§ 20-5-49. Authorization of Library Systems to Enter Into Contracts
Library systems are authorized to make and enter into such contracts or agreements as are deemed necessary and desirable. All such contracts or agreements entered into shall: Detail the specific nature of the services, programs, facilities, arrangements, or properties to which such contracts or agreements are applicable; Provide for the allocation of costs and other […]
§ 20-5-50. Requirement of Finance Bond
Each library board which handles finances must keep a current bond for an adequate amount determined by the board of trustees and recorded in the minutes on the library director, the treasurer of the board of trustees, or other officials and employees authorized to handle funds. Proof of the bond for each board must be […]
§ 20-5-51. Dissolution of or Withdrawal From a Library System
A library system shall be dissolved by a reversal of procedures followed in its original organization. A majority of the board members in a majority of the counties must agree to the dissolution of the system. One county in a multicounty system may withdraw by a reversal of the procedure by which the county became […]
§ 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 […]
§ 20-5-40. Power of Local Governments to Establish Public Libraries; Procedures for Establishment
The governing authority of any county or municipality may establish a public library system. Any public library established pursuant to this part shall be a tax-exempt institution. A public library may be established in the following manner: By resolution or act, at the discretion of the governing authority, of any county or municipality, or any […]
§ 20-5-56. Requirement of Certification of Librarians
All persons holding professional positions with the title of librarian must be certified by the State Board for the Certification of Librarians. History. Code 1981, § 20-5-56 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1. Cross references. Librarians, § 43-24-1 et seq. Administrative rules and regulations. Certification of librarians, Official Compilation of the […]
§ 20-5-41. Establishment of Boards of Trustees to Govern Libraries
Each library system shall be governed by a board of trustees. Each system shall have a governing board of trustees but may have other affiliated boards of trustees for member libraries. The county board of library trustees shall exercise authority in a county system. The regional board of library trustees shall exercise authority in a […]