§65-1-101. Short title.
This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Library Code. Added by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 1-101, emerg. eff. April 6, 1967.
§65-1-102. Policy.
It shall be the policy of the State of Oklahoma to promote, support, and implement the development and maintenance of adequate public and special library facilities and services throughout the state in whatever forms and by whatever means may be most beneficial and feasible. Adequate library services are deemed to be necessary to the cultural, […]
§65-1-103. Purpose.
It is the purpose of the Oklahoma Library Code to accomplish this policy by providing for: (a) Creation of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries to discharge the responsibility and exercise the authority of the State of Oklahoma for adequate library facilities and services in and for state government and throughout the state. (b) Establishment, development […]
§65-1-104. Definitions.
When used in this Code unless the context otherwise requires: (a) The term “library system” shall mean a unified public library organization under single direction in an area of not less than one county. (b) The term “public library” shall mean a library or library system that is freely open to all persons under identical […]
§65-1-105. Disclosure of records.
A. Any library which is in whole or in part supported by public funds including but not limited to public, academic, school or special libraries, and having records indicating which of its documents or other materials, regardless of format, have been loaned to or used by an identifiable individual or group shall not disclose such […]
§65-151. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the City-County Library Act. Added by Laws 1961, p. 492, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1961. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 322, § 13, eff. July 1, 1992.
§65-152. Policy and purpose.
The purpose of this act is to foster and promote the establishment, maintenance and operation of city-county library systems in order to give all of the citizens of the counties affected hereby equal access to comprehensive library collections. It is the policy of the state to encourage the formation of such cooperative library systems to […]
§65-153. Application.
Any county of the state is hereby authorized to avail itself of the provisions of this act and to combine its funds with the funds of a city to be expended for the purposes herein set forth. The board of county commissioners of any such county in this state is hereby authorized to contract with […]
§65-154. Library commission – Appointment – Tenure – Vacancies – Compensation.
The city-county library commission shall consist of eleven (11) members. Six of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city subject to approval of the governing body thereof. Three of the members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. The mayor of the city and the chairman of the board […]
§65-155. Officers – Meetings – Quorums – Contracts.
The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish. The term of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at least one meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the […]
§65-156. Librarian – Qualifications – Staff – Other employees.
The commission shall appoint a librarian of the city-county library system on the basis of merit and experience. Such librarian shall be a graduate of a library school accredited by the American Library Association. The librarian shall serve at the discretion of the commission. The librarian may appoint and remove staff members and other employees, […]
§65-157. Budget – Contributions – Expenditures.
It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual budget. Each county and city establishing a city-county library system, as herein provided, at the beginning of each fiscal year or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, shall agree upon the necessary contributions to be made by each for the establishment, operation […]
§65-158. Library commission – General powers and duties.
Every city-county library commission created by this act shall have all the powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and provisions hereof, including in addition to others herein granted, the following powers: (a) To establish a city-county library system and to adopt such rules and regulations for the operation thereof as may […]
§65-158.1. Limitations on library commissions in counties of less than 200,000 population.
In exercising its powers and fulfilling its duties, a commission for a city-county library in a county having a population of less than two hundred thousand (200,000) shall be subject to the following limitations in addition to other limitations specifically provided by statute: 1. The commission’s exercise of the powers granted pursuant to Section 158 […]
§65-159. Other libraries – Contracts.
The governing body of any other city or town in any county is authorized to contract with the city-county library commission, subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners, to bring such other city or town into the city-county library system, upon such terms as may […]
§65-160. Employee retirement.
If, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes or of any statute supplemental thereto or of any charter provision of the city, a retirement system is established for the employees of the city, the employees of the city-county library system may be included in that retirement system on […]
§65-161. Act cumulative.
This act is intended to be cumulative and in addition to any other law heretofore passed on libraries and shall not repeal any law on this subject. Added by Laws 1961, p. 495, § 11, emerg. eff. April 13, 1961.
§65-182. Insurance – Public governmental function.
Any library or libraries owned or operated by the state or any multicounty or district, city-county or joint city-county, county, city, town, or other public library or libraries, may purchase insurance from the funds of such libraries or entities for protection against loss, loss of use, destruction, theft, damages, or other casualties to the property […]
§65-183. Act construed.
Nothing in this act shall affect, limit, modify, restrict, or supplant the provisions of House Bill 839, Twenty-eighth Legislature. Added by Laws 1961, p. 496, § 2, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961.
§65-184. Workers’ compensation insurance for library employees.
From and after the effective date of this act, it shall be lawful to purchase Workers’ Compensation Insurance for all employees of city-county, joint city-county, cooperative county, and all other employees of public libraries authorized to be created under the Constitution and laws of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1965, c. 130, § 1, emerg. eff. […]