§ 20-5-60. “State Library Agency” Defined
As used in the Interstate Library Compact, “state library agency,” with reference to this state, means the Office of Public Library Services of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 872, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 13; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 90. […]
§ 20-5-61. Compact Enacted; Terms
The Interstate Library Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: “INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT
§ 20-5-62. Participating Political Subdivisions to Comply With Laws on Capital Outlay and Pledging of Credit
No municipality, county, or other political subdivision of this state shall be a party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to Article III, subdivision (c), paragraph (7) of the compact, or pledge its credit in support of such a library, or contribute to the capital financing […]
§ 20-5-63. State and Federal Aid to Interstate Library Districts
An interstate library district lying partly within this state may claim and be entitled to receive state aid in support of any of its functions to the same extent and in the same manner as such functions are eligible for support when carried on by entities wholly within this state. For the purposes of computing […]
§ 20-5-64. Appointment of Compact Administrator and Deputy Administrators
The board of regents shall appoint an officer of this state to be the compact administrator pursuant to Article X of the compact. The board of regents shall also appoint one or more deputy compact administrators pursuant to such article. History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 872, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 91. […]
§ 20-5-65. Notices of Withdrawal From Compact
In the event of withdrawal from the compact, the board of regents shall send and receive any notices required by Article XI(b) of the compact. History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 872, § 6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 92. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, […]
§ 20-5-52. Prohibition of Theft or Damage of Library Property
Any person who shall steal or unlawfully take or willfully or maliciously write upon, cut, tear, deface, disfigure, soil, obliterate, break, or destroy or who shall sell or buy or receive, knowing it to have been stolen, any book, pamphlet, document, newspaper, periodical, map, chart, picture, portrait, engraving, statue, coin, medal, equipment, specimen, recording, video […]
§ 20-5-53. Procedures Following Failure of Library Patron to Return Borrowed Property
Any person who borrows from any public library any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, video product, microform, computer software, film, or other article or equipment necessary to its display or use belonging to or in the care of such public library under any agreement to return it and thereafter fails to return such […]
§ 20-5-54. Prohibition of Concealing or Removing Library Property
Any person who, without authority and with the intention of depriving the public library of the ownership of such property, willfully conceals a book or other public library property, while still on the premises of such public library, or willfully or without authority removes any book or other property from any public library shall be […]
§ 20-5-55. Immunity of Library Agents and Employees From Civil Actions Arising From Part
An agent or employee of a public library or of any department or office of the state or local government causing the arrest of any person pursuant to the provisions of this part shall not be held civilly liable for unlawful detention, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, false arrest, or assault and battery of the […]