43.53 Joint libraries. (1) Joint libraries may be created by any 2 or more municipalities or by a county and one or more municipalities located in whole or in part in the county, by appropriate agreement of their governing bodies. Section 43.52 applies to joint libraries. (2) Joint library agreements under sub. (1) shall contain […]
43.54 Municipal library board composition. (1) (a) Each public library established under s. 43.52 shall be administered by a library board composed in each city of the 2nd or 3rd class or school district of 9 members, in each city of the 4th class of 7 members and in each village, town, tribal government or […]
43.57 Consolidated county libraries and county library services. (1) Consolidated county libraries. (a) A county board may establish and maintain a consolidated public library for the county, and may for such purpose adopt, take over and acquire any libraries already established, by consent of the authorities controlling those libraries. (b) If it is consistent with […]
43.58 Powers and duties. (1) The library board shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected, donated or appropriated for the library fund, and of the purchase of a site and the erection of the library building whenever authorized. The library board also shall have exclusive charge, control and custody of all […]
43.60 County appointments to municipal and joint public library boards. (3) (a) A county chairperson, with the approval of the county board, may appoint from among the residents of the county additional members to the library board of a public library of a municipality located in whole or in part in the county, for a […]
43.64 County tax. (1) The county board of a county expending money for public library service to its inhabitants may levy a tax to provide funds for such service and shall include any amount of tax under this subsection in the amount of taxes determined to be levied under s. 70.62 (1). (2) (a) In […]
43.70 Common school fund. (1) No later than October 15 of each year, each school district administrator shall certify to the state superintendent, on forms provided by the state superintendent, a report of the number of persons residing in the school district on the preceding June 30, as reported under s. 120.18 (1) (a). (2) […]
43.72 Library exchanges. (1) School library books and other instructional material belonging to one school district may be loaned to another school district for use in any school library of that school district. (2) Any public library board and school board may make such exchanges and loans of books and other instructional material as are […]
