Michigan Laws 397.561 – Use of facilities and resources of member libraries; availability of services of cooperative library; appeal from refusal of service
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 397.561
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Cooperative board: means the governing board of a cooperative library. See Michigan Laws 397.552
- Cooperative library: means the library or service center designated by a cooperative board to execute services established by a cooperative plan and provided to libraries participating in a cooperative. See Michigan Laws 397.552
- Department: means the department of history, arts, and libraries. See Michigan Laws 397.552
Following establishment of a cooperative board, residents of the cooperative library‘s area are eligible to use the facilities and resources of the member libraries subject to the rules of the cooperative library plan. Services of the cooperative library, including those of participating libraries, are to be available at reasonable times and on an equal basis within the areas served to schoolchildren, individuals in public and nonpublic institutions of learning, and a student or resident within the area. An applicant refused service may appeal to the department, which shall review the operation of the cooperative library and may withhold state aid funds until the services are granted.