Section 41-8-48 – Retroactivity.
Section 41-8-48 Retroactivity. This article shall not require state agencies to supply copies of publications produced prior to the implementation date of this article. (Acts 1993, No. 93-257, p. 384, §9.)
Section 41-8-22 – Compact Administrator; Deputy Compact Administrators.
Section 41-8-22 Compact administrator; deputy compact administrators. The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service shall be the compact administrator pursuant to Article X of the compact. The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service may appoint one or more deputy compact administrators pursuant to said article. (Acts 1973, No. 1121, p. 1884, §5.)
Section 41-8-23 – Restrictions as to Entry Into Library Agreements for Construction or Maintenance of Libraries, etc., by Counties, Municipalities, Etc.
Section 41-8-23 Restrictions as to entry into library agreements for construction or maintenance of libraries, etc., by counties, municipalities, etc. No county, municipality or other political subdivision of this state shall be party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to Article III, subdivision (c) 7 of […]
Section 41-8-1 – Creation; Chief Objective.
Section 41-8-1 Creation; chief objective. In order to aid in the development of higher ideals of citizenship and the enlargement of opportunity for culture and recreation and in order to afford an additional means for the further upbuilding of the educational facilities of the state, there shall be a Public Library Service, which shall be […]
Section 41-8-2 – Executive Board Generally.
Section 41-8-2 Executive board generally. The Executive Board of the Alabama Public Library Service shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, of which one member shall be from each congressional district. Such members shall be qualified electors of the state and shall have resided in the state for five years next preceding their […]
Section 41-8-3 – Election of Officers of Executive Board; Director of Public Library Service and Assistants.
Section 41-8-3 Election of officers of executive board; Director of Public Library Service and assistants. The members of the executive board shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. The board shall appoint a director. The director shall be a graduate of an accredited library school who shall have had a minimum of three […]
Section 41-8-4 – Annual Report of Executive Board to Governor.
Section 41-8-4 Annual report of executive board to Governor. The executive board shall make an annual report to the Governor. The report shall show public library conditions and progress in Alabama and a statement of the expenses and activities of the Public Library Service. These annual reports shall be printed as other annual reports of […]
Section 41-8-5 – Powers and Duties of Public Library Service Generally.
Section 41-8-5 Powers and duties of Public Library Service generally. (a) The Alabama Public Library Service shall give advice to all free public, regional, municipal and county libraries and to all communities in the state which may propose to establish public libraries, in the manner provided in this article, as to the best means of […]
Section 41-8-6 – Scholarships and Grants in Field of Library Service.
Section 41-8-6 Scholarships and grants in field of library service. The Executive Board of the Alabama Public Library Service may, upon such terms and conditions as it may fix, award scholarships or grants in the field of library science on the graduate or undergraduate level to persons of high integrity whom it may select to […]
Section 41-8-7 – Service to Obtain Reports From Public Libraries.
Section 41-8-7 Service to obtain reports from public libraries. The Alabama Public Library Service shall each year obtain from all free public libraries in the State of Alabama reports showing the conditions, growth, development and conduct of said libraries. This provision shall not apply to the libraries of the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Department […]