Code of Virginia - Title 42.1 Libraries - Chapter 3 State And Federal Aid

42.1-46 Library policy of the Commonwealth
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Commonwealth, as a part of its provision for public education, to promote the establishment and ...

42.1-47 Grants for development of library service
In order to provide state aid in the development of public library service throughout the Commonwealth, the Library Board, in this chapter sometimes called the ...

42.1-48 Grants to improve standards
In order to encourage the maintenance and development of proper standards, including personnel standards, and the combination of libraries or library systems into larger and ...

42.1-49 Grants to municipal libraries
Every qualifying municipal library serving an area containing less than 5,000 population shall receive its proper share, but not less than $400. (1970, c. 606.) ...

42.1-50 Limitation of grants; proration of funds
The total amount of grants under §§ 42.1-48 and 42.1-49 shall not exceed the amount expended, exclusive of state and federal aid, by the political ...

42.1-51 Obligations of libraries and systems receiving aid
The obligations of the various library systems and libraries receiving state aid, shall consist of establishing and maintaining an organization as approved by the Board, ...

42.1-52 Standards of eligibility for aid; reports on operation of libraries; supervision of service...
The Board shall establish standards under which library systems and libraries shall be eligible for state aid and may require reports on the operation of ...

42.1-53 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 24. ...

42.1-54 Procedure for purchase of books, materials and equipment and payment on salaries
All proposals for books, materials and equipment to be purchased with state aid funds and all proposals for aid in the payment of salaries of ...

42.1-55 Free service available to all
The service of books in library systems and libraries receiving state aid shall be free and shall be made available to all persons living in ...

42.1-56 Meaning of term "books."
The term "books" as used in this chapter may be interpreted in the discretion of the Board to mean books, magazines, newspapers, appropriate audiovisual materials ...

42.1-57 Authority of Library Board to accept and distribute federal funds
The Library Board is empowered, subject to approval of the Governor, to accept grants of federal funds for libraries and to allocate such funds to ...

42.1-58 Agreements providing for expenditure of federal and matching funds
The Library Board and the cities and counties of the Commonwealth are authorized to enter into agreements providing for the supervision of the expenditure of ...

42.1-59 Description unavailable
Reserved. ...