional Library System.
  If the need for a regional library system ceases to exist, the board of trustees may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, declare...

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