Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-108 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-108
Participation in health insurance plans authorized
Status: in_force

The Department may participate in an approved health insurance

program for full-time employees and use appropriated funds for said

purpose, either for the exclusive benefits of its staff or jointly

with other such programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-118 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-118
Definitions
Status: in_force

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As used in this act:

1. "Property corner" means a geographic point on the surface of

the earth, and is on, a part of, and controls a property line;

2. "Property controlling corner" means a public land survey

corner, or any property corner, which does not lie on a property

line of the property in question, but which controls the location of

one or more of the property corners of the property in question;

3. "Public land survey corner" means any corner actually

established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as

a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land to a

private person from the United States government;

4. "Accessory to a corner" means any exclusively identifiable

physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is

recorded. Accessories may be bearing trees, bearing objects,

monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-

filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other objects;

5. "Monument" means a physical structure that occupies the

exact position of a corner;

6. "Reference monument" means a special monument that does not

occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but

whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded, and which

serves to witness the corner;

7. "Surveyor" means any person who is authorized by the laws of

this state to practice land surveying;

8. "Board" means the State Board of Registration for

Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; and

9. "Division" means the Office of Archives and Records of the

Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-41 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-41
Extension or operation of library services - Grants -
Status: in_force

Purchase of personal property.

In the administration of any state plan for the extension or

operation of library services of any type, or of any allied or

related services, the State Librarian and Archivist may, from funds

available for the carrying out of said plan, make grants under such

condition as he considers appropriate and may purchase personal

property to be used in the operation of the plan. He may either

loan or transfer the title of such personal property to the

libraries or other agencies participating in the plan, under such

conditions as he may deem appropriate, including but not limited to

conditions as to use, maintenance, repair, replacement, insurance,

continuation of the program established by the plan, and the return

of such personal property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-114 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-114
Deposit of state publications with Publications
Status: in_force

Clearinghouse - Failure to comply.

A. Every agency except institutions of higher education, but

specifically including any board of regents for higher education,

which issues a state publication shall immediately file the

publication electronically, in compliance with the provision of any

applicable section of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes that is

related to submission of state publications. If a state publication

cannot be filed electronically, a maximum of twenty-five copies

shall be deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse in lieu of

the electronic filing and the agency shall include an explanation of

the reason the document cannot be filed electronically.

B. Upon failure of an agency to comply with the provisions of

this section, the Director of the Department of Libraries shall

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 18

forward a written notice of the failure to the chief administrative

officer of the agency. The notice shall state a reasonable time,

not to exceed thirty (30) days, in which the agency shall fully

comply. Further failure to comply shall be reported in writing to

the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, and the Attorney General. The Attorney

General shall immediately institute mandamus proceedings to secure

compliance by the agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-56 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-56
Subjects included in system
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is hereby authorized

and directed to establish at the earliest possible date an automated

data processing and information retrieval system and a statewide

information network. The automated data processing and information

retrieval system shall be a part of and may utilize the equipment

and services of the Oklahoma Government Telecommunications Network

(OGTN) created in Section 1 of this act, when available.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 40

B. The automated data processing and information retrieval

system shall include the following elements and operations as

rapidly as circumstances permit:

1. Legislative reference and research, including current

legislative data;

2. Data base of the holdings of Oklahoma libraries;

3. Statistical information and reports of state institutions;

4. Rules and regulations of state agencies;

5. Laws of the state;

6. Public documents of Oklahoma, the United States and other

governments;

7. Opinions of the Attorney General;

8. General reference and research;

9. Oklahoma information center;

10. Legal reference and research;

11. Archives and records of the state;

12. Printed catalog of Oklahoma State Library Collections; and

13. Any other operation considered desirable, necessary or

feasible.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-202 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-202
Creation by resolution, ordinance or petition - Multicounty library systems - Termination. ... 32
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 2

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 3Multicounty library systems - Termination.

A rural single county library system may be created by

resolution or ordinance approved by the board of county

commissioners or by the governing bodies of all cities or towns of

two thousand (2,000) or more according to the most recent federal

decennial census within the proposed district, or by the county seat

town if no city or town within the county has a population of at

least two thousand (2,000), subject to approval by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries Board. The resolution and ordinances shall

specify the type of system to be created, the county to be serviced,

organization of the governing board of the system, and proposed

financing including agreement to call for a vote of the people as

necessary for special tax levies. The resolution shall constitute

application for approval by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Board when submitted to the Board.

Upon approval of the proposed system by the Oklahoma Department

of Libraries Board, the county, city and town governing bodies may

proceed with appointment of the system board and financing.

The system board may request demonstration library services by

the Oklahoma Department of Libraries before approval of special tax

levies and may request a grant of funds for interim services before

collection of special tax levies by the people of the district.

A rural single county library system may be proposed upon

resolution or ordinance of the city and town governing bodies as

provided in this section or upon presentation of petitions to the

board of county commissioners of the county signed by not less than

ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of each county voting in

the last general election requesting a vote on library funding.

Upon receipt of such petitions, the board of county commissioners

shall call a countywide vote on the proposed system funding. Upon

approval of the proposed ad valorem levy in a countywide vote, the

board of county commissioners shall submit application for approval

of the system to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board. The

application shall specify the type of system to be created, the

county to be served, organization of the governing board of the

system including a list of board members and their terms, and the

financing arrangement including the record of the vote of the people

for special tax levies.

The board of county commissioners and the governing boards of

cities and towns involved in creating the system and the governing

board of the library system are authorized to enter into contracts

and agreements with each other, other library systems, special

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 32

libraries, school and college libraries, district boards of

education, and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries as necessary to

effect the purposes of this act.

A rural single county system may be joined with another county

or counties to form a multicounty library system upon action of the

board of county commissioners. A multicounty system formed between

a county having a rural single county system and other counties may

be formed only upon compliance with the procedures for establishment

of a multicounty library system set forth in the Oklahoma Statutes.

A rural single county library system created under the

provisions of this act may be terminated only by majority vote of

qualified electors voting in an election called by petitions signed

by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified electors

voting in the last preceding general election in the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-153 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-153
Application
Status: in_force

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 the governing body of a city, as

herein provided, for the establishment of a city-county library

system.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 43
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-7-101 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-7-101
Liberal interpretation
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Code shall be liberally construed to

effect the purpose and object hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-121 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-121
Reconstruction or rehabilitation of monument corners
Status: in_force

In every case where a corner record of a public land survey

corner is required to be filed or recorded under the provisions of

this act, the surveyor shall reconstruct or rehabilitate the

monument of such corner, and accessories to such corner so that it

will be as permanent a monument as is reasonably possible to provide

and so that it may be located with facility at any time in the

future.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-102 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-102
Procedure for establishment and termination
Status: in_force

A library system may be created by resolution or ordinance

approved by the boards of county commissioners or by the governing

bodies of all cities or towns of two thousand (2,000) or more

according to the latest U.S. Census within the proposed district, or

by the county seat town if no city or town within a county has a

population of at least two thousand (2,000), subject to approval by

the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board. Such resolution and

ordinances shall specify the type of system to be created, the

district to be served, organization of the governing board of the

system, proposed financing including agreement to call for a vote of

the people as necessary for special tax levies, and shall constitute

application for approval by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Board when submitted to the Board.

A library system may be created upon initiative of the county,

city and town governing bodies concerned, or upon presentation of

petitions to the board of county commissioners of each county signed

by not less than ten (10%) percent of of the qualified electors of

each county voting in the latest preceding general election. Upon

receipt of such petitions, the board of county commissioners of each

county shall forthwith call for a countywide vote on the proposed

library system.

When approval of the proposed system is granted by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries Board, the county, city and town governing

bodies shall proceed with appointment of the system board and

financing.

After appointment of the governing board of the library system,

it may request demonstration library services by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries before approval of special tax levies and/or

may request a grant of funds for interim services before collection

of special tax levies by the people of the district.

The boards of county commissioners and the governing bodies of

cities and towns involved in creation of a library system, and the

governing board of the library system, are authorized to enter into

contracts and agreements by and between such governing bodies and

with other such library systems, special and school and college

libraries, and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries in affecting the

purposes of this article and other articles of this Code.

After a system has been created, another county or counties may

be added to the system by action of the governing bodies of the

applicant counties and cities as provided in the procedure for

establishment.

Any library system created under the provisions of this Code may

be terminated, or a part thereof may withdraw and resulting special

tax levies shall be discontinued only by majority vote of qualified

electors voting in an election called by petitions signed by not

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less than twenty (20%) percent of the qualified electors voting in

the latest preceding general election of the county or counties

wishing to terminate or withdraw.

This provision for termination of all or a part of a library

system shall not prohibit the reorganization of any system, or the

transfer of part of a system to another system or the merging of

systems, by act of the county, city and town governing bodies with

approval of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board, provided

that such changes do not result in termination of library service in

any other area for which such service has been approved.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-201 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-201
Establishment, special levies authorized - Incorporation
Status: in_force

of existing libraries.

Counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized and empowered

to join in creation, development, operation and maintenance of

public libraries to serve rural single county library systems, and

to appropriate and allocate funds for the support of such systems.

The systems shall provide equitable library services to all persons

in the county.

After establishment a rural single county library system must be

accredited by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board.

Special levies of any and all taxes authorized to be levied by

counties, cities and towns under Oklahoma Statutes and the Oklahoma

Constitution are hereby authorized to be levied for support of rural

single county library systems.

When any rural single county library system is established,

existing public libraries in the county may be incorporated into the

system under a unified administration by act of local governing

bodies or vote of the people as provided in the procedure for

establishment of the rural single county library systems. Existing

public libraries in the county that are not incorporated into the

system shall have the same relationship to the system as similar

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public libraries outside the county have to the local system and to

other systems.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-554 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-554
Membership - Tenure
Status: in_force

A. The metropolitan library commission for any county with a

population of less than six hundred thousand (600,000) as determined

by the latest Federal Decennial Census shall consist of eleven (11)

members. Six of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the

county seat city, subject to approval of the governing body of that

city. Three of the members shall be appointed by the board of

county commissioners. The mayor of the county seat city and the

chairman of the board of county commissioners shall be ex officio

members of the commission and shall be entitled to vote on all

matters. The initial appointments by the city shall designate two

members to serve a term of three (3) years, two members to serve a

term of two (2) years, and two members to serve a term of one (1)

year. The initial appointments by the county shall designate one

member to serve a term of three (3) years, one member to serve a

term of two (2) years, and one member to serve a term of one (1)

year. The terms of such initial appointees and the terms of all

future appointees of both the city and county shall expire July 31

of the year the term expires, regardless of the calendar date when

the appointments are made. Subsequent appointments of either the

city or the county shall be for three-year terms, except in the case

of an appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of the

commission, which latter appointment shall be for the balance of the

unexpired term of the member whose death, resignation, or removal

has created the vacancy. A member of this commission, once

qualified, can be removed during the term of office only for

misconduct or neglect of duty and, if the member requests a hearing

before the governing body which appointed the member, after a

hearing has been held. All members of the commission shall serve

without compensation and shall serve until their successors are

appointed and confirmed. The librarian provided for in Section 556

of this title shall be the secretary of the metropolitan library

commission and shall be a nonvoting member of the commission.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 51

B. 1. Beginning July 31, 2007, the metropolitan library

commission for any county with a population of six hundred thousand

(600,000) or more as determined by the latest Federal Decennial

Census shall consist of the following members:

a. thirteen members who shall be appointed by the mayor

of the county seat city, subject to the approval of

the governing body of that city,

b. one member who shall be appointed by the board of

county commissioners to serve as an at-large member of

the commission representing citizens living in areas

of the county not otherwise represented by an

appointee,

c. one member from each municipality in the county which

has a library or library extension located within the

boundaries of the municipality and which is a part of

the metropolitan library system, who shall be

appointed by the mayor of each municipality

respectively, subject to the approval of the governing

body of each municipality,

d. the mayor of the county seat city, who shall be an ex

officio member, and

e. the chair of the board of county commissioners, who

shall be an ex officio member.

2. Any member serving on a commission subject to the provisions

of this subsection on the effective date of this act may at the

discretion of the appointing authority continue to serve until

expiration of the term.

3. For any commission created pursuant to this subsection, the

mayor of the county seat city and the chairman of the board of

county commissioners shall be ex officio members of the commission

and shall be entitled to vote on all matters.

4. For any commission created pursuant to this subsection, the

terms of the initial appointees of the county seat city shall be

staggered so that the terms of all the members do not expire in the

same year. The terms of all appointees to the commission shall

expire July 31 of the year the term expires, regardless of the

calendar date the appointments are made. All appointments to the

commission shall be for three-year terms, except in the case of an

appointment to fill a vacancy in the membership of the commission,

which shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. Once

qualified, a member of the commission may be removed from office

only for misconduct or neglect of duty. If the member requests a

hearing before the governing body which appointed the member,

removal shall be effective only after a hearing has been held. All

members of the commission shall serve without compensation and shall

serve until a successor is appointed and confirmed. The librarian

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provided for in Section 556 of this title shall be the secretary of

the commission and shall be a nonvoting member of the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-108 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-108
Oklahoma Local Library Support Revolving Fund -
Status: in_force

Applications for participation.

A. Applications for participation in the Oklahoma Local Library

Support Revolving Fund shall be submitted to the Oklahoma Department

of Libraries for approval or disapproval by the Oklahoma Department

of Libraries Board pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by

the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board. The applications shall

be initiated by:

1. The boards of county commissioners in the respective

counties either without public library service or without existing

countywide public library service;

2. The board of county commissioners in the respective counties

upon petition initiated by not less than ten percent (10%) of the

qualified electors of the county based on the total number of votes

cast at the last general election for the county office receiving

the highest number of votes at such election;

3. The district or system library boards or commissions in the

respective counties with library districts or library systems

providing countywide library service; or

4. A joint application from all or a majority of the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries certified municipal public libraries in a

respective county joined together to apply for and to administer the

expenditure of funds from the Oklahoma Local Library Support

Revolving Fund and any other funds granted or donated for the

purpose of county library services.

B. The application shall include a five-year plan for library

development for extending, initiating and/or strengthening public

library service in the respective county. The application shall

include for the initial or next funding year, a detailed, line-item

budget and descriptive program for the Oklahoma Local Library

Support Revolving Fund appropriation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-105 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-105
System board of trustees - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) Every system board created by this Code shall have all

powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose

and provisions hereof, including, in addition to others granted in

this article, the following powers:

(1) To operate and maintain a library system and to adopt such

rules and regulations for the operation thereof as may be deemed

necessary or expedient.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 25

(2) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings

or portions of buildings for library purposes.

(3) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at

one or more places.

(4) To accept transfer of any existing public library or

libraries by lease or other conveyance.

(5) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other

personal property customarily used in the operation of public

libraries including necessary motor vehicles.

(6) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by

purchase or any other means when by proper resolution the board

finds that said property is not needed for library purposes.

(7) To acquire, accept, hold, and convey legal title to

interest in real property in the name of the system board. Deeds or

other conveyances of said interests in real property shall be

executed for and on behalf of the system board by the chairman and

shall be attested by the secretary upon proper resolution of the

Board.

(8) To accept or decline donations tendered to the library

system.

(9) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become

available for library purposes.

(10) To establish a schedule of fees to cover various services

rendered and also to contract with other persons, including legal

counsel and independent certified public or certified municipal

accounting service, within the limits of its appropriations, and to

incur necessary expenses. This subsection shall not be construed to

preclude the use of the appropriate district attorney or assistant

district attorney for legal counsel and the State Auditor and

Inspector for auditing services.

(11) To apply, contract for, receive and take advantage of any

or all allocations of funds which may be available to the system

board for library or library related purposes and services under the

laws and regulations of the United States, the State of Oklahoma, or

any other state, or any organization, agency, instrumentality or

subdivision of these entities or undertake or contract for joint

activities or programs with the United States, the State of Oklahoma

or any other state, and any organization, agency, instrumentality,

or subdivision of these entities pertaining to library or library

related purposes or services; and to prepare and submit plans,

specifications, reports or applications, to execute any agreements,

to employ, fix duties and compensation of personnel, and to

administer and direct any programs, plans or projects in connection

with any of the foregoing.

(12) To enter into agreements with school districts in any area

served by the library upon such terms as may be mutually agreed.

The agreement shall prescribe equitable charges for the cost to

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serve schools which include on-site costs of library collection and

library automation and the cost of providing assigned staffing which

meets the certification requirements for school library media

programs.

(13) To borrow monies on the credit of the Board of Trustees for a

term not to exceed one (1) year.

(14) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out

the purposes and provisions of this Code.

(b) It shall be the duty of the system board to prepare an

annual budget which shall be filed on or before June 1 with the

boards of county commissioners and the county excise boards, the

State Auditor and Inspector, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries,

State Board of Equalization, and with cities and towns which

participate in financial support of the system. The system board

shall also submit an annual audit of its income and expenditures

within ninety (90) days following the close of the fiscal year to

the boards of county commissioners, the State Auditor and Inspector,

the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and with cities and towns which

participate in financial support of the system.

(c) In the case of withdrawal of a county or abolishing of a

library system, disposal of the assets, including capital equipment

and other property of the library district, shall be made in the

most equitable manner possible as determined by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries Board, who shall give consideration to such

items as the original source of the property, the amount of funds

raised from each county of the system, and the ability of the

counties to make further use of such property or equipment for

library purposes.

(d) Funds levied and collected pursuant to Article 10, Section

10-A of the Oklahoma Constitution shall be controlled and

administered under the direction of the system board.

(e) Other funds contributed from federal, state, county and

city governments, and from any other source shall be deposited in

the independent library account following such procedures as may be

agreed upon by the contributing agency, the system board, and the

Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board.

(f) Vouchers shall be drawn by such officers or employees as

prescribed by the system board. Each designated officer or employee

shall give a faithful performance bond approved by the system board

in a sum determined by the board and sufficient in amount to equal

the estimated largest sum of money which will be disbursed at any

one time. Premiums for such bond may be paid from funds of the

library system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-109 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-109
Purchase, lease and disposal of real and personal
Status: in_force

property.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is authorized to

purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and hold title to and dispose

of lands and buildings and other facilities, and materials, motor

vehicles or other equipment, or to erect and equip buildings

necessary in effecting the purposes of this Code.

B. The Department may expand the Allen Wright Memorial Library

for the purpose of providing space that will serve as a repository

and research center for Oklahoma state records pursuant to the

Records Management Act and Sections 305 through 317 of Title 67 of

the Oklahoma Statutes and to provide space for other Department of

Libraries functions as it deems necessary. No monies available to

the Department for agency operations shall be used for this

expansion project.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-122 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-122
Federal government surveys
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 21

All federal government surveys performed by authorized personnel

of agencies of the federal government shall be subject to the

provisions of this act but shall be exempt from filing fees required

in Section 5 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-555 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-555
Officers - Meetings - Quorum - Contracts
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed

members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish.

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

transaction of business and keep a record of its functions and

activities, which record shall be a public record. For the purpose

of conducting business and exercising the powers of the commission,

a majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum. The

commission may establish a schedule of fees to cover various

services rendered and may also contract with other persons, agencies

and any governmental unit for such services as it may require,

including private legal counsel and private auditing service, within

the limits of its appropriations, and may incur necessary expenses.

The commission may contract for, receive, and utilize any grants or

other financial assistance from the United States or from any other

source, public or private, in furtherance of its functions; may

incur necessary expenses in obtaining said grants or financial

assistance, within the limits of its appropriations; and shall

receive and disburse such grants or other financial assistance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-115 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-115
Counties without countywide library services -
Status: in_force

Appointment of public library board.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of

county commissioners, in counties which do not have countywide

library services through a rural single county library or as

otherwise determined by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, may

appoint a public library board consisting of not less than five nor

more than seven members. There shall be at least one member

appointed from each of the county commissioner districts.

Additional members shall be appointed as follows:

1. One member appointed by the municipal governing board of the

county seat; and

2. If the county seat is not the municipality having the

largest population, then one member to be appointed by the municipal

governing board of the municipality having the largest population.

Initial appointments shall be distributed among one-, two- and

three-year terms, with two of the appointments to be made for one

year, two to be made for two (2) years and three to be made for

three (3) years. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year

terms, except in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy in the

membership of the board, which appointment shall be for the

remainder of the unexpired term of the member when death,

resignation or removal has created the vacancy. No person shall

serve more than two (2) successive terms or be appointed for another

full term or temporary term until at least two (2) years have

elapsed from the end of the second successive term until the

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beginning of the new term. All tenure of initial and future

appointees shall expire on June 30 of the designated year. A member

of a board once qualified can thereafter be removed by the

appointive authority during his or her term of office only for

misconduct or neglect of duty.

Appointments to the board shall be made on the basis of ability,

a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and objectives

of public libraries and an active interest in the attainment of

these comprehensive goals. Appointive members shall be qualified

electors and bona fide residents of the county.

All board members shall serve thereon without compensation

except actual and necessary travel expenses as authorized by the

State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Individual memberships for board members in

state, regional, and national library associations and expenses

incurred in attending board meetings and other library and library-

related meetings may be paid from library funds upon proper

authorization of the board.

If a multicounty library system or a rural single county library

system is formed on or after July 1, 1992, which includes a county

with a public library board and provides countywide service to the

county, the public library board appointed pursuant to this section

may be terminated. All powers, duties and responsibilities of the

public library board may be transferred to the Board of Trustees of

the multicounty library system or the rural single county library

system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-205 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-205
System board of trustees - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. Every rural single county library system board shall have

all powers necessary or convenient to accomplish its purpose

including the following:

1. To operate and maintain a library system and to adopt rules

and regulations;

2. To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings

for library services;

3. To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at

one or more places;

4. To accept transfer of any existing public library or

libraries by lease or other conveyance;

5. To acquire by purchase or otherwise books and other personal

property customarily used in the operation of public libraries

including necessary motor vehicles;

6. To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by

purchase or any other means when by proper resolution the board

finds that said property is not needed for library purposes;

7. To acquire, accept, hold, and convey legal title to interest

in real property in the name of the system board; deeds or other

conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for

and on behalf of the system board by the chair and shall be attested

by the secretary upon proper resolution of the board;

8. To accept or decline donations tendered to the library

system;

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9. To administer the expenditures of any funds which may become

available for library purposes;

10. To establish a schedule of fees to cover various services

rendered;

11. To contract for professional services, including legal counsel

and independent certified public or certified municipal accounting

services, within the limits of the board's appropriations; provided

this paragraph shall not be construed to preclude the use of the

appropriate district attorney for legal counsel and the State

Auditor and Inspector for auditing services;

12. To apply, contract for, and receive any allocations of funds

which may be available to the system board for library and library-

related purposes and services under the laws and regulations of the

United States, the State of Oklahoma, or any other state,

organization, agency, instrumentality or subdivision of these

entities, and to undertake or contract for joint activities or

programs with the United States, the State of Oklahoma or any other

state, organization, agency, instrumentality, or subdivision of

these entities pertaining to library or library-related purposes or

services; and to prepare and submit plans, specifications, reports

or applications, to execute any agreements, to employ, fix duties

and compensation of personnel and to administer and direct any

programs, plans or projects in connection with any of the activities

described in this paragraph;

13. To enter into agreements with school districts in any area

served by the library system upon such terms as may be mutually

agreed. The agreement shall prescribe equitable charges for the

cost to serve schools which include on-site costs of library

collection and library automation and the cost of providing assigned

staffing which meets the certification requirements for school

library media programs;

14. To borrow money on the credit of the system board of trustees

for a term not to exceed one (1) year;

15. To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out the

purposes and provisions of this act; and

16. When available, have access to a statewide library

telecommunications network.

B. The system board shall prepare an annual budget which shall

be filed on or before June 1 with the board of county commissioners,

the county excise board, the State Auditor and Inspector, the

Oklahoma Department of Libraries, the State Board of Equalization,

and cities and towns that participate in financial support of the

system. The system board shall submit an annual audit of its income

and expenditures within ninety (90) days following the close of the

fiscal year to the board of county commissioners, the county excise

board, the State Auditor and Inspector, the Oklahoma Department of

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Libraries, the State Board of Equalization, and cities and towns

that participate in financial support of the system.

C. If a rural single county library system is abolished, the

assets shall be disposed of by the board of county commissioners

with the approval of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board.

D. Funds levied and collected pursuant to Section 10A of

Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for the purpose of creating

and maintaining a rural single county library system shall be

controlled and administered by the system board.

E. Funds from federal, state, county and city governments and

from other sources shall be deposited in a separate library account

following procedures as may be agreed upon by the contributing

agency, the system board, and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Board.

F. Vouchers may be drawn by officers or employees as prescribed

by the system board. Each officer or employee allowed to draw

vouchers shall give a faithful performance bond approved by the

system board in an amount determined by the board equal to the

estimated largest single disbursement to be made by the officer or

employee. Premiums for such bond may be paid from funds of the

library system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-57 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-57
Powers and duties of Librarian
Status: in_force

The State Librarian is authorized to apply for and receive and

to take advantage of any and all assistance, information, research,

investigations, surveys, grants, appropriations, or allocations of

funds made available for this or any related or allocated purposes

from any source; to cooperate or undertake joint activities or

programs with any organization or government, including their

agencies or subdivisions, pertaining to the purposes of this act; to

prepare and submit plans, reports, applications, specifications to

appropriate agencies or bodies, to execute any agreements, to employ

and fix the compensation and duties of personnel, and to administer

and direct any programs, plans or projects in connection with any of

the foregoing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-107 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-107
Appropriations, gifts, bequests or grants - Contracts -
Status: in_force

Libraries' Revolving Fund.

The Department may receive and use appropriations, gifts,

bequests or grants from any source, public or private, and may take

such action as may be necessary to receive such funds. It may

contract with other agencies, organizations, libraries, library

schools or the agencies of other governments for library services,

facilities, research or any allied or related purpose.

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There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, to be designated the

Oklahoma Department of Libraries' Revolving Fund. The fund shall be

administered in accordance with the Revolving Fund Procedures Act.

The Department is authorized to receive all money from departmental

forfeitures, fees, sales of materials and services, payments for

lost books and other receipts, and other miscellaneous sources, and

all such income shall be deposited in such fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-107 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-107
Oklahoma Local Library Support Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, to be designated the

"Oklahoma Local Library Support Revolving Fund". The fund shall be

a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Department of

Libraries from state appropriations designated specifically for

deposit in this fund for purposes as specified in this act and from

any other sources provided for by law. All monies accruing to the

credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries for the purpose of

providing convenient library service or access to library service

for all citizens of Oklahoma. In administering the fund the

Department of Libraries shall encourage existing public libraries to

cooperatively share library resources by:

1. Extending or establishing public library services in

unserved county areas or contracting for services with existing

Oklahoma Department of Libraries certified municipal public

libraries, other certified public libraries, library districts, or

library systems; and

2. Strengthening existing Oklahoma Department of Libraries

certified municipal public libraries, other certified public

libraries, library districts, and library systems.

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board shall establish a

formula for the equitable apportionment of monies to counties

applying and qualifying for such funds pursuant to the provisions of

this act.

Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued

by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law

with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-102 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-102
Membership of Board
Status: in_force

The members appointed by the Governor shall be qualified

electors of the state and actual residents of the Congressional

Districts from which they are appointed. No member of the Board

shall in any way be connected with the business of publishing or

selling books, periodicals or other forms of library materials, nor

with the business of manufacturing or selling library supplies or

equipment. No member shall receive any compensation for his service

on the Board directly or indirectly; provided that each appointive

member may receive reimbursement for travel expense pursuant to the

State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-117 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-117
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this act to protect and perpetuate public

land survey corners and information concerning the location of such

corners by requiring the systematic establishment of monuments and

filing of information concerning the marking of the location of such

public land survey corners and to allow the systematic location of

other property corners, thereby providing for property security and

a coherent system of property location and identification; and

thereby eliminating the repeated necessity for reestablishment and

relocations of such corners once they are established and located.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-104 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-104
System board of trustees - Officers - Meetings - Quorum
Status: in_force

The system board shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and

treasurer from the appointed members. The term of the officers

shall be one (1) year.

The system board shall meet as often as is required to transact

necessary business and all meetings shall be open to the public in

compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act, Section 301 et seq.

of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. It shall adopt rules for the

transaction of business and keep a record of its functions and

activities, which record shall be a public record.

A majority of the board membership shall constitute a quorum.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-1-101 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-1-101
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Library Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-103 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-103
Governing boards - Membership - Tenure - Qualifications
Status: in_force

- Compensation.

A. The Board of Trustees of a library system containing two or

more counties, herein defined as a multicounty library system, shall

consist of at least five (5) members. There shall be at least one

member from each county appointed by the board of county

commissioners. Additional members shall be appointed for each city

within the system with a public library located in the city, with

these appointments to be made by the governing body of the city.

Should the board serving a multicounty unit result in fewer than

five members, additional board members shall be appointed on a

proportional basis agreed upon by the county governments involved.

B. Any member serving on a system board as of the effective

date of this act shall continue to serve until the end of the

current term for which they were appointed. Thereafter,

appointments shall be made as provided for in subsection A of this

section.

C. Initial appointments shall be distributed among one-, two-

and three-year terms, with one-third (1/3) of the appointments to be

made for one (1) year, one-third (1/3) to be made for two (2) years

and one-third (1/3) for three (3) years. Subsequent appointments

shall be for three-year terms, except in the case of an appointment

to fill a vacancy in the membership of the system board, which

appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term of the

member where death, resignation or removal has created the vacancy.

A partial term of not more than eighteen (18) months served

immediately prior to a full three-year term shall not be counted as

a full term. No person shall serve more than two full successive

terms. Provided that a person who previously served for two (2)

successive terms or less may be reappointed if two (2) years has

expired since the person’s last service on the board. All tenure of

initial and future appointees shall expire on June 30 of the

designated year. A member of a system board once qualified can

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thereafter be removed by the appointive authority during his term of

office only for misconduct or neglect of duty.

D. Appointments to the system board shall be made on the basis

of ability, a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and

objectives of public libraries and an active interest in the

attainment of these comprehensive goals. Appointive members shall

be qualified electors and bona fide residents of the counties from

which they are appointed. No member of the system board shall in

any way be connected with the business of publishing or selling

books, periodicals or other forms of library materials nor with the

business of manufacturing or selling library supplies or equipment.

E. All system board members shall serve thereon without

compensation except actual and necessary travel expenses as

authorized by the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Individual

memberships for systems board members in state, regional, and

national library associations and expenses incurred in attending

conferences of these associations, board meetings and other library

and library-related meetings may be paid from library funds upon

proper authorization of the board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-109 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-109
Applications for participation in Oklahoma Local Library
Status: in_force

Support Revolving Fund - Five-year plan for library development.

A. The five-year plan for library development required pursuant

to Section 2-108 of this title may address proposals to:

1. Seek financing for additional levels or types of library

services and/or contracting with existing Oklahoma Department of

Libraries certified public libraries for:

a. free access and service by all county residents,

b. specific services such as bookmobile or book

deposits/book centers,

c. access to information services through

telecommunications,

d. surveys or studies of countywide library needs,

e. leased or permanent facilities, and

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f. any other services as mandated by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries;

2. Hold an election seeking a countywide mill levy for support.

Such plans shall be based on the needs, analysis and desires of the

respective counties or existing library districts or library

systems. If a plan includes a proposal to hold an election on a

mill levy for library support, the plan may specify how the public

library authority will serve as the coordinator for cooperation

between publicly funded libraries of all types;

3. Include the utilization of technological equipment and

telecommunications access consistent with Sections 55 and 56 of this

title; and

4. Provide for any other services as mandated by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-103 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-103
Terms of office
Status: in_force

The term of office of each appointive member, except for initial

appointments as herein specified, shall be six (6) years, beginning

July 1 of the year of appointment or until his successor has been

appointed and qualified. The present State Library Board shall

become members of the Board of the Department and shall continue in

office until their respective terms expire. The Governor shall

appoint one member on or before July 1 of each year; provided that

he shall make the first appointments for the following terms in the

years indicated: One member for a term of one (1) year, and one

member for a term of two (2) years in 1967; one member for a term of

two (2) years, one member for a term of three (3) years and the

member-at-large for a term of three (3) years in 1968; one member

for a term of three (3) years, and one member for a term of four (4)

years in 1969. After the initial appointments, terms shall be for

six (6) years. Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled for the

remainder of the term only and by the method of the original

appointment. No person who has served a full six-year term shall be

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appointed to succeed himself. Members may be removed only for

cause.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-113.3 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-113.3
Duties of Publications Clearinghouse
Status: in_force

The Publications Clearinghouse shall have the following duties:

1. To establish a state publications depository library system

for the use of the citizens of this state;

2. Other than publications issued in an electronic format, to

collect state publications from every agency and to retain and

preserve permanently a minimum of two copies of the publications;

3. For publications issued in an electronic format, to

electronically retain and preserve permanently such publications or

the information contained therein, and to facilitate free public

access to such publications or information;

4. To enter into contracts with other libraries within this

state whereby the Publications Clearinghouse designates the

contracting library to be a depository library for the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries and agrees to distribute copies of state

publications deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse to the

depository library, and the contracting library agrees to receive

and maintain the collection of publications and not to dispose of

publications without prior approval of the Publications

Clearinghouse, to provide adequate facilities for the storage and

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use of the publications, and to provide free access to the

publications for the use of its patrons;

5. To determine the necessity of and to make arrangements for

the conversion of state publications to microform or electronic

formats and to establish a system to assure the availability of such

publications for distribution to designated depository libraries;

6. To prepare and publish official lists of state publications

and to distribute the lists to all contracting depository libraries,

other libraries within this state, and every agency;

7. For publications not published in an electronic format, to

determine the quantity of each publication of an agency to a maximum

of twenty-five copies required to meet the needs of the state

publications depository library system and to notify each agency of

the required quantity;

8. To distribute copies of state publications not published in

an electronic format as follows:

a. One copy to the United States Library of Congress,

b. Two copies for the collection of state publications

within the Publications Clearinghouse, and

c. Selected copies to each depository library;

9. To receive for use and for exchange purposes a maximum of

fifty copies of all state legal publications not published in an

electronic format, including bar journals and official reports of

decisions, codes, opinions, rules and regulations, and sixty copies

of Oklahoma Statutes, Oklahoma Statute Supplements, and Oklahoma

Session Laws; and

10. To compile and maintain a permanent record of state

publications.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-113.2 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-113.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 3-113.1 through 3-115 of this title:

1. "Agency" means any office, officer, department, division,

unit, bureau, board, commission, authority, institution, substate

planning district, or agency in any branch of the state government,

and all subdivisions of each when applicable, including state

institutions of higher education, defined as all state-supported

colleges, universities, junior colleges, and technology center

schools; and

2. "State publications" means any informational materials,

regardless of format, method of reproduction, or source, which

originate in or are produced with the imprint, by the authority, or

at the total or partial expense of an agency supported wholly or in

part by state funds and which are distributed to persons outside of

the creating agency or are required by law. "State publication"

incorporates those publications that may or may not be financed by

state funds but are released by private entities pursuant to a

contract with or subject to the supervision of any agency.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-157 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-157
Budget - Contributions - Expenditures
Status: in_force

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

and maintenance of the city-county library system, appropriate such

funds as may be agreed upon, and combine said funds with funds from

any other source. Periodically, as may be agreed upon, the city and

county shall contribute their appropriated funds to a common fund

upon claims therefor being filed by the commission with the

governing body of the city and with the board of county

commissioners. The contributions shall be made by warrants, issued

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by the appropriate officers and made payable to the city treasurer

or county treasurer, as may be agreed upon by the city and county.

Said common fund shall be maintained as a depository account with

either the city treasurer or county treasurer, as may be agreed

upon, and shall be disbursed upon vouchers drawn by such officer or

employee of the commission as may be agreed upon by the city and

county. Said vouchers shall be issued only in payment of claims

which have been executed in the manner prescribed by law for claims

against the county or the city and before delivery to the payee,

shall be registered with the city treasurer or county treasurer, as

the case may be.

The officer or employee of the commission designated by the city

and county to draw vouchers in payment of such claims shall be

bonded in an amount as may be required by the city and county, but

not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). The designated

officer or employee shall be governed by the same statutory

provisions relating to depository accounts as apply to county

officials generally. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as

exempting from the application of the general statutes relating to

appropriations the funds contributed by the city and county to this

common fund.

Income of the city-county library system from fines, fees, sales

of personal property, and other miscellaneous sources, excluding

income from sales of real property, shall not be considered general

revenue of either the city or the county. It shall be deposited

promptly with the city treasurer or the county treasurer, as the

case may be, and shall be credited directly to the depository

account of the commission without appropriation. Income from this

source shall constitute a revolving fund which shall not be subject

to fiscal limitations and which may be expended by the commission

for the replacement or repair of books and other personal property

other than motor vehicles.

In the event funds are made available for library purposes in

the county, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A of Article X

of the Oklahoma Constitution, all or any part of the cost of

establishing, maintaining and operating the city-county library

system as set forth in the powers granted to the commission in

Section 158 of this title, and otherwise, may be paid with such

funds, and the city-county library commission is authorized hereby

to administer the expenditure of such funds in the same manner as

herein provided for expenditure of funds appropriated from general

revenue for library purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-1-105 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-1-105
Disclosure of records
Status: in_force

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 records to any person except to:

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1. Persons acting within the scope of their duties in the

administration of the library;

2. Persons authorized to inspect such records, in writing, by

the individual or group; or

3. By order of a court of law.

B. The requirements of this section shall not prohibit middle

and elementary school libraries from maintaining a system of records

that identifies the individual or group to whom library materials

have been loaned even if such system permits a determination,

independent of any disclosure of such information by the library,

that documents or materials have been loaned to an individual or

group.

C. All registration information of minors collected by any

library which is supported in whole or in part by public funds

including but not limited to public, academic, school or special

libraries shall not be disclosed to any person except:

1. Persons acting only within the legitimate scope of their

duties in the administration of the library;

2. Persons authorized to inspect such records, in writing, by

the individual; or

3. By order of a court of law.

For purposes of this section, "registration information" includes

any information required of a minor in order to become eligible to

borrow books, utilize library services, and other materials.

D. Any suspicious requests for records of minors that may be

indicative of criminal intent shall be reported immediately to

appropriate law enforcement authorities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-107.1 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-107.1
Oklahoma Local Library Capital Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries to be designated the

"Oklahoma Local Library Capital Revolving Fund". The fund shall be

a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall

consist of monies received by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries

from state appropriations, federal funds or from any other

appropriate sources. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 28

are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the

Oklahoma Department of Libraries for the purpose of providing

capital grants to public libraries within the state. Capital grants

made pursuant to this section shall not be made to systems within

counties with a population of five hundred thousand (500,000) or

more. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants

issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as provided by

law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for approval and payment.

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries shall establish guidelines

for the equitable apportionment of monies to public libraries

applying for such grants.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-558 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-558
Powers of commission
Status: in_force

Every metropolitan library commission created by this act shall

have all 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 operate and maintain a city-county library system and to

adopt such rules and regulations for the operation thereof as may be

deemed necessary or expedient.

(b) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings

or portions of buildings for library purposes.

(c) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at

one or more places in the county.

(d) To accept transfer of any existing public library or

libraries by lease or other conveyance.

(e) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other

personal property customarily used in the operation of public

libraries including necessary motor vehicles.

(f) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by

purchase or other means when by proper resolution the commission

finds that said property is not needed for library purposes.

(g) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real

property in the name "Metropolitan Library Commission of ________

County" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other

conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for

and on behalf of the commission by the chairman and shall be

attested by the secretary.

(h) To accept, or in its discretion to decline, donations

tendered to the city-county library system.

(i) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become

available for library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Article

X, Section 10A of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.

(j) To borrow on the credit of the commission for a period of

time not to exceed one (1) year.

(k) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out

the purposes and provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-185 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-185
Cost of premiums
Status: in_force

The cost of premiums of such Workers' Compensation Insurance

shall be lawful expenditures, and shall be set up and estimated for

budgetary purposes as are other governmental expenses.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 49
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-113.1 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-113.1
Publications Clearinghouse - Creation - Director -
Status: in_force

Rules - Electronic publications.

A. The Publications Clearinghouse is hereby created as a unit

of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. The Publications

Clearinghouse shall be directed by the Director of the Department of

Libraries. The Director shall promulgate rules necessary to

implement the functions and duties of the Publications Clearinghouse

as provided for by law.

B. It is the intent of the Legislature that state agencies

issue publications in an electronic format whenever possible, unless

such issuance would interfere with the availability to the public of

such publications and the information contained therein. It is the

further intent of the Legislature that the Publications

Clearinghouse and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries disseminate

links to or other means by which to access publications to the same

recipients required by law to receive copies or who have

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traditionally received copies of publications not published in an

electronic format. A directory of the links to the publications

shall be prominently featured on the ok.gov portal.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-182 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-182
Insurance - Public governmental function
Status: in_force

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 belonging to or used by said

libraries or library entities. The ownership and operation of such

libraries is hereby declared to be a public governmental function.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-161 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-161
Act cumulative
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-1-103 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-1-103
Purpose
Status: in_force

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 and operation of libraries and

library systems throughout the state with the goal of providing

adequate library services to all the people of the state.

(c) Financial support for libraries with guidelines for maximum

economy and effectiveness in use of all funds.

(d) Cooperation with other state agencies, federal agencies and

private organizations in effecting the purposes of this Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-1-102 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-1-102
Policy
Status: in_force

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 4

and feasible. Adequate library services are deemed to be necessary

to the cultural, educational and economic development of the State

of Oklahoma and to the health, safety and welfare of its people, and

to be the responsibility of government at all levels.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-103 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-103
Director and Assistant Director
Status: in_force

The offices of Director and Assistant Director are hereby

created. The Director shall be appointed by the Board on the basis

of merit and appropriate experience, shall possess a library degree

from a library school accredited by the American Library Association

and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Assistant

Director shall be appointed by the Director, with the approval of

the Board, and shall be subject to the same qualifications as herein

specified for the Director. The Director shall be the State

Librarian and the State Archivist, which offices are hereby created.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-152 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-152
Policy and purpose
Status: in_force

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 the end of avoiding unnecessary

duplication in the maintenance and operation of public libraries and

to stimulate the use of books and other library materials.

In order to make adequate library services available to the

residents of the more densely populated counties of this state, to

provide for the most efficient development of library facilities

within such counties and to provide for each of such counties a

city-county library system, there is hereby created in each of such

counties which avails itself of the provisions of this act a city-

county library commission, with the powers and duties set out in

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-559 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-559
Bringing other cities and towns into system
Status: in_force

The governing body of any other city or town in any county is

authorized to contract with the metropolitan library commission, to

bring such other city or town into the city-county library system,

upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon, and for that purpose

may lease to the metropolitan library commission any library

facilities or property which such other city or town may own, may

include in its annual budget appropriations for participation in the

city-county library system, and shall pay over to the city-county

system funds so appropriated.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 55
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-156 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-156
Librarian - Qualifications - Staff - Other employees
Status: in_force

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, subject to the approval of the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-55 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-55
Automated data processing and information center
Status: in_force

In order to expedite the management and organization of the vast

and increasing resources of knowledge, to make it quickly available

to our citizens, and to aid the functions of government, it shall be

the policy of the state to foster the establishment and maintenance

of a State Library Automated Data Processing and Information Center.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-113 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-113
Postage
Status: in_force

The Department is authorized to buy postage stamps and postal

cards in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for

any one fiscal year for the purpose of prepaying the postage for the

return of information or statistical materials, field operations and

other like purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-158.1 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-158.1
Limitations on library commissions in counties of less
Status: in_force

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 47

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 of this title shall be subject to approval by the

governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners;

2. The commission shall submit its fee schedules, contracts,

expenses and annual budget for approval of the governing body of the

city and the board of county commissioners;

3. The commission may contract for, receive, utilize and

disburse any grants or other financial assistance from the United

States or from any other source only in such manner as may be agreed

upon by the governing body of the city and the board of county

commissioners;

4. Vouchers to pay claims authorized by the commission may be

issued only after the claims have been approved by the governing

body of the city and the board of county commissioners; and

5. The commission may execute deeds or other conveyances of

interests in real property only after authorization by resolutions

of the governing body of the city and the board of county

commissioners.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-553 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-553
Purpose - Commission created
Status: in_force

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 50

cooperative library systems to the end of avoiding unnecessary

duplication in the maintenance and operation of public libraries and

to stimulate the use of books and other library materials.

In order to make adequate library services available to the

residents of the more densely populated counties of this state, to

provide for the most efficient development of library facilities

within such counties and to provide for each of such counties a

city-county library system, there is hereby created in each of such

counties which avails itself of the provisions of this act a

metropolitan library commission, with the powers and duties set out

in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-58 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-58
Provisions cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act are cumulative to existing laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-123 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-123
Failure to comply with act
Status: in_force

A surveyor failing to comply with the provisions of this act

shall be subject to the revocation or suspension of his certificate

of registration, after a hearing by the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-116 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-116
Citation
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Corner

Perpetuation and Filing Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-105 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-105
Functions of Department
Status: in_force

The departmental functions shall include but not be limited to

library services, library research, library development, archival,

records management and preservation, legislative reference, legal

reference, general reference, library promotion and public

information, informational, information processing and retrieval,

government documents and any allied, cognate or related functions,

and the Department shall be the authority of the state for these

functions.

The Department is authorized and directed to discharge the

state's responsibility for library service, including service to

state government, to public and special libraries and library

services, cooperation with and rendering of services to local units

of government in the establishment and operation of local libraries

and library systems, and the performance of all technical and other

services necessary to the Department. The Department shall assist

with and supervise the establishment and operation of libraries at

all state institutions and agencies, except public schools and

institutions of higher learning.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-551 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-551
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Metropolitan

Library Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-101 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-101
Authority for establishment
Status: in_force

Counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized and empowered

to join in creation, development, operation and maintenance of

public libraries to serve multicounty systems, and to appropriate

and allocate funds for the support of such systems. Such systems

shall provide equitable library services to all persons in the

district.

To insure the effective development of library service in all

rural and urban areas, the creation and organization of library

systems and the district to be served shall be subject to approval

by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board in accordance with the

provisions of Article X, Section 10A of the Oklahoma Constitution.

After establishment, library systems shall be subject to

accreditation by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board.

Parts of an adjacent county may be added to or included in

multicounty systems if these additions are determined by agreement

of the system board, the petitioning parties, and the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries Board to be the most feasible way to provide

public library services to such part of a county.

Special levies of any and all taxes authorized to be levied by

counties, cities and towns under this and other Oklahoma Statutes as

amended and the Oklahoma Constitution as amended are hereby

authorized to be levied for support of library systems.

When any multicounty system is established under provisions of

this act, existing public libraries in the district may be

incorporated into the system under a unified administration by act

of local governing bodies or vote of the people as provided in the

procedure for establishment. Existing public libraries not

incorporated into the system shall have the same relationship to the

system as similar public libraries outside the district have to the

local system and to other systems.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-557 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-557
Annual budget and audit - Contributions - Allocation of
Status: in_force

income.

It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual

budget which shall be subject to the general review of the governing

body of the city and the board of county commissioners. The

metropolitan library commission shall submit an annual audit of its

expenditures and income to the board of county commissioners and the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 53

governing board of the city. This audit shall be prepared by an

independent accountant.

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

and maintenance of the city-county library system, appropriate such

funds as may be agreed upon and combine said funds with funds from

any source. Periodically, as may be agreed upon, the city and

county shall contribute their appropriated funds to a common fund

upon claims therefor being filed by the commission with the

governing body of the city and with the board of county

commissioners. After approval of the claims, the contributions

shall be made by warrants issued by the appropriate officers and

made payable to the city treasurer or county treasurer, as may be

agreed upon by the city and county. Said common fund shall be

maintained as a depository account. Vouchers shall be drawn by such

officer or employee as prescribed by the metropolitan library

commission.

The officer or employee of the commission designated shall be

bonded in an amount not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars

($20,000.00) the premiums for which shall be payable from the

operating funds of the metropolitan library. The designated officer

or employee shall be governed by the same statutory provisions

relating to depository accounts as apply to county officials

generally. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as exempting

from the application of the general statutes relating to

appropriations the funds contributed by the city and county to the

common fund.

Income of the city-county library system from fines, fees, sales

of personal property, and other miscellaneous sources, excluding

income from sales of real property, shall not be considered general

revenue of either the city or the county. It shall be deposited

promptly directly to the depository account of the metropolitan

library. Income from this source shall constitute a revolving fund

which shall not be subject to fiscal limitations and which may be

expended by the commission.

In the event funds are made available for library purposes in

the county, pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section 10A of

the Oklahoma Constitution, all or any part of the cost of

establishing, maintaining and operating the city-county library

system as set forth in the powers granted to the commission in the

succeeding section, and otherwise, may be paid with such funds, and

the metropolitan library commission is authorized hereby to

administer the expenditure of such funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-206 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-206
Librarian - Qualifications - Powers
Status: in_force

A. The rural single county library system board shall appoint a

librarian of the library system on the basis of merit and

experience. In counties with a population of twenty thousand

(20,000) or more, the librarian shall be a graduate of a library

school accredited by the American Library Association. In counties

with a population of less than twenty thousand (20,000), during the

first two (2) years after formation of a system the board may

appoint a librarian who is not a graduate of a library school

accredited by the American Library Association; provided, within

five (5) years of formation of the system the librarian must

graduate from a library school accredited by the American Library

Association in order to continue as librarian. Subsequent

librarians appointed in counties with a population of less than

twenty thousand (20,000) must be graduates at the time of

appointment of a library school accredited by the American Library

Association.

B. The librarian shall be the administrative, executive and

supervisory officer of the library and secretary to the system

board. The librarian shall serve at the discretion of the system

board.

C. The librarian may appoint and remove staff members and other

employees.

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D. The librarian and other employees of the system board may

participate in employee retirement and health insurance programs

offered by the county for county employees or the state for state

employees. The costs of employee participation in the county or

state programs shall be paid by the system board from library funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-107 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-107
Financing
Status: in_force

Library systems are hereby authorized and empowered to receive

and allocate funds for establishment, development and maintenance of

library facilities and services through special library tax levies

as hereinafter provided and other funds, including appropriations

from city, town and county general funds, state and federal grants-

in-aid, and other public and private funds. All such funds received

and appropriated may be used for library services throughout the

library district.

(a) The governing boards of cities, towns, counties, and library

systems established by vote of the people, as authorized, may submit

to a vote of the people special tax levies of any tax or taxes which

are or may be authorized for levying in and by cities, towns,

counties and library system districts.

(b) The initial financing of any library system established

under this act shall be approved by the Oklahoma Department of

Libraries Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-110 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-110
Publications
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 15

The Department may compile, prepare and issue publications of

any type related to and deemed necessary in effecting the purposes

of this Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-119 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-119
Public land survey corner records - Filing
Status: in_force

A. A surveyor shall complete, sign and file with the Division a

written record of the establishment or restoration of a public land

survey corner. This record shall be known as a "public land survey

corner record" and such a filing shall be made for every public land

survey corner and accessory to such public land survey corner which

is established, reestablished, monumented, remonumented, restored,

rehabilitated, perpetuated or used as control in any survey. The

survey information shall be filed within ninety (90) days after the

survey is completed, unless the public land survey corner and its

accessories are substantially, as described in an existing public

land survey corner record, filed in accordance with the provisions

of this act.

B. A surveyor may file or record any corner record as to any

property corner, property controlling corner, reference monument or

accessory to a corner.

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C. The Board shall, by regulation, provide and prescribe the

information which shall be necessary to be included in the public

land survey corner record and the Board shall prescribe the form in

which such public land survey corner record shall be presented and

filed or recorded.

D. No corner record shall be filed or recorded unless it is

signed by a land surveyor as defined herein, or in the case of an

agency of the United States government, the certificate may be

signed by the survey party chief making the survey.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-1-104 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-1-104
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

conditions, and which is supported in whole or in part by public

funds.

(c) The term "metropolitan library" shall mean a library system

which is the public library for a county in which is located a city

of at least two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) population.

(d) The term "multicounty library" shall mean a library system

which is the public library for a library district composed of two

or more counties.

(e) The term "special library" shall mean any library, whether

open to the general public or not, that is supported in whole or in

part by public funds and which comes within one or more of the

following categories:

(1) All libraries which are operated within or as an integral

part of a publicly supported institution.

(2) All libraries that cater to a special clientele.

(3) All libraries that are concerned primarily with materials

on a special subject.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 5

Provided, however, that this definition shall not be construed

to include libraries operated as a part of any university, college,

school, museum, the Oklahoma Historical Society and county law

libraries.

(f) The word "library" shall mean the contents as well as the

building, equipment and facilities of the institution.

(g) The word "Department" shall mean the Oklahoma Department of

Libraries, which shall be the official library and archival agency

of the state.

(h) The word "Board" shall mean the Oklahoma Department of

Libraries Board.

(i) The word "standards" shall mean the criteria pertaining to

the scope and quality of library facilities, levels of financial

support, adequacy and qualifications of personnel, organization and

resources for service, areas of service and population to be served,

and other factors deemed necessary to insure proper, economical and

effective use of funds and resources in providing library facilities

and services.

(j) The term "accreditation of libraries" shall mean the

evaluation and rating of public libraries and library systems.

(k) The word "Director" shall mean the Director of the

Department who shall be the State Librarian and the State Archivist.

(l) The term "county library" means a public library

established, supported, and maintained by county taxation.

(m) The term "municipal library" means a public library

established, supported, and maintained through taxation by a city or

town whose library board of trustees is appointed pursuant to

municipal authority.

(n) The term "city-county library" means a library system which

consists of a public library for a county in which the population is

at least 100,000.

(o) The term "rural single county library" means a library

system which consists of a public library for a county in which the

population is less than one hundred thousand (100,000) and which is

supported by ad valorem taxation designated for the support of the

county library system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-7-102 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-7-102
Effect of headings
Status: in_force

Article and section headings contained herein shall not be

deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope,

meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or section

hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-203 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-203
Board of trustees - Membership - Terms
Status: in_force

A. The board of trustees of a rural single county library

system shall consist of at least five (5) members. One member shall

be appointed from each county commissioner district by the board of

county commissioners. One member shall be appointed by the

governing body of the county seat city or town. A member shall be

appointed from the city or town with the largest population that is

not the county seat.

B. Initial appointments shall be for one-, two-, and three-year

terms. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms,

except in the case of an appointment to fill an unexpired term which

appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. No

person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms in addition

to any partial term served by appointment to fill an unexpired term.

A person who previously served for two consecutive terms or less may

be reappointed if two (2) years has expired since the last service

on the board. All terms shall expire on June 30 of the designated

year. A member of a system board can be removed by the appointing

authority during the term for which appointed only for misconduct or

neglect of duty.

C. Appointments to the system board shall be made on the basis

of ability, a sound understanding of the total responsibilities and

objectives of public libraries and active interest in the attainment

of system goals. Appointive members shall be qualified electors and

bona fide residents of the county. No member of the system board

shall be in the business of publishing or selling books, periodicals

or other forms of library materials or the business of manufacturing

or selling library supplies or equipment.

D. All system board members shall serve without compensation

except for actual and necessary travel expenses which shall be

compensated from library funds upon proper authorization of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 33

board of trustees of the system at the rate provided in the State

Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. Individual memberships for system board members

in state, regional, and national library associations and expenses

incurred in attending conferences of these associations, board

meetings and other library and library-related meetings may be paid

from library funds upon proper authorization of the board of

trustees of the system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-158 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-158
Library commission - General powers and duties
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 46

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 be deemed

necessary or expedient.

(b) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings

or portions of buildings for library purposes.

(c) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at

one or more places in the county.

(d) To accept transfer of any existing public library or

libraries by lease or other conveyance.

(e) To acquire by purchase or otherwise books and other

personal property customarily used in the operation of public

libraries, including necessary motor vehicles.

(f) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by

purchase or other means when by proper resolution the commission

finds that said property is not needed for library purposes.

(g) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in

real property in the name "City-County Library Commission of _____

County" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other

conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for

and on behalf of the commission by the chairman and shall be

attested by the secretary, only after authorization by resolution of

the governing body of the city and the board of county

commissioners.

(h) To accept, or in its discretion to decline donations

tendered to the city-county library system.

(i) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become

available for library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section

10A, Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.

(j) To enter into agreements with school districts in any area

served by the library upon such terms as may be mutually agreed.

The agreement shall prescribe equitable charges for the cost to

serve schools which include on-site costs of library collection and

library automation and the cost of providing assigned staffing which

meets the certification requirements for school library media

programs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-107.1 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-107.1
Contracts for literacy services
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries may enter into contracts

for literacy services with library-based programs or community

literacy councils, including but not limited to nonprofit

corporations holding a valid exemption from taxation issued pursuant

to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section

501(a), and listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) of

the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3).
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-552 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-552
Applicability
Status: in_force

This act shall apply to any joint city-county public libraries

established and maintained under the provisions of Article X,

Section 10A of the Oklahoma Constitution in any county having a

population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more according to

the latest Federal Decennial Census, provided, that in counties with

more than one hundred thousand (100,000) population, and having a

metropolitan library system, such library may elect to come under

the provisions of this act upon a majority vote of the city-county

library commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-151 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-151
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the City-County

Library Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-115 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-115
Copies to other states, territories or possessions and
Status: in_force

The Library of Congress - Exchange agreements - Surplus

publications.

The Publications Clearinghouse, pursuant to exchange agreements,

shall send copies of state publications to the official library of

each of the states, territories, and possessions of the United

States and to The Library of Congress, may exchange copies for the

publications of other governments or organizations, and may send

copies upon request to other entities or persons. The Department of

Libraries may sell at the fair market value or otherwise dispose of

any surplus publications. Any receipts shall be deposited pursuant

to the provisions of Section 3-107 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-111 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-111
Standards for library equipment
Status: in_force

The Department may prescribe standards for equipment and

supplies purchased for its use and the use of units under its

direction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-120 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-120
Public land survey corner record book - Index - Filing
Status: in_force

and recording fees - Exemptions.

A. The Division shall receive the completed public land survey

corner record and preserve it in an appropriate book. The books

shall be in numerical order; provided, however, public land survey

corner records may also be preserved in the same manner as any other

recorded instruments.

B. The Division shall provide a suitable system for indexing

said documents, whereby access and recovery of the information

contained therein shall be readily accessible and available for the

use of the public.

C. The Division may charge a reasonable filing fee for the

filing and recording of the information. However, all corners,

monuments and their accessories established prior to the effective

date of this act, for which a written record is completed as

required herein, and which are offered for filing or recording

within six (6) months of the effective date of this act, shall be

accepted and filed by the Division without requiring the payment of

fees therefor.

D. Corner records concerning corners established, reestablished

or restored may be filed or recorded before the effective date of

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-102 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-102
Department as official library of the state
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 12

The Department shall constitute the official library of the

State of Oklahoma. The Department shall have custody of all books,

documents, facsimiles, films, maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, papers,

charts, archives, periodicals, records, and any other materials or

objects now in its possession or that may be acquired. No

department or institution of state government, except institutions

of higher learning, museums and the Oklahoma Historical Society,

shall establish a library without prior approval of and except in

cooperation with the Department; provided that this provision is not

to prevent a state agency from having the minimal necessary and

frequently used office copies of reference works, catalogs, legal

reports or technical publications required to conduct its daily

operations.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-112 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-112
Petty cash fund
Status: in_force

A petty cash fund of not more than Three Hundred Dollars

($300.00) is authorized. It shall be established and replenished by

claims against appropriations. The fund may be used for postage due

payments and for the purchase of minor items and services that cost

less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) each. Itemized receipts for

all such purchases shall be secured and filed. The fund shall be

audited by the State Auditor and Inspector as are other accounts of

the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-106 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-106
Personnel
Status: in_force

(a) The system board shall appoint a librarian of the 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 be the administrative, executive

and supervisory officer of the library and secretary to the system

board. The librarian shall serve at the discretion of the system

board.

(b) The librarian may appoint and remove staff members and other

employees.

(c) The system board may establish or participate in employee

retirement and health insurance programs either for the exclusive

benefit of its staff or jointly and, in conjunction with city,

county, state, or other retirement systems, may expend upon

authorization of the board funds allocated by the board for such

purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-104 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-104
Officers
Status: in_force

The Board shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman at the first

meeting held after July 1 of each year. The Director shall be the

Secretary of the Board, and shall have custody of all files and

records of the Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-105 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-105
Meetings
Status: in_force

The Board shall meet at least once every three-month period.

Additional meetings may be held upon call of the chairman, vice-

chairman, in the absence of the chairman, or the secretary. Four

voting members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. No question

before the Board shall be resolved without the concurrence of at

least four members or a majority of those members voting, whichever

is the greater.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-43 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-43
Provisions cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act are cumulative to existing laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-154 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-154
Library commission - Appointment - Tenure - Vacancies -
Status: in_force

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 of county

commissioners shall be ex officio members of the commission and

shall be entitled to vote on all matters. The chairman of the board

of county commissioners may designate another county commissioner to

serve in place of the chairman on the commission. The county

commissioner designated by the chairman shall have the same voting

rights as the chairman of the board of county commissioners. The

initial appointments by the city shall designate two members to

serve a term of three (3) years, two members to serve a term of two

(2) years, and two members to serve a term of one (1) year. The

initial appointments by the county shall designate one member to

serve a term of three (3) years, one member to serve a term of two

(2) years, and one member to serve a term of one (1) year.

Provided, that the terms of such initial appointees and the terms of

all future appointees of both the city and county shall expire on

July 31 of that year in which they expire, regardless of the

calendar date when such appointments are made. Subsequent

appointments of either the city or the county shall be for three-

year terms, except in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy

in the membership of the commission, which latter appointment shall

be for the balance of the unexpired term of the member whose death,

resignation, or removal has created the vacancy. A member of such

commission once qualified can thereafter be removed during his term

of office only for misconduct or neglect of duty and, if he requests

a hearing before the governing body by which he was appointed, after

such hearing has been held. All members of the commission shall

serve thereon without compensation. Expenses which are incurred by

members pursuant to prior specific authorization by the board of

county commissioners and the governing body of the city shall be

reimbursed, provided that expenses incurred for transportation,

meals, and lodging shall be reimbursed only if incurred in

connection with authorized travel outside the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-155 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-155
Officers - Meetings - Quorums - Contracts
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed

members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 44

The term of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission

shall hold at least four meetings each year and at other times as

deemed necessary by the Commission, and all meetings shall be open

to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business

and keep a record of its functions and activities, which record

shall be a public record. Six commissioners shall constitute a

quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the

powers of the commission. The commission may establish a schedule

of fees to cover various services rendered and may also contract

with other persons and agencies for such services as it may require,

including private legal counsel and private auditing service, within

the limits of its appropriations, and may incur necessary expenses.

The commission may contract for, receive, and utilize any grants or

other financial assistance from the United States or from any other

source, public or private, in furtherance of its functions; may

incur necessary expenses in obtaining said grants and/or financial

assistance, within the limits of its appropriations; and shall

receive and disburse such grants and/or other financial assistance

in such manner as herein provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-116 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-116
Public library boards - Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The county public library board shall have the following powers

and duties:

(a) To operate and maintain a county library system and to

promulgate such rules for the operation and maintenance thereof as

may be deemed necessary or expedient;

(b) To employ a director who shall have the authority to employ

necessary staff and to terminate the employment of such staff upon

approval of the board;

(c) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings

or portions of buildings for library purposes;

(d) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at

one or more places in the county;

(e) To accept transfer of any existing public library or

libraries by lease or other conveyance;

(f) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other

personal property customarily used in the operation of public

libraries including necessary motor vehicles;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 30

(g) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by

purchase or other means when by proper resolution the county public

library board finds that said property is not needed for library

purposes;

(h) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real

property in the name "County Public Library Board of ________

County" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other

conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for

and on behalf of the board by the chairperson and shall be attested

by the secretary;

(i) To accept or in its discretion to decline donations tendered

to the county library system;

(j) To apply for funds from the Oklahoma Local Library Support

Revolving Fund and provide any information requested by the Oklahoma

Department of Libraries in order to qualify and receive such funds;

(k) To administer the expenditure of any funds which become

available for library purposes from the Oklahoma Local Library

Support Revolving Fund and any other funds granted or donated to the

county public library;

(l) To borrow on the credit of the county public library board

for a period of time not to exceed one year; and

(m) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out

the purposes and provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-184 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-184
Workers' compensation insurance for library employees
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-104 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-104
Duties of Director
Status: in_force

The Director shall be the administrative, executive, directing

and supervising official of the Department under the supervision of

and in accordance with policies established by the Board. He shall:

(a) Approve all requisitions and claims;

(b) Prepare budgets;

(c) Prepare the staff organization and position classification

with the approval of the Board;

(d) Employ or terminate employment of all personnel as provided

by 74 O.S.1961, Sections 801 - 839, as amended; and

(e) Make all reports, maintain all records and execute all

instruments required by law or regulation and perform all duties

necessary to discharge the functions of the Department.

The Director shall be accountable and responsible to all proper

state and federal officials for the activities of the Department.

He shall be the representative of the state in all matters

pertaining to the duties and services of the Department, or any

other library, archival, public documents, reference, research,

records, information and information processing functions, including

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 13

all allied or related services, of the state government, or in which

the state may participate; provided that he may designate a staff

member of the Department to act as his agent under such conditions

as he may prescribe. The Director, or any staff member of the

Department designated by him, shall receive travel expense and per

diem as provided by 74 O.S.1961, Sections 500.5 - 500.12, as

amended, including necessary fees incurred in the exercise of his

duties, or in attending conferences, institutes and meetings of

library, reference, research, documentation and informational

associations or bodies, or any allied or related groups.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-159 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-159
Other libraries - Contracts
Status: in_force

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 be mutually

agreed upon, and for that purpose may lease to the city-county

library commission any library facilities or property which such

other city or town may own, may include in its annual budget

appropriations for participation in the city-county library system,

and shall pay over to the city-county library system funds so

appropriated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-101 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-101
Creation of Department
Status: in_force

A. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is hereby created. The

Department shall be the official library agency of the state and

shall discharge the responsibilities and exercise the authority of

the state with respect to all public and special libraries. The

Department shall cooperate with other state agencies, local units of

government, federal agencies and private individuals and

organizations with respect to library facilities and services, or

any allied or related facilities and services. The Department shall

be responsible for the receipt and administration of all state funds

and such federal funds as may be administered by a state agency, may

receive and administer private and other funds, for libraries,

library services or any allied or related services.

B. The Department shall have its headquarters and shall

maintain The State Library at the Allen Wright Memorial Library in

the State Capitol area.

C. Branches or offices of the Department may be established

under such conditions and terms and in such locations within the

state as are deemed necessary.

D. The Jan Eric Cartwright Memorial Library, which shall be

located in the State Capitol Building, shall provide law library and

legislative reference services for state government and the citizens

of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-183 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-183
Act construed
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall affect, limit, modify, restrict, or

supplant the provisions of House Bill 839, Twenty-eighth

Legislature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-106 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-3-106
Creation of divisions authorized
Status: in_force

There shall be created such divisions and subdivisions of the

Department as are deemed necessary to effect the purposes of this

Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-160 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-160
Employee retirement
Status: in_force

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 the same

basis applicable to employees of the city, if the commission so

recommends and the board of county commissioners and the governing

body of the city approve. Nothing otherwise provided by law shall

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 48

operate to prohibit the appropriation of county funds for the

payment of the county's pro rata share of the contribution to be

made to the retirement fund on behalf of the employees of the city-

county library system. In the event funds become available for

library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A of

Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, the entire contribution on

behalf of the employees of the city-county library system may be

paid from such funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-4-204 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-4-204
System board officers - Quorum
Status: in_force

The system board shall elect a chair, vice-chair, and treasurer

for one-year terms from the appointed members. The system board

shall meet as often as necessary. The system board shall be subject

to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. The board shall adopt rules for the

transaction of business and keep a record of its functions and

activities which shall be a public record. A majority of the board

membership shall constitute a quorum.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-561 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-561
Act as cumulative
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-101 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-101
Creation of Board
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board is hereby created.

The Board shall consist of seven (7) appointive members, and the

Director, who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member. The Governor

shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one member

from each congressional district and any remaining members shall be

appointed from the state at large. However, when congressional

districts are redrawn each member appointed prior to July 1 of the

year in which such modification becomes effective shall complete the

current term of office and appointments made after July 1 of the

year in which such modification becomes effective shall be based on

the redrawn districts. Appointments made after July 1 of the year

in which such modification becomes effective shall be from any

redrawn districts which are not represented by a board member until

such time as each of the modified congressional districts are

represented by a board member. No appointments may be made after

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 7

July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective if

such appointment would result in more than two members serving from

the same modified district. No appointive member shall be a

librarian in active practice. Appointments shall be made on the

basis of ability, sound understanding of the total responsibilities

and objectives of a state library agency and active interest in the

attainment of these goals.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-556 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-556
Librarian
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint a librarian of the metropolitan

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, subject to the approval of the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-2-106 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-2-106
Powers and duties of the Board
Status: in_force

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board shall be the

supervisory and policymaking body of the Department and shall:

(a) Appoint the Director, who shall possess the qualifications

specified by Section 3-103 of this title, and shall hold office at

the pleasure of the Board;

(b) Formulate the general policies of the Oklahoma Department of

Libraries, in consultation with the Director;

(c) Review and approve the budget requests for the Department;

(d) Formulate standards for public and special libraries in

consultation with the Director and his staff, and with the Oklahoma

Library Association;

(e) Utilize such standards as guidelines in accreditation of

public libraries and library systems;

(f) Utilize such standards and accreditation as guidelines in

approval of apportionment of state funds of federal funds such as

may be administered by a state agency to public libraries, library

systems and special libraries and their use of such funds;

(g) Serve as an appeal board in the execution of the Library

Services Construction Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 351(1991), including

any amendments thereto, and any similar federal legislative acts

requiring such services;

(h) Approve the formation of library systems and designate areas

for library districts;

(i) Maintain liaison with the Oklahoma Library Association;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 9

(j) Assist in communicating the goals, plans, budgets and work

of the Department to executive, judicial and legislative officials,

and to the public;

(k) Provide for the certification of public librarians;

(l) Establish a formula for the equitable apportionment of

monies from the Oklahoma Local Library Support Revolving Fund; and

(m) Promulgate such rules as may be necessary to carry out the

intent and purposes of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-42 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-42
Authorization to receive any available assistance
Status: in_force

The State Librarian and Archivist is authorized to apply for and

receive and to take full advantage of any and all assistance,

research, information, surveys, investigations, grants, allotments

or allocations of funds which may be available to the State of

Oklahoma, or The Oklahoma State Library, for library purposes, and

library services of any type, or related or allied purposes and

services, under the laws and regulations of the United States, any

state, and any organization, or any agency, instrumentality or

subdivision of these entities; and to cooperate or undertake joint

activities or programs with the United States, any other state, and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 65. Public Libraries Page 39

any organization, or any agency, instrumentality or subdivision of

these entities, or with any agency, instrumentality or subdivision

of this state, pertaining to library purposes, library services of

any type, or related or allied purposes and services; and to prepare

and submit any plans, specifications, reports or applications, to

execute any agreements, to employ, fix the duties and compensation

of personnel, and to administer and direct any programs, plans or

projects in connection with any of the foregoing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-5-101 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-5-101
Interlocal agreements
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers authorized by Chapter 189, Oklahoma

Session Laws 1965, Sections 1-9, providing for interlocal

cooperation among governmental agencies, libraries covered by this

Code shall have the power to contract with private agencies under

the same terms and conditions as stated in that act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-560 — OK Code / Title 65 / Section 65-560
Retirement system
Status: in_force

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 the same

basis applicable to employees of the city, if the commission so

recommends and the governing body of the city approves. Nothing

otherwise provided by law shall operate to prohibit the

appropriation of county funds for the payment of the county's pro

rata share of the contribution to be made to the retirement fund on

behalf of the employees of the city-county library system. In the

event funds become available for library purposes pursuant to the

provisions of Article X, Section 10A, of the Oklahoma Constitution,

the entire contribution on behalf of the employees of the city-

county library system may be paid from such funds. The commission

may act so as to cause its employees to be included in the state

retirement system and from its funds make the contributions

necessary therefor. The commission may, in lieu of participation in

the above-mentioned retirement systems, provide for the retirement

of the employees of the city-county library system by the

establishment of a self-insured trust, or by the purchase of annuity

contracts or pension contracts from any insurance company authorized

to do business in the State of Oklahoma.