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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.351 | Payment of Employees by Direct Deposit.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
The fiscal officer of each board of library trustees appointed under section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code may pay the compensation of each employee of the library under the board's jurisdiction by direct deposit, as defined in section 131.01 of the Revised Code. If direct deposit is chosen as the desired form of compensation by the board of library trustees for its employees, each employee shall provide to the fiscal officer a written authorization for payment by direct deposit. The authorization shall include the designation of a financial institution equipped to accept direct deposits and the number of the account into which the deposit is to be made. The authorization shall remain in effect until withdrawn in writing by the employee or until dishonored by the financial institution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.36 | Treasurer of Library Funds - Deposits of Moneys - Monthly Statement - Financial Statement.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
The fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of a free public library shall be the treasurer of the library funds. All moneys received by the fiscal officer for library purposes shall be immediately placed by the fiscal officer in a depository designated by the board. The fiscal officer shall keep an account of the funds credited to the board. The fiscal officer shall render a statement to the board monthly showing the revenues and receipts from whatever sources derived, the disbursements and the purposes for such disbursements, and the assets and liabilities of the board. At the end of each fiscal year the fiscal officer shall submit to the board a complete financial statement showing the receipts and expenditures in detail for the entire fiscal year. The board of library trustees of a free public library may appoint a deputy fiscal officer, for a term of one year, and may authorize such deputy to receive and disburse library funds. Such deputy, before entering upon official duties, shall execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the board, payable to the board, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the official duties required of the deputy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.361 | Liability for Loss of Public Funds.

Effective:
September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 15 - 134th General Assembly
A fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of a free public library shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer has performed all official duties required of the fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the fiscal officer's or deputy fiscal officer's negligence or other wrongful act.
Last updated June 30, 2022 at 5:15 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.37 | Statement Filed With County Auditor.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
Before giving the fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library a warrant for funds due such board, the county auditor shall require the fiscal officer to file with the auditor a statement showing the amount of funds on hand, available for expenditure by the board, according to the books of the fiscal officer and the books of the depository designated by the board. Such statement shall indicate that the fiscal officer's books are in exact balance with the depository accounts and shall be certified to by the fiscal officer and proper officer of the depository.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.38 | Compliance With Duties Relating to Moneys Credited to Board of Library Trustees.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
All the duties required of the county auditor, county treasurer, or other officer or person relating to the moneys to the credit of or to be credited to a board of library trustees of a free public library shall be complied with by dealing with the fiscal officer of such board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.39 | Accounting by Clerk - Count and Certificate.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
At the expiration of the term of a fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library or before such board approves the surety of any fiscal officer, such board shall require the fiscal officer to produce all money, bonds, or other securities in the fiscal officer's hands, which shall then be counted by the board or a committee of the board, or by a representative of the auditor of state. A certificate setting forth the exact amount of such money, bonds, or other securities and signed by the representatives making such count shall be entered upon the records of the board and shall be prima-facie evidence that the amount stated in such certificate is actually in the treasury at that date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.391 | Treasurer to Credit Earnings on Investments.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 674 - 122nd General Assembly
The board of library trustees of any free public library district may adopt a resolution requiring the treasurer of the district to credit the earnings made on the investment of the principal of the moneys specified in the resolution to the fund from which the earnings arose or any other fund of the district as the board specifies in its resolution.
This section does not apply to the earnings made on the investment of any bond retirement fund or any sinking fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.401 | Purchase of Liability Insurance.

Effective:
November 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 116 - 112th General Assembly
Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 1713.28, 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, and 3375.22 of the Revised Code may procure policies of insurance insuring trustees, officers, and employees of the library against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of death by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle owned or operated by said library, and on account of damages or injury to persons or property resulting from any act or omission of such person in his official capacity as a trustee, officer, or employee of the library or resulting solely out of his membership on or employment by the library board. Whenever the board deems it necessary to procure such insurance, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity thereof, together with a statement of the estimated premium cost, and upon the adoption of the resolution the board may purchase such insurance. Premium for such insurance shall be paid from the current expense fund of the library. The amount of liability insurance carried on any motor vehicle operated by said public library may be distributed among more than one insurance company.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.402 | Establishment of Museums.

Effective:
October 6, 1955
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 906 - 101st General Assembly
A library board may contract with a corporation not for profit organized to establish a museum for the use of the general public and located within the territory served by the library, to turn over to such corporation the museum physical assets of the library under such terms and conditions as the library board may deem proper. Such board may also loan books, periodicals, and similar matter belonging to the library to such corporation for use in its museum, and such library board may include in its annual budget a sum not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, which sum it may pay to such corporation for the maintenance of such museum.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.403 | Contract for Public Library Service.

Effective:
September 11, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 146 - 116th General Assembly
The board of library trustees or governing body of any public library may contract for public library service with the board of library trustees or governing body of one or more libraries within the state that serve the general public, public or private schools, colleges, or universities, or a profession, occupation, or business. The board of library trustees of any public library may contract with boards of education of school districts within its territory to provide school library service, the boards of education paying all or part of the expense thereof.
Contracts as provided in this section may be terminated by mutual agreement, or by either of the two contracting parties on giving six months' notice before the day upon which taxes upon real estate become a lien.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.41 | Contracts Over $50,000 to Require Bidding Procedure.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
When a board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code determines to construct, demolish, alter, repair, or reconstruct a library or make any improvements or repairs, the cost of which will exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, except in cases of urgent necessity or for the security and protection of library property, it shall proceed as follows:
(A) The board shall advertise for a period of two weeks for sealed bids in a newspaper of general circulation in the district or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If no newspaper has a general circulation in the district, the board shall post the advertisement in three public places in the district. The advertisement shall be entered in full by the fiscal officer on the record of proceedings of the board.
(B) The sealed bids shall be filed with the fiscal officer by twelve noon of the last day stated in the advertisement.
(C) The sealed bids shall be opened at the next meeting of the board, shall be publicly read by the fiscal officer, and shall be entered in full on the records of the board; provided that the board, by resolution, may provide for the public opening and reading of the bids by the fiscal officer, immediately after the time for their filing has expired, at the usual place of meeting of the board, and for the tabulation of the bids and a report of the tabulation to the board at its next meeting.
(D) Each sealed bid shall contain the name of every person interested in it and shall meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code.
(E) When both labor and materials are embraced in the work bid for, the board may require that each be separately stated in the sealed bid, with their price, or may require that bids be submitted without the separation.
(F) None but the lowest responsible bid shall be accepted. The board may reject all the bids or accept any bid for both labor and material for the improvement or repair that is the lowest in the aggregate.
(G) The contract shall be between the board and the bidders. The board shall pay the contract price for the work in cash at the times and in the amounts as provided by sections 153.12, 153.13, and 153.14 of the Revised Code.
(H) When two or more bids are equal, in whole or in part, and are lower than any others, either may be accepted, but in no case shall the work be divided between these bidders.
(I) When there is reason to believe there is collusion or combination among the bidders, the bids of those concerned in the collusion or combination shall be rejected.
(J) No project subject to this section shall be divided into component parts, separate projects, or items of work in order to avoid the requirements of this section.
Last updated September 22, 2023 at 2:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.411 | Retirement Systems for Library Employees.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
A board of library trustees of a free public library, appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 3375.06, 3375.08, 3375.12, 3375.15, and 3375.22 of the Revised Code, which has not less than seventy-five full-time employees, and which, prior to September 16, 1943, was providing for retirement of the employees of such library with annuities, insurance, or other provisions, under authority granted by former section 7889 of the General Code, may provide such retirement, insurance, or other provisions in the same manner authorized by former section 7889 of the General Code, as follows: the library board of such library which has appropriated and paid the board's portion provided in such system or plan, may continue to appropriate and pay the board's portion provided in such system or plan out of the funds received to the credit of such board by taxation or otherwise. Each employee of such library who is to be included in a system of retirement shall contribute to the retirement fund not less than four per cent per annum of the employee's salary from the time of eligibility to join the retirement system to the time of retirement. If a group insurance plan is installed by any library, not less than fifty per cent of the cost of such insurance shall be borne by the employees included in such plan.
Provided, any employee whose employment by said library began on or after September 16, 1943, may exempt self from inclusion in such retirement system, or withdraw from such retirement system. Upon such exemption or withdrawal, such person shall become a member of the public employees retirement system in accordance with former section 145.02 and sections 145.03 and 145.28 of the Revised Code, respectively. All employees appointed for the first time on and after January 1, 1956, shall, for retirement purposes, be eligible only for membership in the public employees retirement system as provided in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.
A library board which provides for the retirement of its employees with annuities, insurance, or other provisions under the authority granted by this section may, pursuant to a board resolution adopted within thirty days after the effective date of this section, terminate such retirement plan. Upon the effective date of such termination, which is specified in the resolution, each employee covered by such retirement plan shall become a member of the public employees retirement system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.42 | Contract for Library Service - Tax Levy.

Effective:
June 26, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 321 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of county commissioners of any county, the board of education of any school district, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, or the board of township trustees of any township may contract with the board of library trustees of any public library, or with any private corporation or library association maintaining a free public library prior to September 4, 1947, situated within or without the taxing district, to furnish library service to all the inhabitants of said taxing district, notwithstanding the fact that such library is receiving proceeds from the county public library fund, and, subject to division (B) of this section, may levy a tax, or may make an appropriation from its general fund or from federal funds, to be expended by such library in providing library service in said taxing district for any of the purposes specified in section 3375.40 of the Revised Code. The taxing authority may require an annual report in writing from such board of library trustees, private corporation, or library association. When a tax for library purposes has been so levied, at each semiannual collection of such tax the county auditor shall certify the amount collected to the proper officer of the taxing district who shall forthwith draw a warrant for such amount on the treasurer of such district payable to the proper officer of such library.
(B) The taxing authority of a subdivision may levy a tax pursuant to division (A) of this section for the support of a library association or private corporation only if the library association or private corporation has an association library district, as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code, and if the territory of the subdivision includes some or all of the territory of that association library district. The taxing authority shall submit the question of levying such a tax only to electors residing within the territory of the association library district. If approved by a majority of such electors voting on the question, such a tax shall be levied only upon taxable property located within the territory of the association library district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.43 | Submission of Question - Issuance and Sale of Bonds by Subdivision for Library Purposes.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
Any public library board of trustees charged with the title, custody, control, and maintenance of a public library in the state may request the taxing authority of the political subdivision to whose jurisdiction the board is subject to submit to the electors of such subdivision the question of issuing bonds for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, enlarging, extending, or improving a building for library purposes, including a site therefor, and equipping and furnishing the building. Such request shall be made by resolution adopted by the board, and the resolution shall recite whether notes shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds. A copy of the resolution shall be certified by the board to the taxing authority of the subdivision pursuant to section 5705.23 of the Revised Code. The submission to the electors of the question of the issuance of the bonds, the issuance, sale, characteristics, and requirements for the interest and retirement levies, and the method and means for payment of the bonds or notes, if notes are to be issued in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, shall conform to Section 11 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, governing the issuance, sale, characteristics, and levies for, and method and means of payment of, bonds or notes issued by such subdivision pursuant to a vote of the electors. Such bonds or notes shall be issued and sold by the proper officer as is provided by law for the issuance and sale of bonds of the political subdivision to whose jurisdiction the board is subject. The indebtedness created by such bonds or notes constitutes a part of the net indebtedness of such subdivision. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be transferred by the fiscal officer of such subdivision to the board for the benefit of which the bonds were issued and shall be appropriated to and expended only for the purposes for which issued.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.431 | Board of Education May Issue Bonds for Libraries.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district, which does not have a board of library trustees established under section 3375.15 of the Revised Code may issue bonds in accordance with Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, without regard to section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, enlarging, improving, equipping, and furnishing library facilities and acquiring real estate and interests in real estate therefor, to be operated by the board of trustees of any free public library, library association, or corporation pursuant to section 3375.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.44 | Payment of Interest - Retirement of Bonds - Annual Levy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
After the issue of any notes or bonds under section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the public library board of trustees on behalf of which said bonds are issued shall certify, on or before the first day of July in each year, to the taxing authority of the political subdivision to the jurisdiction of which such board is subject, a sufficient amount to pay the interest on and to retire at maturity such bonds or notes, and such taxing authority shall annually include in its budget the amount certified and required to pay the interest on and to retire such bonds or notes at maturity, and shall levy the necessary tax therefor.
Such board may appropriate and apply any moneys in its possession and control, which are available and unappropriated for other purposes, to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds or notes. Any moneys so to be applied shall be appropriated by resolution of the library board and transferred to the board or officers having charge of the retirement fund for such bonds to be applied to the payment of such bonds and for no other purposes. The interest and retirement charges to be levied in each year shall then be reduced by such amounts of money as are otherwise made available.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.45 | Control and Management of Sinking or Bond Retirement Fund.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When bonds are issued pursuant to section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the board or officer of the political subdivision issuing such bonds having charge of the sinking fund or bond retirement fund of such subdivision shall have the control and management of all moneys and securities for the payment of interest on and for the redemption of the principal of such bonds, and shall exercise the same powers of control and management thereof as for the management and control of the sinking or bond retirement fund for all bonds of such subdivision.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.46 | Bureau of Municipal Research and Information May Be Established.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any board of library trustees of a school district may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation located in such school district for the establishment of a bureau of municipal research and information. The agreement shall provide for the rendering of such services by and under the supervision and control of such board, and upon such terms, as are agreed upon between such board and municipal corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.61 | Financial Aid to Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association.

Effective:
June 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 126th General Assembly
In recognition of the work the Ohioana Library Association, Martha Kinney Cooper Memorial, a corporation organized not for profit under the laws of this state, has done and is doing to collect, promote, publicize, and make available to the public the cultural, literary, scientific, social, and economic achievements of Ohioans, the state may grant financial aid to that corporation in order that the purposes for which it was instituted may be fostered and its services to the public improved and expanded.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.62 | Appointment of Trustees.

Effective:
June 27, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 124 - 126th General Assembly
The governor shall appoint four members of the board of trustees of the Ohioana Library Association, Martha Kinney Cooper Memorial. Terms of office shall be for four years, commencing on the sixteenth day of September and ending on the fifteenth day of September. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The gubernatorial appointees shall serve as members of the board of trustees in addition to the regular constituted board of trustees of the corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.63 | Eligibility for Membership on Board of Public Library Trustees.

Effective:
September 14, 1959
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 68 - 103rd General Assembly
No person shall be ineligible for membership on a board of public library trustees because of his employment by a school district or other political subdivision, provided that a majority of the members of each board of public library trustees shall be persons not employed by school districts or other political subdivisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.64 | Public Library Information Network.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established the Ohio public library information network, as an independent agency within the state library of Ohio, for the purpose of ensuring equity of access to electronic information for all residents of this state, subject to the restrictions described in division (C) of this section on access to materials or performances that may be obscene or harmful to juveniles. The network shall be governed by the board of trustees created under section 3375.65 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, any board of library trustees appointed under section 1713.28, 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, 3375.30, or 3375.90 of the Revised Code may participate in the network by providing notice in writing to the network board of trustees.
(2) A board of library trustees participating in the network authorized under Section 323.10 of H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly is a participant in the network established by division (A) of this section unless its participation is otherwise terminated.
(C) A library board of trustees participating in the network established under division (A) of this section shall comply with any policies the network board of trustees may adopt. The network board shall adopt a policy that requires each participant to establish and enforce procedures designed to keep juveniles who use the participant's services from having access to materials or performances that may be obscene or harmful to juveniles and to keep persons who are not juveniles and who use the participant's services from having access to materials or performances that may be obscene. If a participant does not establish and enforce such procedures, the network board shall terminate the participant's participation in the network. As used in this division, "juveniles," "materials," "performances," "obscene," and "harmful to juveniles" have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.65 | Library Information Network Board of Trustees.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio public library information network board of trustees, which shall be the governing board of the Ohio public library information network. The board shall consist of all of the following members:
(1) The state librarian, who shall serve as a nonvoting member;
(2) The eleven members of the Ohio public library information network board authorized under Section 323.10 of H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly who are serving on such board on the effective date of this section. These continuing members shall serve staggered terms, with three terms expiring on June 30, 2008, four terms expiring on June 30, 2009, and four terms expiring on June 30, 2010. (At their first meeting after the effective date of this section, the voting members of the board shall draw lots to determine when their terms end.) Thereafter, terms of office for all voting members shall be three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. The state library board shall fill a vacancy among the voting members of the board by selecting an appointee from among the staff of public libraries and past and present members of boards of trustees of public libraries, based on the recommendations of the library community of this state. A member of the board may be reappointed, but no member shall serve more than two terms, provided that service for a partial term of one year or less shall not be counted toward the two-term limitation. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the predecessor's term shall hold office for the remainder of that term. A member may continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
(B) Members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as board members.
(C) The board shall meet at least quarterly and hold such additional meetings as are necessary to carry out the board's duties under sections 3375.64, 3375.66, and 3375.67 of the Revised Code. Additional meetings may be called in accordance with bylaws adopted by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.66 | Duties and Powers of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
(A) To fulfill the network purpose under section 3375.64 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of the Ohio public library information network shall do all of the following:
(1) Employ and fix the compensation of an executive director of the network and such other personnel as are necessary to carry out this section and sections 3375.64 and 3375.67 of the Revised Code. The board may designate positions in the unclassified civil service for which it may employ persons.
(2) Develop plans of service and operation for the Ohio public library information network in consultation with the state library of Ohio;
(3) Have exclusive control of the expenditure of all money held in the name of the network;
(4) Adopt bylaws for the governance of the network and for calling and conducting the board's meetings;
(5) Appoint the state library of Ohio as the board's fiscal agent. When so appointed, the state library shall serve as fiscal agent and shall provide all of the following services:
(a) Prepare and process payroll and other personnel documents that the board approves;
(b) Maintain ledgers of accounts and reports of account balances, and monitor budgets and allotment plans in consultation with the board;
(c) Provide purchasing services to facilitate the purchase of property approved by the board;
(d) Deposit revenues received on behalf of the board into the accounts maintained by the board;
(e) Perform other routine support services that the state librarian or the state librarian's designee and the board or the board's designee consider appropriate to achieve efficiency.
(B) The board of trustees may do any of the following:
(1) Enter into contracts or agreements for the purposes of this section and section 3375.64 of the Revised Code;
(2) Receive grants, payments, bequests, and gifts on behalf of the network;
(3) Expend, for the network purpose under section 3375.64 of the Revised Code, and in the exercise of the powers enumerated in this section, all money received as grants, payments, gifts, bequests, or otherwise, and generally do all things the board determines necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of the network;
(4) Purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire vehicles and other personal property for the maintenance and operation of the network;
(5) Purchase, erect, lease, lease with an option to purchase, appropriate, or otherwise improve, equip, and furnish buildings or parts of buildings and other real property for use by the network;
(6) Hold title to and have custody of property, both real and personal, of the network.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.67 | Dissolution of Network.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
If the need for the Ohio public library information network ceases to exist, the network board of trustees, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may declare its intention to dissolve the network and file with the state library board a plan for effecting such dissolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.79 | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant Fund.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grant fund consisting of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation grants awarded to the state library of Ohio. The state library board shall use the fund for the improvement of public library services, interlibrary cooperation, or other library purposes. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.80 | Libraries Designated as Resource Centers.

Effective:
November 25, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 262 - 108th General Assembly
To encourage and make available adequate library reference and research facilities, the state library board may designate certain libraries as resource centers and develop and encourage cooperative steps to link these centers with other libraries in a reference and information network. Such designation shall be made subject to the approval of the governing boards of the libraries. Grants may be made to these libraries and to other libraries which share their resources and facilities on an interlibrary basis.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.81 | Essential Library Services Support Program.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 674 - 122nd General Assembly
A program of grants, to be known as the essential library services support program, is hereby established within the limitation of funds appropriated by the general assembly together with other funds made available by the federal government or other sources for this purpose. They shall include:
(A) Planning grants, to be paid to a public library or regional library system;
(B) Establishment grants, to be paid to a regional library system;
(C) Essential services operations grants, to be paid to a regional library system;
(D) Reference services and interlibrary loan grants to be paid to a public library, university library, or other library participating in a reference and information network or similar program of interlibrary cooperation;
(E) Special program grants, to be paid to a public library or a regional library system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.82 | Administration of Grants.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
The state library board shall administer all grants and shall provide for the expenditure of all funds appropriated for the essential library services support program. All grants shall be made under rules adopted by the state library board and under the terms of written agreements between the state library board and the recipient. Such rules shall be designed to:
(A) Ensure every resident of Ohio access to essential public library services;
(B) Provide adequate library materials to satisfy the reference and research needs of the people of this state;
(C) Assure and encourage local initiative and responsibility and support for library services;
(D) Encourage the formation of viable regional library systems and library systems providing a full range of library services;
(E) Develop adequate standards for services, resources, and programs that will serve as a source of information and inspiration to persons of all ages, persons with disabilities, and disadvantaged persons, and will encourage continuing education beyond the years of formal education;
(F) Encourage adequate financing of public libraries from local, state, and other library financial resources.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:10 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.831 | Instrument to Identify State Agency for Whose Use and Benefit Real Property Is Acquired.

Effective:
October 26, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly
Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 3375.83 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.84 | Interstate Library Compact Definitions.

Effective:
January 5, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 236 - 111th General Assembly
As used in the interstate library compact:
(A) "State library agency," with reference to this state, means the state library board as designated in section 3375.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Compact administrator," with reference to this state, means the state librarian as designated in section 3375.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.85 | Aid to Interstate Library District Partly Within State.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
An interstate library district lying partly within this state may claim and be entitled to receive state aid, other than aid from the public library fund, in support of any of its functions to the same extent and in the same manner as such functions are eligible for support when carried on by entities wholly within this state. For the purposes of computing and apportioning such state aid to an interstate library district, this state will consider that portion of the area which lies within this state as an independent entity for the performance of the aided function or functions and compute and apportion the aid accordingly. Any library association that was organized and operated prior to January 1, 1968, and which pursuant to the authority granted in section 3375.83 of the Revised Code, has become part of an interstate library district shall be considered a library association under section 5705.28 of the Revised Code and entitled to participate in the county public library fund and other public funds. Subject to any applicable laws of this state, such a district also may apply for and be entitled to receive any federal aid for which it may be eligible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.91 | Board of Trustees of Regional Library System - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
The board of trustees of each regional library system may:
(A) Develop plans of service and operation for the regional library system and submit these to the state library board, and to each other granting authority if and when required by such authority;
(B) Receive grants, payments, bequests, and gifts and have exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys held in the name of the regional library system;
(C) Expend for library purposes, and in the exercise of the powers enumerated in this section, all moneys whether received as grants, payments, gifts, bequests, or otherwise, and generally do all things it determines necessary for the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of the regional library system under its jurisdiction;
(D) Make and publish such bylaws and rules as may be necessary for its operation and for the government of the regional library system;
(E) Purchase or lease vehicles and other personal property for the operation of the regional library system;
(F) Purchase, erect, lease, or lease with an option to purchase, appropriate buildings or parts of buildings for use of the regional library system;
(G) Hold title to and have the custody of all property, both real and personal, of the regional library system;
(H) Appoint and fix the compensation of a director and necessary assistants, who shall have the same employment status as employees of public libraries;
(I) Elect and fix compensation of a fiscal officer and a deputy fiscal officer who shall serve for a term of one year;
(J) Enter into contracts with the governing body of any participating library organized under sections 1713.28, 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.121, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code, the state library board, any granting authority, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of education of any school district, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, boards of township trustees, colleges, universities, or public or private agencies and corporations;
(K) Accept an application from any other library desiring to become a participating library in accordance with the agreement for the formation of the system, either as originally submitted to and approved by the state library board, or as amended by and with the agreement of all the participating libraries and the approval of the state library board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.92 | Clerk and Deputy Clerk of Board - Duties.

Effective:
June 20, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly
The fiscal officer of the board of trustees of the regional library system is the treasurer of the organization's funds. Before entering upon their duties, the fiscal officer and the deputy fiscal officer shall execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the board, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the official duties required of them.
All moneys received by the fiscal officer shall be immediately placed by the fiscal officer in a depository designated by the board. The fiscal officer shall keep an account of the funds credited to the board.
The fiscal officer shall render a monthly statement to the board showing the revenues and receipts from whatever sources derived, the disbursements and the purposes for such disbursements, and the assets and liabilities of the board. At the end of each fiscal year the fiscal officer shall submit to the board, to the state library board and, if requested, to any granting authority, a complete financial statement showing the receipts and expenditures in detail for the entire fiscal year. Such financial records shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
At the expiration of the term of the fiscal officer or before the board of trustees approves the surety of any fiscal officer, the board shall require the fiscal officer to produce all moneys, bonds, or other securities in the fiscal officer's hands, which shall then be counted by the board or a committee of the board, or by a representative of the auditor of state. A certificate setting forth the exact amount of such money, bonds, or other securities and signed by the persons making such count shall be entered upon the records of the board and shall be prima-facie evidence that the amount stated in such certificate is actually in the treasury at that date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3375 | Libraries › Section 3375.93 | Dissolution of or Withdrawal From Regional Library System.

Effective:
March 30, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 674 - 122nd General Assembly
If the need for a regional library system ceases to exist, the board of trustees may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, declare its intention to dissolve the organization and file with the state library board a plan for effecting such dissolution.
The plan shall state the means by which the participating libraries may record their approval or disapproval of such intended dissolution, and shall include a plan for the distribution of the assets of the regional library system. If the regional library system received more than fifty per cent of its total budget for the previous three years from grant funds provided by the state library board, the state library board shall make final determination of the distribution of the assets.
A participating library may withdraw from a regional library system on the first day of July in any year, providing that notice of the withdrawal intention has been given at least eighteen months prior to the date of withdrawal. Whenever a withdrawal occurs or another library joins a regional library system, an amended plan shall be submitted to the state library board for approval.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Private college" has the same meaning as in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3376 | Collegiate Student Athletes › Section 3376.02 | Institutional Prohibitions Regarding Student Athlete Use of Name, Image, or Likeness.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
No state institution of higher education or private college shall uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student of that institution or college from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics because the student earns compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness. Earning compensation from the use of a student's name, image, or likeness shall not affect the student's scholarship eligibility or renewal.
Last updated September 15, 2021 at 5:18 PM