North Dakota Code 54-24.3-10 – Regional library cooperative members – Rights and responsibilities
All members of a regional library cooperative are entitled to receive supplementary reference services, delivery service for library materials, interlibrary loan services, and assistance with citation and location of materials, and reciprocal borrowing privileges among the users of member libraries. All members of a regional library cooperative shall share resources with the exception that rare or restricted materials may be exempt, implementing use standards and protocols; avail themselves of continuing education and training opportunities provided by the cooperative; participate in reference, referral, and interlibrary loan services using communication systems for information exchanged among all types of libraries; maintain total expenditures for library operation, excluding capital improvements, at a level not lower than the preceding fiscal year, or maintain the same or higher mill levy or mill rate equivalency as the preceding fiscal year; and participate in cooperative bibliographic projects.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-24.3-10
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33