Kansas Statutes 75-2551. Regional systems of cooperating libraries; finance; cash basis and budget laws applicable; tax levy authorized
Federal funds for public library service made available to the state which are administered by the state librarian or state board may be used in support of any one or more regional system of cooperating libraries within the provisions of such federal legislation. The use of funds of any regional system of cooperating libraries shall be established by the system board by contracts with boards of participating libraries, or otherwise.
Participating boards shall have the power and are hereby authorized to pay for services purchased from the system board.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-2551
- Board: means the library board of any library established or operating under authority of the laws of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 75-2548
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Regional system of cooperating libraries: means two or more libraries cooperating in a system approved by the state board and officially designated as a regional system of cooperating libraries under this act. See Kansas Statutes 75-2548
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- state librarian: means the state librarian appointed pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-2554
- System board: means the governing board comprised of representatives of libraries in a regional system of cooperating libraries, and which is authorized by this act to direct and plan library service for a regional system to the extent and in the manner provided by this act. See Kansas Statutes 75-2548
Any funds appropriated by the legislature and administered by the state librarian for the promotion of library services may be used to pay all or part of the expenses and equipment of any regional system of cooperating libraries.
The system board shall be subject to the cash basis and budget laws of the state. The budget of the system board shall be prepared, adopted and published as provided by law and hearing shall be held thereon in the first week of the month of August of each year. The tax levy made pursuant to the budget shall be based upon the certified preliminary abstract of property values submitted to the director of property valuation pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 79-1604, and amendments thereto, and shall be certified to the county clerks of each county in the territory of the regional system of cooperating libraries.
Each system board is hereby authorized to levy not in excess of 3/4 mill of tax to be used for library purposes on all of the taxable property within the boundaries of the regional system of cooperating libraries that is not within a district supporting a library with funds of the district.