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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-8k. - Historic documents preservation grants to municipalities. Allocation of moneys in historic documents preservation account.

(a) The Public Records Administrator shall make grants to municipalities from the historic documents preservation account, established under section 11-8i, for the preservation and management of historic documents.
(b) If the Public Records Administrator finds that any grant awarded pursuant to this section is being used for other purposes or to supplant a previous source of funds, the Public Records Administrator may require repayment.
(c) The Public Records Administrator shall allocate moneys in the historic documents preservation account, established under section 11-8i, for (1) the preservation and management of historic documents maintained by the State Library, and (2) the expenses of administering the historic documents preservation grant program, established under section 11-8
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. The total amount of such allocated moneys in any fiscal year shall be thirty per cent of the moneys deposited in such historic documents preservation account in such year. On or before September 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the State Library shall submit a report describing the activities performed with the allocated moneys for the preceding fiscal year to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration.
(P.A. 00-146, S. 4, 8.)
History: P.A. 00-146 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-8l. - Historic documents preservation grant program. Regulations.

(a) The Public Records Administrator shall establish and administer a historic documents preservation grant program to help municipalities to enhance or improve the preservation and management of historic documents. Each application shall include a description of the purpose, objective and budget of the activities to be funded by the grant. The chief executive officer of a municipality applying for a grant under this section may designate the town clerk of that municipality as the agent to make such application.
(b) The Public Records Administrator shall establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, relative priorities for the approval of grants under this section. Such priorities may take into account the differing needs of municipalities, the need for consistency and equity in the distribution of grant awards and the extent to which particular projects may advance the purposes of this section. The Public Records Administrator may establish further criteria for the approval of grants under this section. Not later than February 1, 2001, the Public Records Administrator shall develop and disseminate a pamphlet that describes the evaluation process for grant applications under this section. In awarding grants under this section, the Public Records Administrator shall consult with the State Archivist and any other person the Public Records Administrator deems necessary.
(c) The Public Records Administrator shall authorize grant awards under this section on or before July thirty-first and December thirty-first of each fiscal year in which payment of a grant is to be made.
(d) The Public Records Administrator shall allocate seventy per cent of the moneys in the historic documents preservation account in any fiscal year to fund applications submitted under this section.
(P.A. 00-146, S. 5, 8.)
History: P.A. 00-146 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-8m. - Municipal reports to Public Records Administrator. Annual report of Public Records Administrator to legislative committee.

(a) Each municipality that receives a grant from the historic documents preservation account established under section 11-8i shall submit a report to the Public Records Administrator, in such form as the Public Records Administrator prescribes, not later than September first of the fiscal year following the year such grant was received. Such report shall contain a description of activities paid for with financial assistance under the grant. The chief executive officer of a municipality that receives a grant from the historic documents preservation account may designate the town clerk of that municipality as the agent to make such report.
(b) On or before January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the Public Records Administrator shall submit a report on grants made under sections 11-8j to 11-8
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, inclusive, for the preceding fiscal year to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration. Each such report shall include: (1) A description of the grants made under sections 11-8j to 11-8
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, inclusive, including the amount, purposes and the municipalities to which they were made; (2) a summary of the activities for which the State Library used the moneys allocated to it under section 11-8k; and (3) any findings or recommendations concerning the operation and effectiveness of the grant program.
(P.A. 00-146, S. 6, 8.)
History: P.A. 00-146 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-8n. - Regulations.

(a) The State Librarian shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 11-8j to 11-8m, inclusive.
(b) The State Librarian shall establish a committee to advise such State Librarian on the development and implementation of regulations under this section. The State Librarian shall designate the members of the committee who shall include representatives of small, medium and large municipalities and municipalities in all geographic regions of the state.
(P.A. 00-146, S. 7, 8.)
History: P.A. 00-146 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-9. - Appropriations to the Connecticut Historical Society.

The Connecticut Historical Society shall fund its operations through federal, state and private funds, to the extent that they are available. The Comptroller is authorized to draw his order upon the Treasurer in equal quarterly installments in favor of the treasurer of the society in such sums as may be appropriated for programs and purposes of the society which are intended for the use and benefit of the public.
(1949 Rev., S. 1676; P.A. 85-222.)
History: P.A. 85-222 entirely replaced provisions of section deleting specific purposes for which appropriations to the society may be made and adding reference to programs and purposes of the society which are intended for the use and benefit of the public.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-9b. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 11-9c and 11-9d:
(a) “State publications” means all publications printed or otherwise produced in tangible form, and all publications produced in electronic or other intangible form, by or under the direction of the state or any officer thereof, or any other agency supported wholly or in part by state funds;
(b) “Publication” means any document issued by a state agency that is available to the public, regardless of format or purpose, including legislatively mandated reports, with the exception of routine correspondence;
(c) “State agency” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board and commission, permanent or temporary in nature, whether legislative, executive or judicial, and any subdivisions of each, including state-supported institutions of higher education;
(d) “Depository library” means the designated library for collecting, maintaining and making available to the general public Connecticut state agency publications.
(P.A. 77-561, S. 1; P.A. 84-92, S. 1, 3; P.A. 07-227, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 84-92 amended Subsec. (a) deleting language which defined “state publications” as publications “purchased for distribution by a state agency” and substituting “published by or under the direction of the state or any officer thereof”; P.A. 07-227 redefined “state publications” to delete requirement that publications be published and add language re tangible form, electronic or intangible form in Subdiv. (a) and amended Subdiv. (b) to replace definition of “printed” with definition of “publication” and to include legislatively mandated reports as publication, effective July 1, 2007.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-9c. - Tangible and intangible state publications and depository library system.

The State Library shall administer and provide access to the public, on a permanent basis, to a collection of tangible state publications, and to a digital archive of intangible state publications, and a depository library system. The State Library shall: (1) Establish and administer, with the approval of the State Library Board, such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 11-9b to 11-9d, inclusive; (2) develop and maintain standards for depository libraries, including ascertaining their geographical distribution, with the approval of the State Library Board; (3) enter into depository contracts with libraries that meet the standards for eligibility established by the State Library; (4) annually advise designated staff in each agency, required by section 11-9d, of the number of copies of tangible publications needed for distribution; (5) receive from state agencies on or about publication date the specified number of copies of each publication; (6) receive on or about publication date, copies of, or notice of existence, availability and location of intangible publications; (7) retain sufficient copies in the Connecticut State Library for preservation, reference and interlibrary loan purposes; (8) distribute copies of tangible publications to depository libraries within the state in accordance with the terms of their depository contracts and to libraries outside the state in accordance with any agreements entered into for the exchange of state publications; (9) publish annually the official list of state publications; and (10) make available a permanent public archive of intangible state publications.
(P.A. 77-561, S. 2; P.A. 84-92, S. 2, 3; P.A. 07-227, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 84-92 deleted requirement that state library publish a monthly list of state publications and substituted a periodic, but at least quarterly publication schedule; P.A. 07-227 replaced language re Connecticut state publications collection with language re collection of tangible state publications and digital archive of intangible state publications, redesignated existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7), added new Subdiv. (6) re intangible publications, deleted former Subdiv. (7) re distribution of copies, amended Subdiv. (9) to replace quarterly list with annual list of state publications, added Subdiv. (10) re intangible state publications and added references to tangible publications throughout, effective July 1, 2007.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188 - State Library › Section 11-9d. - Duties of state agencies re tangible and intangible publications. Designation of staff.

(a) Designated staff in each state agency shall be responsible for making the publications of that agency known to the State Library. Each state agency shall notify the State Library of the identity of such designated staff not later than thirty days after October 1, 1977, and upon any change of personnel. Said staff shall supply the State Library annually or upon request with a complete list of the agency's current publications.
(b) Every state agency shall, upon publication, deposit a sufficient number of copies of each of its tangible publications with the State Library to meet the needs of the depository library system.
(c) Every state agency shall, upon publication, supply the State Library with, or notify the State Library of the existence, availability and location of its intangible publications.
(P.A. 77-561, S. 3; P.A. 07-227, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 07-227 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), added reference to tangible publications in Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) re intangible publications, effective July 1, 2007.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 188a - Cooperating Library Service Unit Program › Section 11-9e. - “Cooperating library service unit” defined. Budget recommendations.

(a) For purposes of this section and section 11-1, a “cooperating library service unit” means an organization of different types of libraries situated in a stipulated area of the state whose purpose is to improve library service through coordinated planning, resource sharing, and the development of programs too costly or impractical for a single library to maintain.
(b) The State Library Board shall include in its budget recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly such amounts as are required in the estimation of the board of the operation of the cooperating library service units to provide services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 82-360, S. 1, 4; P.A. 88-216, S. 4, 7.)
History: P.A. 88-216 in Subsec. (a) removed reference to Sec. 11-9f repealed by the same act and added reference to Sec. 11-1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-10a. - Retirement of librarians.

Upon certification by the bar library committee, any librarian of a law library existing under the provisions of section 11-19b may retire after thirty years of service, and shall thereafter receive an annual pension equal to two per cent of his average annual salary for each year of such service based on the five highest paid years of service, payable in monthly installments; provided any such librarian having less than thirty years' service on October 1, 1960, shall not be granted such a pension but shall be eligible for membership in the state employees retirement system, subject to such terms and conditions as to service credit and contributions to the retirement fund as the State Employees' Retirement Commission determines. This section shall not apply to any librarian who is a member of the municipal employees' retirement system or who is receiving a pension under the provisions of any special act.
(1959, P.A. 427; P.A. 73-471, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 73-471 substituted “law library existing under the provisions of section 11-10” for “county law library” (“11-19b” substituted for “11-10” when section transferred).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-10b. - Policies for establishment and maintenance of law library system.

The Supreme Court shall adopt policies for the establishment and maintenance of a system of law libraries within the state.
(P.A. 73-471, S. 3, 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 8; 75-479, S. 24, 25; 75-567, S. 76, 80; P.A. 76-368, S. 5, 9; P.A. 84-414, S. 7, 14; P.A. 90-234, S. 2, 8.)
History: P.A. 75-316 substituted “state library board” for “state library committee”; P.A. 75-479 repealed section but P.A. 75-567 removed section from list of sections to be repealed; P.A. 76-368 deleted provisions re receipt of appropriations by bar library committees, budget requests and annual reports submitted by said committees, requests for advice, service etc. and provision protecting law libraries from diminishment of annual payments; P.A. 84-414 inserted new Subsec. (a) re adoption of standards for services within each law library tier and designated former section provisions as Subsec. (b); P.A. 90-234 deleted requirement that the state library board adopt regulations and budget recommendations concerning the state system of law libraries and substituted provision requiring the supreme court to adopt policies for establishment and maintenance of system of law libraries.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-11 to 11-19. - New Haven, New London, Fairfield, Middlesex, Hartford, Litchfield, Windham and Tolland County law libraries. Payments to law libraries. Treasurer's bond.

Sections 11-11 to 11-19, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1647–1655; 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 1013d, 1015d; 1949, S. 1017d, 1019d; 1951, S. 1014d, 1016d, 1018d; 1957, P.A. 6, S. 1; 7; 317; 335; 346; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 26–34; 167; 305, S. 1; 399; 402; 406; 1961, P.A. 554; 1963, P.A. 621; 1967, P.A. 644, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 745, S. 1; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 14; P.A. 73-471, S. 4, 5; P.A. 75-530, S. 33, 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-19a. - System of law libraries.

There shall be a system of law libraries within the state, under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator.
(P.A. 76-368, S. 1, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-414, S. 8, 14; P.A. 90-234, S. 3, 8.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7 amended Subsec. (a) to elevate Stamford from a Tier II to a Tier I library and to provide Tier II libraries in New London and Danbury, and added Subsec. (c) re hours of operation of Tier I libraries, which was formerly part of Sec. 11-1a; P.A. 84-414 amended Subsec. (a) removing Hartford from the Tier I libraries and amended Subsec. (b) designating the law library in Hartford as the state's principal law library; P.A. 90-234 deleted provisions detailing authority of the state library board over the state system of law libraries and substituted provision that the law library system shall be under the supervision of the chief court administrator.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-19b. (Formerly Sec. 11-10). - Law library use and regulation.

Each such library shall be for the use of the courts and citizens of the state, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator.
(1949 Rev., S. 1646; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 25; P.A. 73-471, S. 1, 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 7; P.A. 76-368, S. 4, 9; 76-436, S. 474, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 2, 72; P.A. 90-234, S. 4, 8.)
History: 1959 act placed ownership of libraries in state rather than in counties; P.A. 73-471 made technical changes and required approval of regulations by chief justice of supreme court, chief court administrator and chief judges of superior and common pleas courts and required them to advise state library committee of their actions; P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee; P.A. 76-368 deleted provisions concerning management of libraries by law library associations composed of attorneys in county and required establishment of regulations by state library board with advice of law library advisory committee rather than by associations with approval of various officers of court; P.A. 76-436 required approval of regulations by chief administrative judge rather than chief court administrator and by two superior court judges appointed by chief justice rather than chief judges of superior and common pleas courts, effective July 1, 1978, but provisions were not enacted because provisions of P.A. 76-368 took precedence as clarified in P.A. 77-452; Sec. 11-10 transferred to Sec. 11-19b in 1977; P.A. 90-234 deleted reference to the regulations of the state library board re use of the state system of law libraries and substituted provision that use of the law library system shall be subject to conditions prescribed by the chief court administrator.
See Sec. 11-19e re furnishing of legislative materials to law libraries.
See Sec. 51-215 re furnishing of Supreme Court case records and briefs to law libraries.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-19c. - Law Library Advisory Committee.

Section 11-19c is repealed.
(P.A. 76-368, S. 2, 9; P.A. 77-452, S. 1, 72; P.A. 90-234, S. 7, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-19d. - Long term leases of law books to bar associations.

The State Library Board shall, upon request of any local bar association, enter into a long-term agreement with such association for the leasing of books within the area in which such association is located, which prior to July 1, 1976, were in law libraries belonging to the state and which the state no longer maintains. Such lease shall be for one dollar per year.
(P.A. 77-270.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 189 - Law Libraries › Section 11-19e. (Formerly Sec. 11-4b). - Furnishing of legislative materials to law libraries.

The State Library shall send, upon request, to each law library established pursuant to section 11-10b, an electronic copy of each of the following legislative materials as they become available: Bills; bulletins; list of bills; calendars; journals; file copies; engrossed copies; the legislative record index; and microfiche copies of the House proceedings, the Senate proceedings, and the joint standing committee public hearings for each legislative session, along with all appropriate indexing.
(1963, P.A. 264; P.A. 90-234, S. 5, 8; P.A. 11-150, S. 13.)
History: Sec. 11-4b transferred to Sec. 11-19e in 1987; P.A. 90-234 amended section to provide that the state library shall mail legislative materials to each law library upon request and added list of bills and microfiche copies of house and senate proceedings, committee hearings and appropriate indexing to the list of legislative materials; P.A. 11-150 required State Library to send electronic copy of legislative materials to each law library and deleted reference to photo offset copies of bills, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-20. - Establishment. Gifts. Pensions.

Any town, city, borough, fire district or incorporated school district may, by ordinance, establish a public library and may expend such sums of money as may be necessary to purchase land for a suitable site and to provide and maintain such suitable rooms or buildings as may be necessary for such library or for any library which is the property of any corporation without capital stock or for any public library established in such municipality, provided the use of such library shall be free to its inhabitants under such regulations as its trustees prescribe. Any such municipality may receive, hold and manage any devise, bequest or gift for the establishment, increase or maintenance of any such library within its limits and may retire with a pension or other reward any employee of any such library.
(1949 Rev., S. 1657; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 67; P.A. 07-227, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors, effective July 1, 2007.
See Sec. 7-403 re deposit of funds in custodian account.
See Sec. 11-32 re power of city councils to establish and maintain public libraries.
Devise to city, with discretionary power as to its application, sustained, although at the time of testator's death there was no public library. 60 C. 32.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-21. - Board of trustees.

In the absence of any other provision therefor, the management of the public library in any municipality, fire district or incorporated school district which has established such library under the provisions of section 11-20 shall be vested in a board of trustees, consisting of a number divisible by three to be elected in the manner provided in section 9-207. Such board may make bylaws for its government and shall have exclusive right to expend all money appropriated by such municipality for any such library.
(1949 Rev., S. 1659; 1953, 1955, S. 689d; P.A. 79-363, S. 31, 38; P.A. 07-227, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 79-363 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 9-208; P.A. 07-227 replaced board of directors with board of trustees, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-22. - Expenses.

The officer designated by the trustees of any such library shall draw his order on the treasurer of any such municipality for such sums as may be necessary to pay the expense of such library, but such sums shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount appropriated by any such municipality for such library.
(1949 Rev., S. 1658; P.A. 07-227, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors and language re deposit of books by town clerk, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-23. - State Librarian to advise and assist libraries.

The State Librarian, with the approval of the State Library Board, shall give to communities advice and assistance in the organization, establishment and administration of free public libraries, shall extend to the free public libraries, and to the library director of any public library, aid in cataloging books and in library management.
(1949 Rev., S. 1660; 1949, S. 1021d; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 3; P.A. 75-316, S. 9; P.A. 07-227, S. 8.)
History: 1965 act transferred duties of board of education under provisions of section to state librarian with approval of state library committee, deleted references to school libraries and deleted provision re inspection of libraries and suggestion of improvements; P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee; P.A. 07-227 replaced librarian of any public library with library director, made technical changes and deleted language re State Librarian's authorization to purchase and arrange books to be loaned by libraries and to give assistance to libraries in correctional and charitable institutions of the state, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-23a. - Library service center in Middlesex and Windham-Tolland areas.

The State Library Board shall maintain a library service center in the Middlesex County area and in the Windham-Tolland County area, to serve the public libraries and public schools in each of said areas.
(1959, P.A. 581, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 6; P.A. 75-316, S. 10; P.A. 07-227, S. 9.)
History: 1965 act substituted state library committee for state board of education and added new service center for Middlesex county area; P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee; P.A. 07-227 deleted language allowing boards of directors and boards of education that desire supplementary services to designate representative to serve on advisory board of governors, effective July 1, 2007.
See Sec. 11-23b re library service centers for public libraries and public schools.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-23b. (Formerly Sec. 10-28). - Library service centers for public libraries and public schools.

The State Library Board may establish and maintain library service centers to provide supplementary books and related library materials and services to public libraries and to public schools.
(February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 11.)
History: Sec. 10-28 transferred to Sec. 11-23b in 1969; P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee.
See Sec. 11-1a re programs of state-wide library service.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-23c. - Communications grant program for schools and public libraries.

There is established a grant program jointly administered by the Department of Education and the State Library to provide grants on a competitive process to schools and principal public libraries with priority given to those schools and libraries located in communities the residents of which have an average per capita income below the state average per capita income. The grant application shall include, without limitation, how the grant would be used to provide (1) public universal access to the Internet, (2) links for the transmission of information to schools, libraries and municipal government, (3) training and education in telecommunications and information technologies, and (4) effective application of information to economic, social and cultural problems and issues.
(P.A. 95-234, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 95-234 effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-24. - Payments to free public libraries.

Section 11-24 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1662; 1949, 1955, S. 1023d; 1957, P.A. 126, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 450, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 590, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-24a. - Definitions. Principal public library. Nonprincipal public library.

(a) As used in sections 11-24b, 11-24c and 11-31a:
(1) “Board” means the State Library Board.
(2) “Public library” means a library that serves its residents through its outlet or outlets without charging a borrower's card fee and which receives its financial support in whole or in part from local tax funds.
(3) “Principal public library” means the public library which has been so designated by the local municipal governing board.
(4) “Local funds” means moneys received by a public library from any source, public or private, excluding state or federal grants.
(5) “General library purposes” means all functions of a public library, including the purchase of land or the construction, alteration or remodeling of buildings.
(b) A municipality may have more than one public library, but may designate only one library as its principal public library. A principal public library may be designated for more than one town if it meets conditions established and approved by the State Library Board. In any town or municipality where there are multiple libraries, there shall be a separate board or governing body and a different library director and staff for each public library. Each public library shall be a separate library facility and there shall be a separate town appropriation to each public library.
(c) Any public library not designated as a principal public library shall be a “nonprincipal public library”. A nonprincipal public library in a municipality may be eligible to receive a state grant, construction cost grant, emergency repair grant or Connecticard grant provided it meets the following conditions: There is a separate board of trustees or governing body for each such nonprincipal public library; there is a different library director and staff for each such library; there is a separate library facility; and there is a separate town appropriation to each such library.
(1967, P.A. 590, S. 2; P.A. 75-316, S. 12; P.A. 83-364, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-180, S. 17, 166; P.A. 13-239, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee; P.A. 83-364 made former provisions Subsec. (a), replacing former alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators, redefined “public library” as a library which does not charge a borrower's card fee and which receives financial support wholly or partially from local tax funds, restated definition of “principal public library”, redefined “general library purposes” to include land purchase and building construction, alteration or remodeling which had previously been expressly excluded, deleted definition of “base period operational funds” and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) clarifying designation of principal public library and establishing criteria for receipt of grant by “nonprincipal public library”; P.A. 96-180 made a technical grammatical change in Subsec. (c), effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 13-239 amended Subsec. (c) to include emergency repair grants as eligible for funding, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-24d. - Grants for library automation.

The state, through the State Library Board, may provide financial assistance in the form of grants to support the application of automation to the state's libraries. Grants shall be made to assist in the payment of expenses associated with: The purchase of necessary capital equipment and entrance fees to join the centralized automated library systems; changing library records from a manual system to an automated system accessible to users of other libraries in the state; enlarging existing library data bases to accommodate increased library participation and technological innovations; providing connections to centralized automated library data bases; procurement of terminals and software for libraries to access shared bibliographic and source data bases; expansion of electronic mail service among the state's libraries; and establishment of communication systems to support cooperative information services for the public. The grants shall be made in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Library Board in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 85-537, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-216, S. 5, 7; P.A. 89-198.)
History: P.A. 88-216 deleted obsolete provision re how grants to be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986, deleted provisions re a library aid information network council and made technical changes; P.A. 89-198 removed the restriction that required grants to be made only to publicly supported libraries.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-25. - Reports by libraries. Confidentiality of records.

(a) The libraries established under the provisions of this chapter, and any free public library receiving a state appropriation, shall annually make a report to the State Library Board.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding section 1-210, records maintained by libraries that can be used to identify any library user, or link any user to a library transaction, regardless of format, shall be kept confidential, except that the records may be disclosed to officers, employees and agents of the library, as necessary for operation of the library.
(2) Information contained in such records shall not be released to any third party, except (A) pursuant to a court order, or (B) with the written permission of the library user whose personal information is contained in the records.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, “library” includes any library regularly open to the public, whether public or private, maintained by any industrial, commercial or other group or association, or by any governmental agency, but does not include libraries maintained by schools and institutions of higher education.
(4) No provision of this subsection shall be construed to prevent a library from publishing or making available to the public statistical reports regarding library registration and use of library materials, if such reports do not contain personally identifying information.
(1949 Rev., S. 1663; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 8; P.A. 75-316, S. 15; P.A. 81-431, S. 4; P.A. 07-227, S. 20.)
History: 1965 act substituted state library committee for state board of education; P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee; P.A. 81-431 added Subsec. (b) concerning confidentiality of library circulation records; P.A. 07-227 replaced former Subsec. (b) re confidentiality of personally identifying information with new Subsec. (b) re confidentiality of records that can be used to identify library user or link user with library transaction and release of records, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-26. - Librarians' certificates.

Section 11-26 is repealed, effective July 1, 2007.
(1949 Rev., S. 1664; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 9; P.A. 75-316, S. 16; P.A. 07-227, S. 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-27. - Library fund.

All moneys collected or received in payment for library service contracted for and rendered shall be placed in the treasury of the town, city, borough, fire district or school district for which such service was rendered, to the credit of its library fund. The moneys in such fund shall be kept separate from other moneys and shall be withdrawn only by authorized officials, upon authenticated vouchers of the trustees of the public library which provides such service.
(1949 Rev., S. 1668; P.A. 07-227, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-28. - Merger of library facilities.

The trustees of two or more public libraries may, with the approval of the towns in which such libraries are situated, contract for the merger, in whole or in part, of the facilities of such libraries.
(1949 Rev., S. 1666; P.A. 07-227, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-29. - Transfer of employees.

Members of the regular staff of any free public library may be transferred to one of its contract libraries, either on a temporary or a permanent basis, without affecting their status on the library payroll or their right to promotion, because of any town ordinance or regulation as to residence. The trustees of any free public library may employ any person in a branch established in another town than that in which such library is located, without complying with any civil service or residence ordinance of either of such towns; but no such employee shall be transferred to a library within either of such towns which has civil service or residence ordinances.
(1949 Rev., S. 1667; P.A. 07-227, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 07-227 deleted reference to directors, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-30. - Contracts for library service.

Any state agency, municipality, taxing district or public or private library may contract with any other state agency, municipality, taxing district or public or private library to provide or secure such library services as may be agreed upon, which services may include, but need not be limited to, (1) the lending of books and related library materials, (2) the establishment of branch libraries, depositories or bookmobile service and (3) cooperative purchasing and processing of books, recordings, films and related library materials.
(1949 Rev., S. 1665; 1953, S. 1024d; 1957, P.A. 121, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 489, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act allowed private libraries to contract for services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-31. - Regional library service.

Any town, city, borough, fire district or school district may raise money by taxation and make appropriations for defraying the expense of contract or regional library service, and shall be subject to the duties and entitled to the benefits prescribed by this chapter relating to free public libraries in towns or other municipalities.
(1949 Rev., S. 1669.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-31a. - Definitions.

As used in section 11-31b:
(a) “Connecticard” means a cooperative program among public libraries in Connecticut which allows a resident of any town in the state who holds a valid borrower card issued by his home library to use that card to borrow materials from any public library in the state that is participating in the program;
(b) “Connecticard transaction” means each lending of a recognized unit of library material by a participating library to a person who is a resident of any Connecticut town except the town in which the library is located or any towns for which the library has been designated the principal public library and who has presented a valid Connecticard borrower card at the library making the loan;
(c) “Net plus transaction” means the library services, based on the number of items loaned, rendered to nonresidents of towns normally served by libraries offering state-wide services in excess of the library service rendered to residents of such towns by other libraries;
(d) “Participating library” means a library which has signed a letter of agreement on file with the State Library;
(e) “Resident” means that a person is principally domiciled in a town. A borrower who holds dual residency or who owns property in more than one town is considered a resident only in the town where he is principally domiciled. In all other towns, that borrower shall be a nonresident.
(P.A. 73-645, S. 1, 5; P.A. 82-304, S. 1, 4.)
History: P.A. 82-304 repealed text concerning state-wide library services and substituted definitions for the Connecticard program.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-31b. - Connecticard program; state aid for services rendered to nonresidents.

Any public library which is a participating library in Connecticard and any library which was a participating library in Connecticard prior to July 1, 1983, may claim and be entitled to receive state aid for services rendered to nonresidents, provided such library files with the State Library Board a record of the number of items loaned to nonresidents of the town or towns which it normally serves not later than seven days after March first and September first of each year. Such reports shall be certified as accurate by the library filing with the State Library Board. On the order of the board, the Comptroller shall pay to each participating library an amount which shall be determined as follows: The State Library Board shall divide by two the total amount of funds appropriated for the Connecticard program. One-half of such amount shall be used for all Connecticard transactions and the remaining half shall be used for net plus transactions. The grant may be used for general library purposes and no portion of the grant money shall revert to the general fund of the town or towns normally served by such library.
(P.A. 82-304, S. 2, 4; P.A. 84-255, S. 18, 21.)
History: P.A. 84-255 applied provisions specifically to “public” libraries and extended eligibility to any libraries which participated in Connecticard program prior to July 1, 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-32. - Legislative body of municipality may establish or operate a public library.

The legislative body of any municipality may establish or operate a public library and reading room, together with such kindred apartments and facilities as the legislative body approves; and may levy a tax annually on all taxable property of the municipality for the establishment or operation of a public library. Such tax shall be levied and collected as other taxes, and shall be known as the “library fund”. Such library and reading room shall be free to the use of the inhabitants of the city, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the board of trustees may adopt in order to render the use of the library and reading room of the greatest benefit. Such board may exclude from the use of such library and reading room any person who wilfully violates such rules, and may extend its privileges to persons residing in this state outside the city upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe.
(1949 Rev., S. 1670; P.A. 73-261, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-305; P.A. 07-227, S. 22; P.A. 10-108, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 73-261 increased tax limit from one and one-half to two mills on the dollar; P.A. 82-305 deleted provision which had limited tax levied for public library needs to a maximum of two mills on the dollar; P.A. 07-227 replaced board of directors with board of trustees, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-108 replaced references to “city council” and “council” with “legislative body”, replaced references to “city” with “municipality”, replaced “and maintain” with “or operate” and added provision re tax for establishment or operation of a public library, effective June 1, 2010.
See Sec. 11-20 re power of towns, cities, boroughs, fire districts and incorporated school districts to establish public libraries.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 11 - Libraries and Museums › Chapter 190 - Public Libraries › Section 11-33. - Powers and duties of trustees in municipalities. Gifts.

When the legislative body of any municipality has decided to establish a public library and reading room, the chief elected official of such municipality shall, with the approval of the legislative body, appoint a board of nine trustees. Not more than one member of the legislative body shall be a member of such board. The trustees shall, immediately after their appointment, meet and organize by the election of one of their number as president and by the election of such other officers as they deem necessary. They shall make and adopt (1) bylaws, rules and regulations for the government of the library and reading room, and (2) policies and rules regarding Internet usage and content accessible by patrons of the library and reading room on computers and other electronic devices provided by the library and reading room. They shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the construction of any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased, given or set apart for that purpose; provided all moneys collected and received for such purpose shall be placed in the treasury of such municipality, to the credit of its library fund, and shall be kept separate from other moneys of the municipality and shall be drawn upon by the proper officers of the municipality, upon duly authenticated vouchers of the trustees. Such board may purchase, lease or accept grounds, and erect, lease or occupy an appropriate building or buildings, for the use of such library, appoint a library director and all necessary assistants and fix their compensation. Any person desiring to make a gift for the benefit of such library may vest the title to such donation in the board of trustees to be held and controlled according to the terms of the gift of such property; and such board shall be special trustee thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 1671; P.A. 07-227, S. 14; P.A. 10-108, S. 34; P.A. 11-28, S. 16; P.A. 17-68, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 07-227 replaced board of directors with board of trustees and librarian with library director, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-108 replaced “any city council” with “the legislative body of any municipality”, deleted “and maintain”, replaced “mayor” with “chief elected official”, replaced references to “city” with “municipality” and replaced references to “city council” and “council” with “legislative body”, effective June 1, 2010; P.A. 11-28 made a technical change, effective June 3, 2011; P.A. 17-68 designated existing provision re bylaws, rules and regulations for government of library and reading room as Subdiv. (1), added Subdiv. (2) re policies and rules regarding Internet usage and content accessible by patrons, and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2017.