2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 65. Public Libraries
§65-158. Library commission - General powers and duties.

Every city-county library commission created by this act shall have all the powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and provisions hereof, including in addition to others herein granted, the following powers:

(a) To establish a city-county library system and to adopt such rules and regulations for the operation thereof as may be deemed necessary or expedient.

(b) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings or portions of buildings for library purposes.

(c) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at one or more places in the county.

(d) To accept transfer of any existing public library or libraries by lease or other conveyance.

(e) To acquire by purchase or otherwise books and other personal property customarily used in the operation of public libraries, including necessary motor vehicles.

(f) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by purchase or other means when by proper resolution the commission finds that said property is not needed for library purposes.

(g) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real property in the name "City-County Library Commission of _____ County" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for and on behalf of the commission by the chairman and shall be attested by the secretary, only after authorization by resolution of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners.

(h) To accept, or in its discretion to decline donations tendered to the city-county library system.

(i) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become available for library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A, Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.

(j) To enter into agreements with school districts in any area served by the library upon such terms as may be mutually agreed. The agreement shall prescribe equitable charges for the cost to serve schools which include on-site costs of library collection and library automation and the cost of providing assigned staffing which meets the certification requirements for school library media programs.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 494, § 8, emerg. eff. April 13, 1961. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 335, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 362, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994.