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NH Rev Stat § 202-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:11 - Powers and Duties.

    202-A:11 Powers and Duties. –||Except in those cities where other provision has been made by general or special act of the legislature, the library trustees of every public library in the state shall:||I. Adopt bylaws, rules and regulations for its own transaction of business and for the government of the library;||II. Prepare an annual budget indicating what support and maintenance of the free public library will be required out of public funds for submission to the appropriate agency of the municipality. A separate budget request shall be submitted for new construction, capital improvements of existing library property;||III. Expend all moneys raised and appropriated by the town or city for library purposes and shall direct that such moneys be paid over by the town or city treasurer pursuant to a payment schedule as agreed to by the library trustees and the selectmen or city council. All money received from fines and payments for lost or damaged books or for the support of a library in another city or town under contract to furnish library service to such town or city, shall be used for general repairs and upgrading, and for the purchase of books, supplies and income-generating equipment, shall be held in a nonlapsing separate fund and shall be in addition to the appropriation;||IV. Expend income from all trust funds for library purposes for the support and maintenance of the public library in said town or city in accordance with the conditions of each donation or bequest accepted by the town or city;||V. Appoint a librarian who shall not be a trustee and, in consultation with the librarian, all other employees of the library and determine their compensation and other terms of employment unless, in the cities, other provision is made in the city charter or ordinances.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. 1919, 35:1. PL 10:56. 1927, 82:4. 1933, 60:3. RL 15:59. 1943, 90:2. RSA 202:10. 1963, 46:1. 1983, 272:1. 2000, 9:4, eff. April 16, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:11-a - Use of Additional Funds.

    202-A:11-a Use of Additional Funds. –||All money received from a library's income-generating equipment shall be retained by the library in a nonlapsing fund and used for general repairs and upgrading and for the purchase of books, supplies and income-generating equipment if approved by the town or city in which the library is located in accordance with RSA 202-A:11-b.|||Source. 1983, 272:2, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:12 - Annual Reports.

    202-A:12 Annual Reports. –||Every library regularly open to the public, or to some portion of the public, with or without limitations, whether its ownership is vested in the town, in a corporation, in an organization or association, or in individuals, shall make a written report to the town or city at the conclusion of each fiscal year of (a) all receipts from whatever sources, (b) all expenditures, (c) all property in the trustees' care and custody, including a statement and explanation of any unexpended balance of money they may have, (d) and any bequests or donations they may have received and are holding in behalf of the town, with such recommendations in reference to the same as they may deem necessary for the town to consider, (e) the total number of books and other materials and the number added by gift, purchase and otherwise; the number lost or withdrawn, (f) the number of borrowers and readers and a statement of the use of the property of the library in furthering the educational requirements of the municipality and such other information and suggestions as may seem desirable, (g) submit a similar report to the state librarian at such time and on such forms as the commissioner of natural and cultural resources may require.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:57. RL 15:60. RSA 202:11. 1963, 46:1. 1990, 73:1. 1998, 363:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2017, 156:38, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:12-a - Trust Fund Annual Reports.

    202-A:12-a Trust Fund Annual Reports. –||Any public library holding funds in trust shall report to the office of the attorney general, annually at the conclusion of each fiscal year, the information required by RSA 202-A:12(a) through (d).|||Source. 1986, 74:1, eff. July 11, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:13 - Discretionary Powers.

    202-A:13 Discretionary Powers. –||The library trustees shall also have the following powers:||I. To authorize the payment from library funds for the necessary expenses of library staff members attending library courses and meetings for professional advancement;||II. To extend the privileges and use of the library to nonresidents upon such terms and conditions as they may prescribe;||III. To deposit library funds for the purchase of books and related materials with the state treasurer to secure economies through pooling of purchasing with the state library. Such funds so deposited shall be held by the state treasurer in a separate account to be paid out upon orders of the state library. The state library shall have no control over the selection of items to be purchased by public libraries.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. 1919, 35:1. PL 10:56. 1927, 82:4. 1933, 60:3. RL 15:59. 1943, 90:2. RSA 202:10. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:14 - Compensation of Trustees.

    202-A:14 Compensation of Trustees. –||No trustee of any public library shall receive any compensation for any services rendered as such trustee, unless compensation is stipulated in the terms of the bequest or gift establishing the library. Trustees may be reimbursed, however, for necessary travel expenses to attend professional meetings.|||Source. 1933, 60:4. RL 15:61. RSA 202:12. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:15 - Public Librarian; Qualification and Tenure.

    202-A:15 Public Librarian;  Qualification and Tenure. –||The librarian shall have education of sufficient breadth and depth to give leadership in the use of books and related materials. The librarian shall be appointed by the board of library trustees for a term of office agreed to at the time of employment and until a successor is appointed and qualified.|||Source. 1963, 46:1. 1996, 33:3, eff. June 23, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:16 - Powers and Duties.

    202-A:16 Powers and Duties. –||In addition to any other duties which the librarian may be delegated from time to time, the public librarian shall:||I. Serve as the administrative officer of the public library;||II. Recommend to the board of library trustees the appointment of all employees.|||Source. 1963, 46:1. 1996, 33:4, eff. June 23, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:17 - Employees; Removal.

    202-A:17 Employees;  Removal. –||No employee of a public library shall be discharged or removed from office except by the library trustees for malfeasance, misfeasance, or inefficiency in office, or incapacity or unfitness to perform the employee's duties. Prior to the discharge or removal of any such employee, a statement of the grounds and reasons therefor shall be prepared by the library trustees, and signed by a majority of the board, and notice thereof shall be given to the employee not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days prior to the effective date of such discharge or removal. Upon receipt of said notice and within 30 days thereafter, but not otherwise, the employee may request a public hearing. If such request is made, the library trustees shall hold a public hearing on such discharge or removal. The hearing shall be held not more than 30 days after receipt of the request for the hearing, and if the trustees, upon due hearing, shall find good cause for discharge or removal of the employee, they shall order the employee's discharge or removal from office. There shall be no change in salary of such employee during the proceedings for discharge or removal nor until the final effective date of the order for discharge or removal. The provisions of this section shall apply to the employees of any public library except in a case where the city or town has personnel rules and regulations which apply to such employees and which make provision for a public hearing in the case of such discharge or removal.|||Source. 1955, 18:1. RSA 202:10-a. 1963, 46:1. 1996, 33:5, eff. June 23, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:18 - Discontinuance of Library.

    202-A:18 Discontinuance of Library. –||Any town now maintaining a public library established by expenditure of town funds may by majority vote at a regular town meeting discontinue said library. In case of such discontinuance, the library property of the town may be loaned or disposed of by the library trustees, subject to the approval of the commissioner of natural and cultural resources. The provisions of this section shall not apply in cases where a public library has been acquired by the town in whole or in part by donation or bequest.|||Source. 1933, 60:2. RL 15:54. RSA 202:5. 1963, 46:1. 1985, 268:41. 1990, 73:1. 1998, 363:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2017, 156:38, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:19 - Defunct Libraries.

    202-A:19 Defunct Libraries. –||When a public library in any town shall, as such, cease to function, all books or other property given by the state for the use of said library or purchased with state funds shall be returned to the state by the selectmen of said town, delivery to be made to the commissioner of natural and cultural resources, who shall have the power to retain, sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of such returned books or property as in its judgment seems wise.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:58. 1927, 82:5. RL 15:62. RSA 202:13. 1963, 46:1. 1990, 73:1. 1998, 363:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2017, 156:38, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:20 - Custody of Publications.

    202-A:20 Custody of Publications. –||Any town clerk, board of selectmen, or others having custody of the books, pamphlets, and public documents that have been sent to the towns by the departments of state government may, with consent of the librarian, transfer these publications to the public library, upon condition that they be included in the catalogues of the library and be made accessible to the public.|||Source. 1913, 48:1. PL 10:60. RL 15:64. RSA 202:15. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:21 - Penalties.

    202-A:21 Penalties. –||Any town or library official violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:61. RL 15:65. RSA 202:16. 1963, 46:1. 1973, 529:38, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:22 - Custody and Control of Trust Funds.

    202-A:22 Custody and Control of Trust Funds. –||Trust funds given to towns and cities for the use of a public library shall be held in the custody and under the management of the trustees of trust funds. The entire income from such funds shall be paid over to the library trustees. Payment of such income shall be made by the trustees of trust funds to the library trustees as the same is received.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. 1919, 35:1. PL 10:56. 1927, 82:4. 1933, 60:3. RL 15:59. 1943, 90:2. RSA 202:10. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:23 - Exceptions.

    202-A:23 Exceptions. –||Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the library trustees from accepting, receiving, investing, and administering directly any trust funds and donations when so specified by the donor. Library trustees administering and investing such special funds shall be governed by the provisions of RSA 31:25, RSA 31:25-d, and RSA 41:6.|||Source. 1963, 46:1. 1983, 264:5. 1991, 31:2, eff. June 18, 1991. 2014, 32:6, eff. July 26, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:24 - Offenses Against Libraries.

    202-A:24 Offenses Against Libraries. –||Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously deface, damage or destroy any property belonging to or in the care of any gallery or museum or any state, public, school, college, or other institutional library, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any such person shall forfeit to or for the use of such library, gallery, or museum, 3 times the amount of the damage sustained, to be recovered in an action in the superior court.|||Source. 1959, 60:1. RSA 572:42-a. 1973, 529:128; 532:11, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:25 - Detaining Books.

    202-A:25 Detaining Books. –||Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, film, or other property belonging to or in the care of any gallery or museum of any state, public, school, college, or other institutional library, may be given written notice to return it, which shall bear upon its face a copy of this section, mailed by certified mail to such person's last address or delivered by a person designated by the lawful custodian of such property; and if such person shall thereafter willfully and knowingly fail to return such property within 15 days after such notice, the person shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1959, 60:1. RSA 572:42-b. 1973, 532:11. 1996, 33:6, eff. June 23, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:1 - Policy Statement; Short Title.

    202-B:1 Policy Statement;  Short Title. –||The legislature finds that providing citizens with access to public documents will allow increased citizen involvement in state policies and empower citizens to participate in state policy decision making. To this end, the legislature hereby declares that a system of dissemination and access to state government information be administered by the state library. This chapter may be referred to as the "New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act."|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:2 - Definitions.

    202-B:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Component of state government" means any state government department, independent regulatory agency, state government corporation, state controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch.||II. "Dissemination" means the act of distributing tangible state government information products to program libraries, or the act of making state government information products accessible to program libraries and the general public via a state government electronic information service.||III. "Program library" means a library designated under the provisions of this chapter which maintains tangible state government information products for use by the general public, offers professional assistance in locating and using state government information, and provides local capability for the general public to access state government electronic information services. These libraries shall be known as "New Hampshire state government information access libraries."||IV. "State government electronic information service" means the system or method by which a component of state government or its authorized agent disseminates state government information products to the public via a telecommunications network or successor technology.||V. "State government information" means that information, regardless of form or format, which is created or compiled by employees of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government, or at state expense, or as required by law; except that information which is required for official use only, is for strictly administrative or operational purposes having no public interest or educational value or otherwise excluded by state law.||VI. "State government information product" means a state publication or other discrete compilation of state government information of general public interest, either conveyed in a tangible physical format including electronic media, or disseminated via a state government electronic information service.||VII. "Tangible state government information product" means any state information product that can be distributed to program libraries in a physical format.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:3 - State Government Information Access Libraries Designated.

    202-B:3 State Government Information Access Libraries Designated. –||The state librarian is authorized to designate no more than 25 public and academic libraries as state government information access libraries. In designating program libraries, the state librarian shall take into account geographic representation, population served, and capability of the library to carry out the program.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:4 - Copies of State Government Information Products.

    202-B:4 Copies of State Government Information Products. –||I. Each agency component of state government shall produce 25 copies of its tangible state government information products for deposit with the state librarian. The state librarian shall make tangible products available through distribution to program libraries and shall ensure program libraries and general public access to state information products available via state electronic information services as soon as practicable.||II. Each agency component of state government shall provide the state librarian with access to all state government electronic information services falling within the scope of this section.||III. The state library shall provide cataloging and locator services that shall assist program libraries and the general public in accessing all government information products, regardless of form or format.||IV. All government information products which are required by law to be deposited with the state library shall be deposited without any cost or charge to the state library.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:5 - Distribution Not Required.

    202-B:5 Distribution Not Required. –||The state librarian shall not distribute copies of:||I. The state reporter and reports provided under RSA 505.||II. Intra-office or inter-office publications and forms.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:6 - Duties of Program Libraries.

    202-B:6 Duties of Program Libraries. –||Program libraries shall make government information products received or accessed through the program available for the free use of the general public. They shall organize the tangible information products in an acceptable fashion.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:7 - Preservation.

    202-B:7 Preservation. –||The state librarian shall coordinate with each component of state government, the program libraries, and the state archivist to establish a system whereby state government information products available via state government electronic information services shall be maintained permanently for program library and general public access.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-B - New Hampshire State Government Information Dissemination and Access Act|Section 202-B:8 - Planning.

    202-B:8 Planning. –||I. The state librarian shall, in cooperation with all branches and agencies of state government, develop and publish annually a plan to increase the quality and quantity of state government information available in electronic format incrementally beginning with information that is most used and readily available. A copy of the plan shall be delivered to the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house, and the chief justice.||II. All components of state government within the executive branch shall cooperate with the state librarian providing public information, access to public information and assistance as may be requested for achieving the purposes of this chapter. All other components of state government may cooperate with the state librarian in providing public information, access to public information and assistance as may be requested.|||Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 203:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Housing and Redevelopment|Title 203 - Housing Authorities Law|Section 203:1 - Short Title.

    203:1 Short Title. –||This chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Authorities Law."|||Source. 1941, 222:1. RL 169:1.|