2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 134 - 135 Libraries
Chapter 134 Public Libraries; Multicounty, Multitype Libraries
Section 134.21 INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT.

134.21 INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT.
The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of
this state with any state bordering on Minnesota which legally joins therein in substantially
the following form:

INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT

The contracting states agree that:

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE
Because the desire for the services provided by public libraries transcends governmental
boundaries and can be provided most effectively by giving such services to communities of people
regardless of jurisdictional lines, it is the policy of the states who are parties to this compact to
cooperate and share their responsibilities in providing joint and cooperative library services in
areas where the distribution of population makes the provision of library service on an interstate
basis the most effective way to provide adequate and efficient services.

ARTICLE II

PROCEDURE
The appropriate officials and agencies of the party states or any of their political subdivisions
may, on behalf of said states or political subdivisions, enter into agreements for the cooperative or
joint conduct of library services when they shall find that the executions of agreements to that end
as provided herein will facilitate library services.

ARTICLE III

CONTENT
Any such agreement for the cooperative or joint establishment, operation, or use of library
services, facilities, personnel, equipment, materials, or other items not excluded because of
failure to enumerate shall, as among the parties of the agreement: (1) Detail the specific nature
of the services, facilities, properties, or personnel to which it is applicable; (2) provide for
the allocation of costs and other financial responsibilities; (3) specify the respective rights,
duties, obligations, and liabilities; (4) stipulate the terms and conditions for duration, renewal,
termination, abrogation, disposal of joint or common property, if any, and all other matters which
may be appropriate to the proper effectuation and performance of said agreement.

ARTICLE IV

CONFLICT OF LAWS
Nothing in this compact or in any agreement entered into hereunder shall be construed to
supersede, alter, or otherwise impair any obligation imposed on any public library by otherwise
applicable laws.

ARTICLE V

ADMINISTRATOR
Each state shall designate a compact administrator with whom copies of all agreements to
which his state or any subdivision thereof is party shall be filed. The administrator shall have such
powers as may be conferred upon him by the laws of his state and may consult and cooperate
with the compact administrators of other party states and take such steps as may effectuate the
purposes of this compact.

ARTICLE VI

EFFECTIVE DATE
This compact shall become operative immediately upon its enactment by any state or
between it and any other contiguous state or states so enacting.

ARTICLE VII

RENUNCIATION
This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each party state until six
months after any such state has given notice of repeal by the legislature. Such withdrawal shall not
be construed to relieve any party to an agreement authorized by articles II and III of the compact
from the obligation of that agreement prior to the end of its stipulated period of duration.

ARTICLE VIII

SEVERABILITY; CONSTRUCTION
The provisions of this compact shall be severable. It is intended that the provisions of this
compact be reasonably and liberally construed.
History: 1967 c 4 s 1