Section 29-6-6. – Construction and capital improvements.
§ 29-6-6. Construction and capital improvements. The office of library and information services may cause to be paid to a city or town treasurer, or to any free public library in the state, a grant-in-aid for the construction and capital improvement of any free public library as the chief of library services may determine is […]
Section 29-6-7. – State supported institutions.
§ 29-6-7. State supported institutions. For each state supported residential institution and the school for the deaf, the state’s share under this program to support library services for residents or students shall be gradually increased until the state’s share in fiscal year 2000 is equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount appropriated […]
Section 29-5-4. – Appropriations.
§ 29-5-4. Appropriations. 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 these functions are eligible for support when carried on by entities wholly within this state. For the […]
Section 29-5-5. – Compact administrator.
§ 29-5-5. Compact administrator. The chief of library services shall be the compact administrator pursuant to article X of § 29-5-1. History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 29-5-5; P.L. 1963, ch. 22, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 51, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 25.
Section 29-5-6. – Notices of withdrawal.
§ 29-5-6. Notices of withdrawal. In the event of withdrawal from the compact, the chief of library services shall send and receive any notices required by article XI(b) of § 29-5-1. History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 29-5-6; P.L. 1963, ch. 22, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 144, § 4; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, […]
Section 29-4-3. – City or town appropriations.
§ 29-4-3. City or town appropriations. Any town or city not owning a free public library may annually, by the majority vote of the electors of the town qualified to vote and voting on the proposition, or by vote of the city council of the city, appropriate such sum or sums as it shall deem […]
Section 29-4-4. – Gifts.
§ 29-4-4. Gifts. In case any library, or funds for the establishment thereof, may be offered to any city or town on the condition that the library shall be maintained as a free public library, the city council of any city, or town council of any town, is hereby authorized to accept this gift in […]
Section 29-4-5. – Appointment of board of trustees.
§ 29-4-5. Appointment of board of trustees. Whenever any city or town shall establish a free public library, or shall become possessed, as provided in this chapter, of any free public library, the city council or town council, as the case may be, shall proceed to elect a board of trustees, to consist of not […]
Section 29-4-6. – Powers and duties of trustees.
§ 29-4-6. Powers and duties of trustees. The trustees shall take possession of the library, and shall, thereafter, be the legal guardians and custodians of the library. They shall provide suitable rooms for the library, arrange for the proper care of the library, choose one or more competent persons as librarians and fix their compensation, […]
Section 29-4-7. – Library funds.
§ 29-4-7. Library funds. All appropriations from the city or town and state, and the income of all funds belonging to the library, shall be subject to the exclusive control of the trustees, and the several city and town treasurers shall pay, within the limits of the appropriations and other library funds in their hands, […]