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MI Comp L § 397.203 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.203 - Boards of Directors; Appointment; Terms; Removal.

397.203 Boards of directors; appointment; terms; removal.Sec. 3.  The offices of boards of directors appointed before July 1, 1932 under this act, consisting of 9 members, are vacant effective July 1, 1932, and a board of 5 members to succeed them or a board of 5 members for a library newly established under this act shall be first appointed as follows: 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 5 years, 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, and annually thereafter the mayor shall appoint 1 member for a term of 5 years. The mayor may, by and with the consent of the city council, remove any member for misconduct or neglect of duty. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5177 ;-- CL 1897, 3451 ;-- CL 1915, 3433 ;-- CL 1929, 8061 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 248, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 397.203 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.204 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.204 - Governing Board; Vacancy; Compensation.

397.204 Governing board; vacancy; compensation.Sec. 4.  A vacancy in the governing board of a library occasioned by removal, resignation, or otherwise, shall be reported to the city council and filled in the same manner as the original appointment, and no member shall receive compensation as such. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5178 ;-- CL 1897, 3452 ;-- CL 1915, 3434 ;-- CL 1929, 8062 ;-- CL 1948, 397.204 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.205 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.205 - Governing Board; President; Officers; Powers and Duties; Library Fund; Expenditures; Establishment and Maintenance of Public Library and Reading Room.

397.205 Governing board; president; officers; powers and duties; library fund; expenditures; establishment and maintenance of public library and reading room.Sec. 5.  The governing board of a library shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of 1 member as president, and by the election of other officers as necessary. The governing board shall make and adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own guidance and for the government of the library and reading room, consistent with this act. The governing board has exclusive control of the expenditure of all money collected to the credit of the library fund, the construction of any library building, and the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds, rooms, or buildings constructed, leased, or set apart for that purpose. All money received for the library shall be deposited in the treasury of the city to the credit of the library fund, shall be kept separate and apart from other money of the city, and drawn upon by the proper officers of the city upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the library board. The governing board may purchase or lease grounds and occupy, lease, or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of the library; has the power to appoint a suitable librarian and necessary assistants and fix their compensation; and remove appointees. The governing board shall carry out the spirit and intent of this act in establishing and maintaining a public library and reading room. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5179 ;-- CL 1897, 3453 ;-- CL 1915, 3435 ;-- CL 1929, 8063 ;-- CL 1948, 397.205 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.206 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.206 - City Library; Free Use; Regulations.

397.206 City library; free use; regulations.  Sec. 6.  Every library and reading room established under this act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants where located, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt; and said board may exclude from the use of said library and reading room any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5180 ;-- CL 1897, 3454 ;-- CL 1915, 3436 ;-- CL 1929, 8064 ;-- CL 1948, 397.206
MI Comp L § 397.207 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.207 - Governing Board; Annual Report; Contents; Affidavit.

397.207 Governing board; annual report; contents; affidavit.Sec. 7.  The governing board appointed under section 2 shall annually report to the city council on the money received from the library fund and from other sources, and how the money has been expended and for what purposes; the number of books and periodicals on hand; the number added by purchase, gift, or otherwise during the year; the number lost or missing; the number of visitors attending; the number of books loaned out, and the general character and kind of those books; as well as other statistics, information, and suggestions as it deems appropriate. All portions of the report that relate to the receipt and expenditure of money, as well as the number of books on hand, books lost or missing, or books purchased, shall be verified by affidavit. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5181 ;-- CL 1897, 3455 ;-- CL 1915, 3437 ;-- CL 1929, 8065 ;-- CL 1948, 397.207 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.208 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.208 - City Library; Injury to Property, Ordinances, Penalties.

397.208 City library; injury to property, ordinances, penalties. Sec. 8.  The city council of said city shall have power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such library, or the grounds or other property thereof, or for wilful injury to or failure to return any book belonging to such library. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5182 ;-- CL 1897, 3456 ;-- CL 1915, 3438 ;-- CL 1929, 8066 ;-- CL 1948, 397.208
MI Comp L § 397.209 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.209 - Donation of Money, Personal Property, or Real Estate; Governing Board as Trustee.

397.209 Donation of money, personal property, or real estate; governing board as trustee.Sec. 9.  Any person desiring to donate money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of a library has the right to vest the title to money or real estate donated in a governing board created under this act, to be held and controlled by that board when accepted according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of the property. The governing board shall be considered a special trustee of money, personal property, or real estate donated under this section. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5183 ;-- CL 1897, 3457 ;-- CL 1915, 3439 ;-- CL 1929, 8067 ;-- CL 1948, 397.209 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.210a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.210a - Free Public Library in City; Establishment; Petition for Tax; Notice; Library Fund; Preparing and Reporting Estimate of Money Necessary for Support and Maintenance; Tax Additional to Tax Limitation.

397.210a Free public library in city; establishment; petition for tax; notice; library fund; preparing and reporting estimate of money necessary for support and maintenance; tax additional to tax limitation.Sec. 10a.  (1) Fifty voters of a city may present to the clerk of the city a petition asking that a tax be levied for the establishment of a free public library in that city and specifying a rate of taxation not to exceed 2 mills on the dollar. The tax may be of unlimited duration or the petition may specify the number of years for which the tax shall be levied. The clerk, in the next legal notice of the regular election in that city, shall give notice that at the election every voter may vote upon the proposition. The notice shall specify the rate and any duration of taxation mentioned in the petition.  (2) If a majority of all the votes cast in the city upon the proposition is for the tax for a free public library, the tax specified in the notice shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes of that city for the period, if any, specified in the petition, and shall be placed in a fund to be known as the "library fund".  (3) If the free public library is established under this section, and a governing board is elected and qualified as provided in section 11, the board, on or before the first Monday in September in each year, shall prepare an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the support and maintenance of the free public library for the ensuing year, not to exceed 2 mills on the dollar of the taxable property of the city. Unless any period specified in the petition for the levy of the tax has expired, the governing board shall report the estimate to the legislative body of the city. The legislative body shall raise by tax upon the taxable property in the city the amount of the estimate in the same manner that other general taxes are raised in the city.  (4) A tax levied under this section shall be in addition to any tax limitation imposed by a city charter. History: Add. 1911, Act 178, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 3441 ;-- CL 1929, 8069 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 248, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 397.210a ;-- Am. 1980, Act 521, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 133, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1986 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 81, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1994 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.210b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.210b - Free Public Library Established in Township or Village Incorporated as City; Continuation of Library Board, Library, and Tax.

397.210b Free public library established in township or village incorporated as city; continuation of library board, library, and tax. Sec. 10b.  If a township or village in which a free public library has been established pursuant to section 10 is incorporated in its entirety as a city, the library board of the free public library shall continue in office and the free public library shall continue in existence and be governed by the provisions of section 10a as if the free public library had originally been established as a free public library under section 10a. Any tax previously authorized pursuant to this act for the support of the free public library shall continue in effect after the incorporation and shall then be assessed and collected on the taxable property in the city as provided in section 10a.  History: Add. 1982, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1982
MI Comp L § 397.210c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.210c - Increasing or Renewing Library Millage; Ballot; Election; Validation of Millage Renewal.

397.210c Increasing or renewing library millage; ballot; election; validation of millage renewal.Sec. 10c.  (1) If a city, village, or township has voted on, approved, and established a library pursuant to this act and the governing board by resolution determines that the estimate of the amount of money necessary for the support and maintenance of the library exceeds the previously authorized millage or that, if the previously authorized millage was approved for a specific number of years, the millage should be renewed, the question of increasing the library millage to not more than 2 mills or of renewing the millage shall be placed on the ballot for approval at the next regular annual election for that city, village, or township or at a special election for that city, village, or township. The increase or renewal may be of unlimited duration or the question may specify the number of years for which the increase or renewal shall be levied. The costs of a special election shall be paid from the library fund.   (2) If a library millage was renewed in the manner provided by subsection (1) before April 11, 1994, that millage renewal is hereby validated. History: Add. 1986, Act 133, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1986 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 81, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1994 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.211a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.211a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

397.211a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. Sec. 11a.  A petition under section 10, 10a, or 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. History: Add. 1998, Act 177, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
MI Comp L § 397.212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.212 - Applicability of MCL 397.210a and 397.211; Exception; Organization of Existing Public Library Under MCL 397.210a.

397.212 Applicability of MCL 397.210a and 397.211; exception; organization of existing public library under MCL 397.210a. Sec. 12.  Except as otherwise provided in section 10b, sections 10a and 11 do not apply to a city, village, or township maintaining a public library under a special act or to a public library contained in the 1979 statement prepared by the state board for libraries pursuant to section 8 of Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1964, being section 397.38 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. However, an existing public library may, by petition, be organized under section 10a regardless of the library's original organization. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5186 ;-- CL 1897, 3460 ;-- CL 1915, 3443 ;-- CL 1929, 8071 ;-- CL 1948, 397.212 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 130, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 521, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1982
MI Comp L § 397.213 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.213 - Use of Library Services by Adjacent Township, Village, or City; Contract; Payment.

397.213 Use of library services by adjacent township, village, or city; contract; payment. Sec. 13.  (1) Notwithstanding a contrary city, village, or township charter provision, a township, village, or city adjacent to a township, village, or city that supports a free public circulating library and reading room under this act may contract for the use of library services with that adjacent township, village, or city.  (2) A township, city, or village may pay for the use of library services contracted for under subsection (1) by levying a tax not to exceed 2 mills of its state equalized valuation, by use of money from the municipality's general fund, or with money received under Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 397.31 to 397.40 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A tax shall not be levied or increased under this section unless a majority of the electors of the municipality voting on the question vote in favor of the tax. History: Add. 1903, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 3444 ;-- CL 1929, 8072 ;-- CL 1948, 397.213 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987
MI Comp L § 397.215 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.215 - Contract for Use of Library Services by County; Joint Governing Board; Membership; Provisions of Contract; Powers and Duties of Joint Governing Board.

397.215 Contract for use of library services by county; joint governing board; membership; provisions of contract; powers and duties of joint governing board.Sec. 15.  (1) In a county that does not have a county library established under 1917 PA 138, MCL 397.301 to 397.305, or counties in which the population exceeds 1,000,000, a contract for use of library services under section 13 may provide for joint representation on the library governing board. A joint governing board shall not have more than 9 members.  (2) A contract for use of library services that provides for joint representation may provide that a member serving on a governing board on the day before the establishment of a joint governing board shall become a member of the joint governing board and shall serve out the balance of his or her unexpired term.  (3) A contract for the use of library services shall specify all of the following:  (a) Whether members added to an existing governing board to create a joint governing board are elected or appointed.  (b) The method of election or appointment of members added to an existing governing board to create a joint governing board.  (c) Lengths of terms of office of members added to an existing governing board to create a joint governing board. The terms of the added members shall be staggered. If a contract establishing a joint governing board is terminated, the terms of all added members end on the date of termination.  (d) The method of removal of, and the causes upon which removal may be based for, a member added to an existing governing board to create a joint governing board.  (e) The method of filling a vacancy in the office of a member added to an existing governing board to create a joint governing board. A vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term.  (f) Any other provision that is considered necessary or advisable.  (4) Selection, length of terms, manner of filling vacancies, and removal of the members of the existing governing board who become members on the joint governing board are governed by state law or by the township, city, or village charter.  (5) If a contract for use of library services that provides for joint representation does not provide that members on the existing governing board become members on the joint governing board, the offices of the members of the existing governing board shall be vacated on the date the joint governing board assumes jurisdiction and the contract shall include the provisions required by subsection (3), which shall apply to the entire joint governing board.  (6) A joint governing board established under this section has the same powers and duties as a governing board of a library under sections 5 to 7. History: Add. 1984, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.216 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.216 - Rights in Use and Benefits of Library; Uniform Rules and Regulations.

397.216 Rights in use and benefits of library; uniform rules and regulations.Sec. 16.  After fulfilling the contractual requirements, the people of a township, village, or city that has contracted for library services with another township, village, or city have all rights in the use and benefits of the library that they would have if they lived in the township, village, or city where the library is established, subject to uniform rules and regulations established by the governing board. History: Add. 1903, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 3446 ;-- CL 1929, 8074 ;-- CL 1948, 397.216 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014
MI Comp L § 397.217 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.217 - Joint Municipal Libraries; Villages and Cities.

397.217 Joint municipal libraries; villages and cities. Sec. 17.  The people of villages may join with townships, or townships with villages, or either with cities, by complying with similar provisions, as aforesaid in this act, and as amended, for the purpose of maintaining, supporting and receiving the benefits from a free public circulating library. History: Add. 1903, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 3447 ;-- CL 1929, 8075 ;-- CL 1948, 397.217
MI Comp L § 397.231 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 181 of 1973 - Transfer of City Public Libraries (397.231 - 397.233)|Section 397.231 - Effect of Repealing Local Act Governing City Public Library.

397.231 Effect of repealing local act governing city public library. Sec. 1.  If the local act governing a city public library is repealed, the governing body of the city shall succeed to all title and interest in the real and personal property of the library.  History: 1973, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973
MI Comp L § 397.232 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 181 of 1973 - Transfer of City Public Libraries (397.231 - 397.233)|Section 397.232 - Operation and Maintenance of Library by Governing Body of City.

397.232 Operation and maintenance of library by governing body of city. Sec. 2.  The governing body of the city may continue to operate and maintain the library in accordance with appropriate statutes of this state or the charter of that governmental unit.  History: 1973, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973
MI Comp L § 397.233 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 181 of 1973 - Transfer of City Public Libraries (397.231 - 397.233)|Section 397.233 - Conveyance of Library Property to Other Governing Body.

397.233 Conveyance of library property to other governing body. Sec. 3.  The governing body of the city may convey the property of such library to the governing body of another governmental unit for use of the property for library purposes. History: 1973, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973
MI Comp L § 397.261 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 261 of 1913 - Libraries Under Boards of Education (397.261 - 397.262)|Section 397.261 - Boards of Education Library; Annual Expense Estimates.

397.261 Boards of education library; annual expense estimates. Sec. 1.  Boards of education in cities where free public libraries are under control of such boards of education by reason of existing charters or otherwise, from and after the passage of this act are hereby authorized and empowered to include in their annual estimate a sum or sums sufficient to properly care for and defray the expense of maintenance and to purchase new books required for such libraries.  History: 1913, Act 261, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 5836 ;-- CL 1929, 8081 ;-- CL 1948, 397.261