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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.023 - Chairperson; quorum; meetings.

(1) The State Library Board shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of such offices as the board determines.
(2) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(3) The board shall meet at least once every three months at a place, day and hour determined by the board. The board may also meet at other times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the board. [2015 c.328 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.026 - Board duties; rules.

The State Library Board shall be the policy-making body for the State Library. The State Library Board shall:
(1) Formulate general policies for the State Library to provide the framework for library operations;
(2) Adopt rules to carry out the purposes for which the State Library is established or for any other purpose authorized by law;
(3) In consultation with the Oregon Library Association, the Oregon Heritage Commission and other related organizations, adopt long-range strategic plans for the continued improvement and development of the State Library and develop key performance measures to track progress;
(4) Review and approve budget requests for the State Library that align with the board’s long-range plans;
(5) Develop, adopt and modify a technology plan, including long-range expenditures, for the purchase of subscriptions statewide, for reference-based databases, digitization of records for public libraries and integration of services provided by the State Library;
(6) Conduct certifications of state agency libraries or library services under ORS 357.029;
(7) Review and monitor the State Library and the State Library’s work in the State Reference Coordinating Council established under ORS 357.900;
(8) Administer the State Library Donation Fund for the benefit of the State Library, except that every gift, devise or bequest for a specific purpose shall be administered according to its terms; and
(9) Report to the Legislative Assembly in January of each odd-numbered year on the State Library’s efforts to:
(a) Achieve the statutory mission and programmatic outcomes of the State Library;
(b) Implement initiatives and improvements to interagency coordination;
(c) Implement initiatives and improvements to the electronic delivery of government publications and services;
(d) Implement initiatives and improvements to State Library reference services to state agencies;
(e) Enter into public, nonprofit and private partnerships and report the number of the partnerships entered into by the State Library; and
(f) Reduce duplication in state agency services and costs related to the mission of the State Library. [2015 c.328 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.028 - Rules governing State Library resources; public and state agency access.

The State Library Board shall adopt rules:
(1) Defining reasonable public access to the State Library and its resources and materials.
(2) Defining State Library resources, including, but not limited to, print, electronic, subscription and reference services.
(3) Establishing processes and procedures related to state agency use of State Library resources, as defined in rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section. The rules shall provide that the State Library shall fulfill only state agency requests for resources or services that pertain to the conduct of state business. [2015 c.328 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.029 - Certification of state agency library or library service separately maintained from State Library; rules; report to legislature.

(1) The State Library shall certify each biennium any state agency library or library service that is maintained separate from the State Library or that is proposed to be maintained separate from the State Library.
(2) The State Library Board shall adopt rules relating to the certification process and review criteria.
(3) The State Library Board shall report to the Legislative Assembly each January of an odd-numbered year on the list of state agency libraries or library services that fail to be certified or recertified by the State Library under this section. [2015 c.328 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.031 - Authority of State Library Board.

The State Library Board may:
(1) Enter into contracts with any person or governmental entity:
(a) To provide, extend, improve or coordinate library services; or
(b) To demonstrate appropriate programs of library services.
(2) Enter into library agreements pursuant to Article V of the Interstate Library Compact (ORS 357.340).
(3) Establish, equip and maintain regional library service centers of the State Library outside the City of Salem when the library needs of the state will be better served. [1961 c.251 §2 (enacted in lieu of 357.030); 1965 c.354 §6; 1973 c.439 §10; 1975 c.476 §9; 2015 c.328 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.035 - Board as agency to apply for federal or private funds.

Subject to the provisions of ORS 291.260 and 291.375, the State Library Board is designated as a state agency empowered to apply for federal or private funds and accept and enter into appropriate agreements for library purposes on behalf of the state or its political subdivisions or for any activity appropriate to the State Library on behalf of the state for the receipt of such funds from the federal government or its agencies or from any private source, and supervise the disbursement of such funds. [Formerly 357.220; 2015 c.328 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.040 - Authority of board over real and personal property.

(1) The State Library Board may acquire control and dispose of any and all real and personal property given to or for the benefit of the State Library by private donors, whether the gifts of the property are made to the State Library or to the board or to the State of Oregon for the benefit of the library.
(2) The board may accept by assignment and hold mortgages upon real and personal property acquired by way of gift or arising out of transactions entered into in accord with the powers, duties and authority given to the board by this section and ORS 357.026 and 357.195.
(3) The board may institute, maintain and participate in suits, actions and other judicial proceedings in the name of the State of Oregon for the foreclosure of such mortgages or for the purpose of carrying into effect any and all of the powers, duties and authority now vested in or given to the board by this section. [Amended by 1975 c.476 §11; 1995 c.69 §11; 2015 c.328 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.046 - Appointment of State Librarian; qualifications.

(1) The Governor shall appoint a State Librarian subject to confirmation in the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.562 and 171.565.
(2) The State Librarian shall be a graduate of a library school accredited by the American Library Association or who possesses the equivalent in training and experience and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. [2015 c.328 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.050 - Roles of State Librarian.

The State Librarian shall:
(1) Serve as Secretary to the State Library Board and keep the official record of the board’s actions.
(2) Be the chief administrative officer of the State Library in accordance with policies established by the board.
(3) Serve on the State Reference Coordinating Council established under ORS 357.900. [Amended by 1961 c.251 §3; 1975 c.476 §12; 2015 c.328 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.071 - Duties of State Librarian.

The State Librarian shall:
(1) Pursuant to the State Personnel Relations Law, appoint and fix the compensation of, and prescribe the working conditions for such staff as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the State Library.
(2) Make all reports, maintain all records and execute all instruments required by law or rule and perform all duties necessary to discharge the functions of the State Library.
(3) Assist local librarians and library boards in answering questions concerning the library laws. [1961 c.251 §5 (enacted in lieu of 357.070); 1971 c.185 §1; 1975 c.476 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.090 - Issuing agency to make public documents available for distribution; public documents liaison officer; list of all public documents; no charge for access by library.

(1) Unless a greater or lesser number is agreed upon by the State Librarian and the issuing agency, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or, in the event the department is unable to furnish the requisite number of copies of the public document, the issuing agency shall make available to the State Librarian for distribution to depository libraries 10 copies of all public documents that are printed or produced in any other tangible medium. The department may withhold the prescribed number of copies from each printing order and forward them to the State Librarian. The cost of printing for all copies of a public document furnished to the State Librarian in compliance with this subsection shall be borne by the issuing agency. An issuing agency shall make available to the State Library electronic versions of the agency’s public documents that are produced in a tangible medium. An issuing agency shall also designate all public documents that are published electronically so that the document may be made available to the State Library.
(2) The head of each issuing agency or a designee shall be the public documents liaison officer for the agency and shall be responsible for carrying out the agency’s obligations under this section. Each issuing agency shall notify the State Librarian of the name of the agency’s public documents liaison officer.
(3) Each issuing agency shall provide to the State Librarian an annual listing of all public documents, including those produced in electronic form, that the agency has made available to the public during the preceding year.
(4) Issuing agencies shall not charge any public, school or academic library for access to information produced by the agency and maintained in electronic form. [1995 c.69 §5; 2001 c.539 §13; 2005 c.33 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.095 - Designation of depository libraries.

The State Library Board shall designate no more than 10 libraries as depository libraries, which shall be entitled to receive copies of government publications that are printed or produced in any other tangible medium and are deposited with the State Librarian under ORS 357.090. Selection of libraries shall be based upon the size of population served, geographic distribution and the ability of the library to provide the public with access to these government publications. [1995 c.69 §6; 2005 c.33 §5; 2015 c.328 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.100 - State Library responsible for receipt of and access to government publications.

(1) The State Library shall be the agency responsible for receiving copies of government publications and making them available to depository libraries.
(2) The State Librarian shall periodically assess the performance of depository libraries and report the results of these assessments to the State Library Board.
(3) The State Library shall ensure public access to government publications, regardless of the format of the document. [1995 c.69 §7; 2005 c.33 §6; 2015 c.328 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.105 - Free access to certain public documents.

Depository libraries shall make available for free access by all persons the public documents made available to them by the State Librarian under ORS 357.090 to 357.100. [1995 c.69 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.115 - Subscriptions for reference-related databases; rules.

(1) The State Library, in coordination with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, shall approve the selection, negotiation, purchase and maintenance of subscriptions statewide, for reference-related databases, and physical and digital subscriptions for all state agencies.
(2) Each state agency shall obtain the written approval of the State Librarian prior to purchasing reference-related databases or physical and digital subscription licenses.
(3) The State Library Board shall adopt rules pertaining to the review and approval process described in this section. [2015 c.328 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.195 - State Library Donation Fund; Talking Book and Braille Library Endowment Fund.

(1) The State Library Donation Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The following moneys shall be placed in the fund:
(a) Gifts and donations to the State Library;
(b) The interest, income, dividends or profits received on any property or funds of the State Library derived from gifts, legacies, devises, bequests, endowments or other donations;
(c) Other interest earned by the fund; and
(d) Any other moneys placed in the fund as provided by law.
(2) Moneys in the fund that are derived from profits, interest or other earnings traceable to a specific gift, legacy, devise, bequest, endowment or other donation shall be used in the same manner as the principal or corpus of the gift, legacy, devise, bequest, endowment or other donation.
(3) Moneys in the fund, including moneys in the Talking Book and Braille Library Endowment Fund subaccount if established pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, may, at the discretion of the State Library Board, be invested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857.
(4) The State Treasurer shall credit monthly to the fund any interest or other income derived from the fund or the investing thereof.
(5) The board may establish a Talking Book and Braille Library Endowment Fund as a subaccount of the State Library Donation Fund.
(6) Moneys in the State Library Donation Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Library for use by, and support and maintenance of, the State Library. Claims against the fund shall be approved and warrants issued in the manner provided by law. [Formerly 357.270; 1989 c.966 §42; 2001 c.379 §1; 2005 c.755 §28; 2015 c.328 §20; 2015 c.840 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.200 - Miscellaneous Receipts Account.

(1) The State Librarian shall deposit with the State Treasurer all moneys received for materials furnished and for services rendered and all federal grants and other revenues received, except those described in ORS 357.195 and 357.203. Moneys deposited with the treasurer under this subsection shall be deposited into the Miscellaneous Receipts Account for the State Library and are continuously appropriated to the State Library for books, pamphlets and periodicals, and for any other purpose authorized by law.
(2) The State Library may maintain a petty cash fund in compliance with ORS 293.180 in the amount of $200 from moneys in the Miscellaneous Receipts Account for the State Library. [Amended by 1953 c.136 §4; 1959 c.137 §1; 1961 c.172 §4; 1961 c.251 §7; 1975 c.476 §15; 2001 c.716 §28; 2015 c.328 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.203 - Assessment against state agencies for operating costs of State Library and State of Oregon Law Library; State Library Assessment Account.

(1) The State Library and State of Oregon Law Library operating budget for services to state agencies shall be assessed against all state agencies. The State Library assessment shall be apportioned among the agencies as follows:
(a) One-third of the assessment shall be based on the use of the State Library by the agency; and
(b) Two-thirds of the assessment shall be based on the number of full-time equivalent employees budgeted by the agency.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall cause the amount assessed to be transferred from the moneys appropriated to each state agency to the State Library Assessment Account established under subsection (6) of this section.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (5) of this section, the department shall determine and may at any time redetermine which state funds or appropriations shall be assessed a reasonable share of State Library and State of Oregon Law Library operating expenses that support state agencies. In determining or redetermining the funds that shall be so assessed:
(a) A fund consisting of moneys the use of which is restricted by the Oregon Constitution shall be assessed only those governmental service expenses ascertained as being necessarily incurred in connection with the purposes set forth in the Oregon Constitution.
(b) Trust funds shall be assessed only those governmental service expenses ascertained as being necessarily incurred in connection with the purposes for which the trust fund was established.
(c) State agencies shall be assessed only the State Library and State of Oregon Law Library expenditures that support state agencies.
(4) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall cause the amount assessed against state agencies for the operating budget of the State of Oregon Law Library to be transferred to the Judicial Department. Moneys transferred under this subsection are continuously appropriated to the Judicial Department and may be used only for the costs of operating the State of Oregon Law Library.
(5) Unless the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Judicial Department agree to a different methodology and formula, the State of Oregon Law Library assessment shall be apportioned on the basis of the number of full-time equivalent employees budgeted by the agency.
(6) The State Library Assessment Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and apportioned to the State Library under this section shall be paid into the account and are continuously appropriated to the State Library for the purposes of the State Library. [1993 c.685 §4; 1997 c.801 §102; 2001 c.779 §9; 2005 c.538 §1; 2015 c.328 §22; 2015 c.767 §170]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.206 - Financial assistance to public, school, tribal and academic libraries; grants.

(1) The state shall provide financial assistance for library resource sharing activities to public, school, tribal and academic libraries from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose in order to implement ORS 357.008 (3), which requires the State Library to promote the establishment, development and support of local library services. The grants shall be provided only to libraries that make interlibrary loans at no charge to other public, school, tribal and academic libraries in this state and shall be expended for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) To provide matching grants and other assistance to facilitate the statewide licensing of electronic databases for all types of libraries;
(b) To reimburse a library that serves as a regional center for the referral of reference questions from other libraries or provides reference services in connection with a statewide cooperative reference services project; and
(c) To provide matching grants or other assistance to facilitate statewide ground delivery of library materials to public, school, tribal and academic libraries.
(2) As used in this section, "tribal library" means a library operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oregon. [1993 c.685 §1; 2003 c.582 §1; 2005 c.98 §1; 2015 c.328 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.209 - Rules; contracts.

The State Library Board shall administer the provisions of ORS 357.203 to 357.212 and shall adopt rules governing the application for and granting of funds. Funds granted for reference services by one library for other libraries may be arranged by contract. [1993 c.685 §2; 2003 c.582 §2; 2015 c.328 §24]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.212 - Application.

Public libraries, established in accordance with ORS 357.410, school libraries, tribal libraries, as defined in ORS 357.206, or any academic library in Oregon may apply for resource sharing grants on an annual basis. [1993 c.685 §3; 2003 c.582 §3; 2005 c.98 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.216 - Definitions for ORS 357.216 to 357.286.

As used in ORS 357.216 to 357.286, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "County governing body" means the county court or board of county commissioners of the county.
(2) "County" means the county in which the administrative office of the district is located.
(3) "District" means a library district formed under ORS 198.010, 198.180, 198.510, 198.705, 255.012, 357.216 to 357.286 and 357.400.
(4) "District board" or "board" means the governing body of a district. [1981 c.226 §1; 2007 c.179 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.221 - District formation; petition requirements.

(1) A library district may be created as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 357.216 to 357.286.
(2) In addition to other required matters, a petition for formation of a district shall state the method of election of the board of the proposed district from among the methods described in ORS 357.241. [1981 c.226 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.223 - Multicounty district formation; procedure.

(1) In addition to other methods for formation of a district authorized under ORS chapter 198 and ORS 357.216 to 357.286, the governing body in each of two or more counties may initiate the formation of a multicounty district, to be located entirely within those counties, by an order setting forth:
(a) The intention of the county governing body to initiate the formation of a district and citing the principal Act.
(b) The name and boundaries of the proposed district.
(c) The date, time and place of a public hearing on the proposal.
(2) The orders issued under subsection (1) of this section must be substantially similar, set forth the same name and boundaries for the proposed district and be issued within a 90-day period.
(3) Each county governing body issuing an order under this section shall hold a public hearing on the proposal.
(4) After the public hearings held by each county governing body, further hearings and the election on the proposal, and election of board members, shall be conducted as provided by ORS 198.800 to 198.825 except that:
(a) Hearings shall be conducted by the governing body of the principal county involved in the proposed formation; and
(b) Notwithstanding ORS 198.810 (3), the governing body of the principal county shall provide by order for the holding of an election to submit to the electors registered within the proposed district the question of forming the district.
(5) As used in this section, "principal county" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705. [1987 c.578 §2; 2005 c.747 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.226 - District board members; appointment of librarian.

(1) The officers of the district shall be a board of five members, to be elected by the electors of the district. The district board shall appoint a district librarian, who shall be the secretary for the district.
(2) Any elector residing within the district shall be qualified to serve as a district board member. [1981 c.226 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.231 - Number of board members; terms.

(1) Five district board members shall be elected at the election for district formation. Nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy described in ORS 249.031 shall be filed with the county governing body. The fee for a declaration of candidacy shall be as prescribed in ORS 255.235.
(2) If the effective date of the formation of the district occurs in an odd-numbered year, two district board members shall be elected for four-year terms and the other three district board members shall be elected for two-year terms. If the effective date of the formation occurs in an even-numbered year, two district board members shall be elected for three-year terms and the other three district board members shall be elected for one-year terms.
(3) Each district board member shall hold office until election and qualification of a successor. [1981 c.226 §4; 1999 c.318 §51]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.233 - Election laws applicable.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of district board members.
(b) The conduct of district elections.
(2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [1983 c.350 §220]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.236 - Election of board members; vacancy.

(1) If two or three board members are to be elected at a regular district election at large, the candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. If one or more board members are to be elected by zone, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in each zone shall be elected.
(2) Each district board member elected shall take an oath of office and shall hold office from July 1, next following election.
(3) The district board shall fill any vacancy on the board as provided in ORS 198.320.
(4) The term of a district board member is four years. [1981 c.226 §5; 1983 c.350 §218; 1983 c.514 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.241 - Method of electing board members.

(1) The district board members may be elected in one of the following methods or a combination thereof:
(a) Elected by the electors of zones as nearly equal in population as possible according to the latest federal census.
(b) Elected at large by position number by the electors of the district.
(2) Candidates for election from zones shall be nominated by electors of the zones. [1981 c.226 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.251 - Zone boundaries.

The board shall adjust the boundaries of zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to the latest federal census. The district board also shall adjust boundaries of zones as necessary to reflect boundary changes of the district. [1981 c.226 §8; 1983 c.350 §222]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.253 - Boundary change to be filed with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [2001 c.138 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.256 - Board as district governing body; selection of president.

(1) The district board shall be the governing body of the district and shall exercise all powers thereof.
(2) At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president. [1981 c.226 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.261 - District powers.

A library district has the power:
(1) To have and use a common seal.
(2) To sue and be sued in its name.
(3) To make and accept any and all contracts, deeds, leases, releases and documents of any kind which, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper to the exercise of any power of the district, and to direct the payment of all lawful claims or demands.
(4) To assess, levy and collect taxes to pay the cost of acquiring sites for and constructing, reconstructing, altering, operating and maintaining a library or any lawful claims against the district, and the operating expenses of the district.
(5) To employ all necessary agents and assistants.
(6) To call elections after the formation of the district.
(7) To enlarge the boundaries of the district as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955.
(8) Generally to do and perform any and all acts necessary and proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers or the purposes for which it was formed.
(9) Whenever authorized by the electors, to issue general obligation bonds of the district. However, the aggregate amount of general obligation bonds issued and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed two and one-half percent of the real market value of all taxable property of the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207.
(10) To exercise those powers granted to local government units for public libraries under ORS 357.410. [1981 c.226 §10; 1983 c.350 §223; 1991 c.459 §386; 2001 c.104 §122; 2003 c.802 §100]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.271 - Sinking funds for acquisition of facilities; limitation on use of funds.

The board, by resolution duly adopted, may establish sinking funds for the purpose of defraying the costs of acquiring land for library sites, and for acquiring or constructing buildings or facilities. A sinking fund may be created through the inclusion annually within the tax budget of the district of items representing the yearly installments to be credited to the fund. The amount of these items shall be collected and credited to the proper fund in the same manner in which taxes levied or revenues derived for other purposes for the district are collected and credited. The balances to the credit of the funds need not be taken into consideration or deducted from budget estimates by the levying authority in preparing the annual budget of the district. None of the moneys in sinking funds shall be diverted or transferred to other funds, but if unexpended balances remain after disbursement of the funds for the purpose for which they were created, such balances, upon approval by resolution of the board, shall be transferred to the operation and maintenance fund of the district. [1981 c.226 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.276 - Deposit and disbursement of district funds.

(1) The money of the district shall be deposited, in the discretion of the district board, either with the county treasurer of the county, in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) of this section, or in one or more banks or savings and loan associations to be designated by the board. Funds deposited in a bank or savings and loan association shall be withdrawn or paid out only upon proper order and warrant or check signed by the secretary and countersigned by the president of the district board. The board may by resolution designate a secretary pro tempore or a president pro tempore who may sign warrants or checks on behalf of the secretary and president, respectively.
(2) If district funds are deposited with the county treasurer, when the tax collector pays over to the county treasurer moneys collected for a district, the county treasurer shall keep the moneys in the county treasury as follows:
(a) The county treasurer shall place and keep in a fund called the operation and maintenance fund of the district (naming it) the moneys levied by the district board for that fund.
(b) The county treasurer shall place and keep in a fund called the construction fund of the district (naming it) the moneys levied by the board for construction, reconstruction and alteration.
(3) The county treasurer shall pay out moneys from the funds only upon the written order of the board, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. The order shall specify the name of the person to whom the money is to be paid and the fund from which it is to be paid, and shall state generally the purpose for which the payment is made. The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board.
(4) The county treasurer shall keep the order as a voucher, and shall keep a specific account of the county treasurer’s receipts and disbursements of money for the district. [1981 c.226 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.281 - Legal assistance.

The district board may call upon the district attorney for the advice as to any district business. The district attorney shall give advice when called on therefor by the board. The board may at any time employ special counsel for any purpose. [1981 c.226 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.330 - Definitions for ORS 357.330 to 357.370.

As used in ORS 357.330 to 357.370, except where the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Compact" means the Interstate Library Compact.
(2) "Public library agency", with reference to this state, means the State Library or any local government unit authorized by ORS 357.410 to establish a public library, or any public library board. [1965 c.354 §1; 1975 c.476 §32]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.350 - Library compact administrator; deputy; library agreements to be submitted to State Librarian.

The State Librarian shall be the compact administrator pursuant to Article X of the Interstate Library Compact. The State Librarian shall appoint one or more deputy compact administrators. Every library agreement made pursuant to Article VI of the compact shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the State Librarian for recommendations. [1965 c.354 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.360 - Compliance with laws on taxes and bonds required.

No unit of local government or public library board shall be a party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to Article III, subdivision (c-7) of the Interstate Library Compact, nor levy a tax or issue bonds to contribute to the construction or maintenance of such a library, except after compliance with any laws applicable to public libraries relating to or governing the levying of taxes or the issuance of bonds. [1965 c.354 §4; 1975 c.476 §33]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.400 - Definitions for ORS 357.400 to 357.621.

As used in ORS 357.400 to 357.621:
(1) "Governing body" means the board, commission, council or other body which governs the local government unit.
(2) "Local government unit" means any city, county, library service district established under ORS chapter 451, school district, community college district or a library district established under ORS 357.216 to 357.286.
(3) "Public library" means a public agency that provides to all residents of a local government unit free and equal access to library and information services that are suitable for persons of all ages. [1955 c.432 §2; 1975 c.476 §16; 1981 c.226 §17; 1983 c.740 §119; 2019 c.158 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.405 - Minimum conditions for public libraries.

(1) The State Library Board shall establish minimum conditions that a public library must meet.
(2) The conditions established under this section must, at least:
(a) Include financial support from public funds and regularly scheduled open hours; and
(b) Provide reasonable exemptions to libraries with service populations of 2,000 or fewer residents of the local government unit. [2019 c.158 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.410 - Authority of local government units for public libraries.

Any local government unit may:
(1) Establish, equip and maintain a public library.
(2) Contract with an established public library or with a private society or corporation owning and controlling a secular or nonsectarian library for the purpose of providing free use of the library for the residents of the local government unit, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
(3) Contract with one or more units of local government or library boards pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.620 to provide jointly a public library or public library service or share in the use of facilities, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
(4) Enter into an interstate library agreement pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Library Compact (ORS 357.340).
(5) Contract with the State Library Board for assistance in establishing, improving or extending public library service.
(6) Levy annually and cause to be collected, as other general taxes are collected, a tax upon the taxable property in the local government unit to provide a library fund to be used exclusively to maintain such library.
(7) Levy and cause to be collected, as other taxes are collected, a special tax upon the taxable property in the local government unit, or contract bonded indebtedness under the provisions of ORS chapter 287A to provide a public library building fund to be used exclusively for the purchase of real property for public library purposes and for the erection and equipping of public library buildings including branch library buildings.
(8) Levy or impose such other taxes as may be authorized to the unit by city charter or the charter of a home rule county. [Amended by 1955 c.432 §5; 1961 c.251 §8; 1965 c.354 §7; 1975 c.112 §1; 1975 c.476 §17; 2015 c.328 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.417 - Methods of establishing public library by local government unit.

(1) A public library may be established by a local government unit by any of the following ways:
(a) The governing body may pass and enter upon its minutes a resolution or ordinance to the effect that a public library is established under the provisions of ORS 357.400 to 357.621.
(b) When a petition requesting an election on the question of establishing and supporting a public library is filed as provided in this section, the governing body shall make and enter an order for an election requesting approval by the electors of the establishment and support of a public library.
(c) Upon its own motion, the governing body may make and enter an order for an election requesting approval by the electors of the establishment and support of a public library.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition:
(a) In the case of a county, in ORS 250.165 to 250.235.
(b) In the case of a city, in ORS 250.265 to 250.346.
(c) In the case of any other local government unit, in ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
(3) If ORS 250.155 makes ORS 250.165 to 250.235 inapplicable to a county or if ORS 250.255 makes ORS 250.265 to 250.346 inapplicable to a city, the requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition under the county or city charter or an ordinance adopted under the county or city charter.
(4) Elections held under this section shall be held on a date specified in ORS 255.345. [Formerly 357.451; 1981 c.909 §10; 1983 c.350 §224]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.430 - Methods of financing public library by local government unit.

If a governing body acts under ORS 357.417 (1)(a) or (c), its order shall state the manner in which the local government unit proposes to finance the library, including the estimated amount of any annual tax levy necessary to provide for the library. If the governing body determines that financing may be had only through a local option tax to be submitted to the electors pursuant to ORS 357.525, the order shall so state. The notice, time and manner of election shall be governed by the applicable provisions of ORS chapters 250 and 255. [Amended by 1955 c.432 §7; 1961 c.251 §9; 1975 c.476 §19; 1983 c.350 §225; 1999 c.21 §69]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.435 - Local government required to file plan with State Library.

Any local government unit acting under ORS 357.417 shall notify in writing the State Library of its plan for establishing a public library. The State Library shall respond in writing within 30 days, commenting on the plan for establishing the library and on its relationship to the long-range plans for the statewide development and coordination of library services. The State Library’s advice or comment is not binding upon the local government unit, and if no such advice or comment is received within 30 days of the request, the local government unit may act without further delay. [Formerly 357.640]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.460 - Financial interest of public library board and appointive body; compensation.

(1) No member of any public library board or the body appointing such board shall have any financial interest, either directly or indirectly, in any contract to which the library is a party, nor shall receive a salary or any payment for material or for services rendered the board.
(2) Board members may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. [Amended by 1975 c.112 §4; 1975 c.476 §22]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.465 - Public library board.

(1) Each public library established under ORS 357.417 shall be governed by a library board unless some other method is specified in the charter, ordinance or resolution establishing the library.
(2) Upon resolution, ordinance or election pursuant to ORS 357.417, the governing body may appoint a library board. The library board of a city, county or county service district, as determined by the governing body, shall consist of not less than five members nor more than 15 members. In the case of a school district or community college district, such board shall consist of five, seven or more members at the discretion of the governing body.
(3) If the board will consist of five members, one member shall initially hold office for one year, one for two years, one for three years and two for four years, from July 1 in the year of their appointment. If the board will consist of seven members, one member shall initially hold office for one year, two for two years, two for three years, and two for four years, from July 1 in the year of their appointment. If the board will consist of six members or more than seven members, the members first appointed shall hold office for such terms as will achieve the staggered term base established for smaller boards by this section. Succeeding appointees shall hold office for a term of four years from July 1 in the year of their appointment. At the expiration of the term of any member of such board, the governing body shall appoint a new member or may reappoint a member for a term of four years. If a vacancy occurs, the governing body shall appoint a new member for the unexpired term. No person shall hold appointment as a member for more than two full consecutive terms, but any person may be appointed again to the board after an interval of one year. [1955 c.432 §4; 1961 c.251 §12; 1975 c.476 §21; 1983 c.208 §1; 1991 c.569 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.470 - Board organization; name of library.

After appointment, the public library board shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson from among its members. The librarian shall serve as secretary to the board and keep the record of its actions. [Amended by 1955 c.432 §9; 1975 c.112 §5; 1975 c.476 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.490 - Library board general powers.

In the ordinance or resolution establishing the library, the governing body shall determine the library board’s responsibility for:
(1) Appointment of the librarian and staff, fixing their compensation, determining their working conditions and prescribing their duties.
(2) Formulating rules and policies for the governance of the library.
(3) Preparing and submitting an annual budget request.
(4) Approving, or delegating to the librarian the responsibility for approving, all expenditures from the library fund or the public library building fund.
(5) Acceptance, use or expenditure of any real or personal property or funds donated to the library, or purchase, control or disposal of real and personal property necessary for the purposes of the library, except that each donation shall be administered in accordance with its terms, and all property or funds shall be held in the name of the governing body.
(6) Selection of sites for public library buildings or for location of library facilities.
(7) Entering into contracts.
(8) Such other activities as the governing body may assign. [Amended by 1955 c.432 §11; 1961 c.251 §15; 1965 c.354 §8; 1967 c.67 §19; 1975 c.112 §7; 1975 c.476 §24]