Kansas Statutes 12-12,100. Library district; powers
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-12,100
- board: means the library board of trustees appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act;
(f) "library" means a library which serves the general public and is supported in whole or in part with tax money and shall be called the Independence area public library;
(g) "governing body" means the governing body of the city of Independence, Kansas or the board of county commissioners of Montgomery county, Kansas; and
(h) "maintenance and support" means the general and usual cost and expense of operating a library. See Kansas Statutes 12-1281
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Governing body: shall mean the governing body of a city, the board of county commissioners of a county, and the township trustee, clerk and treasurer acting as the township board of a township. See Kansas Statutes 12-1218
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Library: shall mean a library which serves the general public and is supported in whole or in part with tax money. See Kansas Statutes 12-1218
- Municipality: shall mean a county, township or incorporated city. See Kansas Statutes 12-1218
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
The Eudora community library district shall constitute a body corporate and politic and shall have the power to:
(a) Enter into contracts;
(b) sue, and be sued;
(c) acquire, hold and convey real and personal property;
(d) make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the library district;
(e) lease a site or sites and to lease a building or buildings for library purposes;
(f) acquire material and equipment deemed necessary by the library district board for the maintenance and extension of modern library service;
(g) employ one or more librarians and such other employees as the library district board deems necessary;
(h) establish and maintain a library and traveling library service within the library district or within any other municipality with which service contract arrangements have been made;
(i) contract with other libraries or the governing body of a municipality for the furnishing of library service to the residents of the municipality and contract with any school board to furnish library service to any school library or to use the library facilities of the public school to supplement the facilities of the public library;
(j) receive, accept and administer any moneys appropriated or granted to it by the state or the federal government;
(k) receive and accept any gift or donation to the library district and administer the same in accordance with any provisions thereof; and
(l) make annual reports to the state librarian, on or before January 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year, showing receipts and disbursements from all funds under its control and showing such statistical information relating to library materials acquired and on hand, number of library users, library services available and other information of general interest as the governing body requires.