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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 67. Public libraries; statement of policy; use of facilities and resources

§ 67. Public libraries; statement of policy; use of facilities and resources
(a) The General Assembly declares it to be the policy of the State of Vermont that free public libraries are essential to the general enlightenment of citizens in a democracy and that every citizen of the State of Vermont should have access to the educational, cultural, recreational, informational, and research benefits of a free public library.
(b) The trustees, managers, or directors of a public library may use library resources as a community center. Community centers may serve as forums and exhibition areas for the exchange of ideas that encourage the growth of artistic, educational, literary, and scientific knowledge as well as the intercultural understanding of the Vermont citizenry. Public libraries may cooperate with community groups to provide these services. (Added 1997, No. 73 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 68. Statutory purposes

§ 68. Statutory purposes
The statutory purpose of the exemption for libraries in section 109 of this title is to aid libraries in offering free and public access to information and research resources. (Added 2013, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 101. Definitions

§ 101. Definitions
As used in this chapter,
(1) “Municipality” means a town, city, or incorporated village only and shall not include school districts, incorporated school or fire districts, or any other governmental incorporated units.
(2) “Public library” means any library established and maintained by a municipality or by a private association, corporation, or group to provide basic library services free of charge to all residents of a municipality or a community and which receives its annual financial support in whole or in part from public funds. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 102. General authority; procedure

§ 102. General authority; procedure
(a) Trustees to whom real or personal property is devised, bequeathed, granted, conveyed, or donated for the foundation and establishment of a public library, may, unless otherwise provided by the devisor, grantor, or donor of the property, in order to promote the establishment, maintenance, and management of the library, form a corporation under the provisions of this section and section 103 of this title.
(b) The trustees may make, sign and acknowledge, and file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement in writing setting forth the intent of the trustees to form a corporation, a copy of the will or instrument by which the endowment of such library is provided, the name adopted for the corporation, which shall not be the name of a corporation already existing, and the name of the municipality in which the library and the principal place of business of the corporation will be located, the managers who may be designated trustees, managers, or directors of such corporation, and the names of the trustees, managers, or directors who are to constitute the original board and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified as provided in section 106 of this title.
(c) The Secretary of State shall, upon receipt of the statement, issue to the incorporators, under seal, a certificate of which the statement shall be a part, declaring that the organization of the corporation is perfected. The incorporators shall record the certificate in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the library is to be located. Upon recording of the certificate, the corporation shall be deemed fully organized and may proceed to carry out its corporate purposes and receive by conveyance from the trustees the property provided for the endowment of the library. The corporation may hold the property in whatever form it was received or conveyed by the trustees, until that form is changed by action of the corporation. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 103. Powers generally

§ 103. Powers generally
An organization formed under the provisions of section 102 of this title shall be a body corporate and politic to be known by the name stated in its certificate. It shall have and possess the ordinary rights and incidents of a corporation, and shall be capable of taking, holding, and disposing of real and personal estate for the purposes of its organization. The provisions of a will, deed, or other instrument by which an endowment of a library is provided, and accepted by the trustees, managers, or directors shall, as to such endowment, be a part of the organic and fundamental law of such corporation.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 104. Public libraries; trustees, managers, or directors

§ 104. Public libraries; trustees, managers, or directors
The trustees, managers, or directors of such corporation shall compose its members and shall not be more than 15 nor less than five in number. (Amended 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 79, eff. May 24, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 105. General powers

§ 105. General powers
The trustees, managers, or directors shall elect the officers of the corporation from their number and have the control and management of the affairs and property of the corporation, may accept donations and, in their discretion, hold the donations in the form in which they are given for the purposes of science, literature, and art germane to the objects and purposes of the corporation. They may, in their discretion, receive by loan books, manuscripts, works of art, and other library materials and hold or circulate them under the conditions specified by the owners. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 106. Vacancies

§ 106. Vacancies
(a) They may fill by election vacancies occurring in their number.
(b) When a trustee, manager, or director is elected to fill a vacancy, a certificate under the seal of the corporation, giving the name of the person elected, shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk where the articles of incorporation are recorded. (Amended 1963, No. 16, eff. March 20, 1963.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 110. Merger

§ 110. Merger
Two or more library corporations in the same municipality or in different municipalities may, by a majority vote of the members of all the corporations, at meetings warned for that purpose, unite and assume the corporate name of any one of the corporations. The plan of incorporation shall contain regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 7.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 111. Protection of library property; penalties

§ 111. Protection of library property; penalties
(a) A library may recover in a civil action damages for detained or damaged library property, together with costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(b) A person who willfully damages, defaces, or removes without authorization any recording, book, or object available for public use or loan from a library or repository of public records or documents or who detains any library property for more than 30 days after a written notice to return the property has been mailed shall be fined not more than $ 500.00 for each offense. Each piece of library property shall be a single offense. (Added 1989, No. 28, § 8.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 141. Establishment and maintenance

§ 141. Establishment and maintenance
(a) A municipality may establish and maintain for the use of its residents public libraries.
(b) A municipality may provide library services to the residents of other municipalities, upon terms to be agreed upon, and may annually contract with a library or library corporation to furnish library materials to its residents free of charge and may appropriate money for that purpose and may annually appropriate money for the maintenance, care, increase, and support of a library held in trust for the residents of the municipality. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 10.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 142. Appropriations

§ 142. Appropriations
A municipality establishing and maintaining a library or contracting for library services may appropriate money as necessary for suitable facilities and for the foundation of a public library and shall appropriate money annually for the maintenance, care, and increase of the library in an amount voted at its annual meeting. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 11.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 143. Trustees

§ 143. Trustees
(a) Unless a municipality which has established or shall establish a public library votes at its annual meeting to elect a board of trustees, the governing body of the municipality shall appoint the trustees. The appointment or election of the trustees shall continue in effect until changed at an annual meeting of the municipality. The board shall consist of not less than five trustees who shall have full power to manage the public library, make bylaws, elect officers, establish a library policy and receive, control and manage property which shall come into the hands of the municipality by gift, purchase, devise or bequest for the use and benefit of the library. The board may appoint a director for the efficient administration and conduct of the library.
(b) When trustees are first chosen, they shall be elected or appointed for staggered terms. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 12.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 145. When no trustee elected or appointed

§ 145. When no trustee elected or appointed
When no trustees have been elected or appointed, monies raised for a library shall be paid out by an agent to be appointed by the governing body of the municipality until trustees are elected or appointed pursuant to section 143 of this title. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 14.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 3 - Public Libraries › § 146. Public documents and volumes

§ 146. Public documents and volumes
(a) The governing body of the municipality may vote to place in the library a copy of any documents and volumes received by the municipality and also a copy of any documents and volumes received from the State, except library materials provided by law to be kept in the office of the town clerk, as it shall designate. These materials shall remain the property of the municipality, but their use shall be enjoyed by the library until the governing body votes otherwise.
(b) The State Librarian shall deliver to a public library that has been voted the use of documents owned by the municipality, the duplicate documents and volumes published or provided by the State which, in the judgment of the Board of Libraries, can be delivered without prejudice to the Department of Libraries. The documents and volumes shall remain the property of the State, but the library shall use them until the State Librarian is directed by law to demand their return to the Department of Libraries.
(c) When a public library exists in a municipality and is not established by it, the municipality may, at an annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote, make the provisions of subsection (a) of this section apply to the library; and, in case of such vote, the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall apply to the library the same as if it were established and maintained by the municipality. (Amended 1989, No. 28, § 15.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 4 - Library Patron Records › § 171. Definitions

§ 171. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Library” means a public library as defined in subdivision 101(2) of this title; any college, university, or school library; or any other library or archive that is open on a regular basis and makes available on site or circulates materials to the public without a fee.
(2) “Patron registration records” means library records that contain information a library patron must provide in order to be eligible for borrowing privileges at a library.
(3) “Patron transaction records” means library records that contain names or other personal identifying information that discloses an individual’s activities within a library, including the materials that have been viewed in print or electronic form, research questions posed, materials in any format that the patron has requested through interlibrary loan or has borrowed, or any other library service or consultation that the patron has requested. (Added 2007, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 4 - Library Patron Records › § 172. Library record confidentiality; exemptions

§ 172. Library record confidentiality; exemptions
(a) A library’s patron registration records and patron transaction records shall remain confidential.
(b) Unless authorized by other provisions of law, the library’s officers, employees, and volunteers shall not disclose the records except:
(1) with the written permission of the library patron to whom the records pertain;
(2) to officers, employees, volunteers, and agents of the library to the extent necessary for library administration purposes;
(3) in response to an authorized judicial order or warrant directing disclosure;
(4) to custodial parents or guardians of patrons under age 16; or
(5) to the custodial parents or guardians of a student, in accordance with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, by the library at the school the student attends.
(c) Statistical records pertaining to the patronage, circulation activities, and use of any service or consultation the library provides, provided that they do not contain the names of patrons or any other personally identifying information, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Added 2007, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 4 - Library Patron Records › § 173. Right of patron action

§ 173. Right of patron action
Any person whose confidential patron registration records or patron transaction records have been disclosed, except as provided in this chapter, is authorized to bring a civil action against the library that disclosed the records. (Added 2007, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 5 - Vermont Historical Society › § 281. Members and trustees ex officio

§ 281. Members and trustees ex officio
The Secretary of State and the State Librarian, by virtue of their offices, shall be members of the Vermont Historical Society and of the Board of Trustees thereof. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 1; 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 5 - Vermont Historical Society › § 282. Director

§ 282. Director
(a) Subject to the final approval of the Governor, the Board of Trustees shall employ and determine the salary of the Director of the Society.
(b) The Director shall have charge of the collections of the Society and such historical objects, books, and documents of the State as shall be placed therewith for use. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 2; 1987, No. 7.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 5 - Vermont Historical Society › § 283. Expenditure of funds

§ 283. Expenditure of funds
The sums annually available for the Society shall be expended by the Director under the general supervision of the president for the purchase of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and museum items relating particularly to the history of Vermont and for such other historical material as may be deemed best, for the publication of its proceedings and other matters of historical importance, for the payment of the salary of the Director and the salaries of other employees of the Society, for procuring portraits of deceased Governors and Lieutenant Governors not now possessed by the State, and for binding and preserving documents and other property of the Society. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 5 - Vermont Historical Society › § 284. Disposition of books, collections, and property

§ 284. Disposition of books, collections, and property
If the Society is ever dissolved, the books, collections, and property thereof shall become the property of the State. Such Society shall not sell or dispose of any part of its books or collections, except by way of exchange or to further the objects of the Society and then only upon the vote of the Board of Trustees of the Society. Any sale or disposal thereof contrary to the provisions of this section shall be void. (Amended 1959, No. 80, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 5 - Vermont Historical Society › § 285. Classification of employees

§ 285. Classification of employees
Employees of the Vermont Historical Society shall be classified by the State classification system as if they were State employees and shall receive all general pay increases granted State employees. (Added 1967, No. 137, § 1; amended 1973, No. 37, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 601. Appointment of State Librarian; powers and duties

§ 601. Appointment of State Librarian; powers and duties
(a) After consultation with the Board, the Secretary of Administration, with the approval of the Governor and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a State Librarian for an indefinite term. The Secretary, after consultation with the Board, may remove the State Librarian from office. Any person appointed State Librarian must be a professional librarian and must possess a degree in library science from an institution accredited by the American Library Association. The State Librarian shall serve as the administrative head of the Department of Libraries and shall serve as Secretary to the Board of Libraries but shall not be a member of the Board.
(b) As administrative head of the Department of Libraries, the State Librarian may appoint and engage employees subject to the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 13.
(c) The State Librarian shall distribute, in accordance with 22 V.S.A. § 611, the following State publications: Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly; the legislative directory; the Vermont Statutes Annotated, including cumulative pocket part supplements when issued; and the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives. The State Librarian shall maintain records of all documents that he or she distributes. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 6, 1996; 2017, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2021, No. 53, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 602. Board of Libraries

§ 602. Board of Libraries
A Board of Libraries, referred to in this chapter as “the Board”, is established. The Board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the State Librarian. The Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. At the time of appointment of the initial Board, one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, two members for terms of two years, two for three years, and two for four years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of four years. The Governor may appoint a member to replace any member of the Board who dies or resigns, to serve for the balance of the unexpired term of office. No person shall be appointed to the Board for more than two full terms, consecutive or otherwise. In making appointments to the Board, the Governor shall, as the Governor finds feasible, consult with educational officials, librarians and library administrators, the Vermont Bar Association, or other segments of the population. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 6, 1996.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 603. Officers; meetings

§ 603. Officers; meetings
The Board shall elect annually a chair and a vice chair. The Chair shall preside at meetings of the Board; the Vice Chair shall preside in the absence of the Chair. The Secretary shall record the votes and proceedings of the Board. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 14(a).)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 605. Duties and functions of the Department of Libraries

§ 605. Duties and functions of the Department of Libraries
The duties and functions of the Department of Libraries shall be to provide, administer, and maintain:
(1) A law library to serve the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, other members of the Judiciary, the legal profession, members of the Legislature, officials of State government, and the general public.
(2) A collection of federal documents.
(3) An information and reference service to State government, including a comprehensive collection of current information relating to matters of public policy and topics pertinent to State government.
(4) A general library collection of a sufficient size and scope to reinforce and supplement the resources of local and regional libraries. All materials of the Department of Libraries shall be available for free circulation to all citizens, institutions, and organizations under regulations of the State Librarian except that the State Librarian may restrict rare or reference-type materials to one location. The Department shall arrange, classify, and catalog all materials in its custody and provide for their safekeeping and shall rebind books as needed. The Department shall provide service to other libraries in the State, schools, and individuals and may provide service by mail or book wagon or otherwise.
(5) A service of advice and consultation to all libraries in the State, in order to assist them in realizing their potential. This service shall be provided at a regional level as well as at the State level. The Department may provide centralized cataloging and other related technical services to libraries in the State to the extent feasible.
(6) All libraries in State correctional institutions and all State institutions for the treatment of persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability and persons with an intellectual disability.
(7) Reading materials for persons who are blind and persons with a physical disability. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1971, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 140; 2021, No. 53, § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 606. Other duties and functions

§ 606. Other duties and functions
The Department, in addition to the functions specified in section 605 of this title:
(1) Shall administer any grants-in-aid to libraries which may be available from State funds, and may prepare plans and applications to obtain federal aid monies which may be available.
(2) Shall provide consultative services to other libraries in the State, and shall encourage formation of central records of library holdings.
(3) Shall promote improved communications among libraries in the State as well as cooperative use of facilities.
(4) May provide facilities in cooperation with other libraries for storage of little-used materials.
(5) May conduct seminars, workshops, and other programs to increase the professional competence of librarians in the State.
(6) May receive and administer gifts of real and personal property accepted by the Governor on behalf of the State under 29 V.S.A. § 101.
(7) May dispose of by sale or exchange, or may discard, material which is obsolete or has ceased to be useful, because of its physical condition or otherwise. Any proceeds from the sale or disposition of materials shall be credited to a special fund established and managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, and shall be available to the Department for the purchase of library materials.
(8) Shall be the primary access point for State information, and provide advice on State information technology policy. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4(a), 11, eff. May 6, 1996; 1997, No. 59, § 15, eff. June 30, 1997; 2009, No. 33, § 44; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 6, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 607. Actions to recover books

§ 607. Actions to recover books
The Attorney General, at the request of the State Librarian, shall institute appropriate legal proceedings in the name of the State for the recovery of books or materials of the Department unlawfully taken or withheld by others. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 608. Audio-visual Revolving Fund

§ 608. Audio-visual Revolving Fund
There is established within the Department of Libraries a revolving fund for the audio-visual services unit to cover expenses of distribution of audio-visual materials. Receipts to the fund shall be from postage or delivery charges assessed by the Department to users of materials from this unit. (Added 1981, No. 108, § 323.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 610. Nonprofit foundation for public library services

§ 610. Nonprofit foundation for public library services
The State Librarian is authorized to establish a nonprofit foundation for the purpose of raising funds from private sources to enhance public library services in Vermont. All funds from private sources shall be used for grants to Vermont public libraries as defined by section 101 of this title to further any purpose considered to be in harmony with the original purpose of the gift. The State Librarian shall not spend more than $5,000.00 of appropriated funds in any one fiscal year to establish and to administer the nonprofit foundation. No funds raised from private sources shall be used by the State Librarian to replace funds appropriated for the operation of the Department of Libraries. (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 30a; amended 2009, No. 33, § 45.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 611. Acts and Resolves; Vermont Statutes Annotated; distribution

§ 611. Acts and Resolves; Vermont Statutes Annotated; distribution
(a) The State Librarian shall deliver the Acts and Resolves as follows: to the Secretary of State, six copies; to the Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court for the use of the Court, one copy; to the Governor’s Office and to the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, one copy each; to the Library of Congress, four copies; and upon request to other public officials and offices as quantities allow.
(b) The State Librarian shall distribute the copies of Vermont Statutes Annotated and any cumulative pocket part supplements, when issued, as follows:
(1) one each to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, Adjutant General, Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, Commissioner of Taxes, Sergeant at Arms, and the head of each administrative department;
(2) four copies to the Attorney General; and
(3) upon request to each of the following:
(A) one to each town clerk;
(B) three to each county clerk;
(C) one to each Probate judge;
(D) two to the Clerk of the Supreme Court;
(E) one to each ex-Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court, Superior judge, and State’s Attorney;
(F) two to the judge of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals from Vermont; and
(G) four to the U.S. district judges for the District of Vermont.
(c) Upon request, the State Librarian shall give:
(1) one copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated and any cumulative pocket part supplements to a bar association, university, college, or public library that is located in Vermont; or
(2) one copy of the Acts and Resolves or the Vermont Statutes Annotated and any cumulative pocket part supplements to a member of the General Assembly.
(d) Additional copies may be sold to parties identified in this section at a price to be fixed by the State Librarian, provided that the sale is permitted by the publishing contract. (Added 2021, No. 53, § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 631. General provisions

§ 631. General provisions
On application by the Board of Trustees of a public library in a town, city, or incorporated village not having a free public library owned and controlled by such town, city, or village, the State Librarian may expend $100.00 of the monies annually available for the purposes of this chapter, for books for such town, city, or village, and shall select and purchase books for the purpose of establishing a free public library in that town, city, or village. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 632. Requirements

§ 632. Requirements
A town, city, or incorporated village shall not be entitled to the benefits of section 631 of this title, unless such town, city, or village has elected a Board of Library Trustees as provided in chapter 3 of this title and has voted to instruct such Trustees to make application therefor to the State Librarian and unless such Trustees have provided, in a manner satisfactory to the Board, for the care, custody, and distribution of the books furnished under this subchapter. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 633. Appropriation by municipality

§ 633. Appropriation by municipality
A town, city, or incorporated village voting to instruct its Board of Library Trustees to make application to the State Librarian under section 631 of this title shall annually appropriate for the maintenance of its free public library a sum not less than $50.00, if its grand list is $10,000.00 or over, or a sum not less than $25.00, if its grand list is less than $10,000.00 and not less than $2,500.00, or a sum not less than $15.00 if its grand list is less than $2,500.00. The selectboard of such town or the trustees of such village shall annually, in the month of September, draw an order on the treasurer of the town or village, payable to such trustees, for the amount of such appropriation, without the town, city, or village having voted such appropriation. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 634. Aid to free public libraries

§ 634. Aid to free public libraries
The State Librarian may assist free public or other nonprofit libraries which formulate and implement plans for the systematic and effective coordination of libraries and library services. Grants may be made in accordance with standards of the service, consistent with the Federal Library Services and Construction Act, chapter 16 of Title 20, U.S. Code as amended. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 6, 1996.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 13 - Department of Libraries › § 635. Requirements

§ 635. Requirements
If the Board of Trustees of a free public library, any part of whose books has been paid for with State funds, fails to provide for the safety and public usefulness of such books or fails to pay the annual appropriation in accordance with section 633 of this title, the State Librarian shall notify in writing the trustees of such library as to the requirements of the State Librarian in respect to such books. If such trustees neglect to comply with such requirements for 60 days after the serving of such notice, such books shall thereafter be under the full control of the State Librarian. (Added 1969, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 31, 1970.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 701. Definitions

§ 701. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Council” means the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) “Division” means the Division for Historic Preservation.
(4) “Field investigations” means the study of the traces of human culture at any land or water site by means of surveying, digging, sampling, excavating, or removing surface or subsurface objects or going on a site with that intent.
(5) “Historic preservation” means the research, protection, restoration, and rehabilitation of buildings, structures, objects, districts, areas, and sites significant in the history, architecture, archaeology, or culture of this State, its communities, or the nation.
(6) “Historic property” or “resource” means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site that is significant in the history, architecture, archaeology, or culture of this State, its communities, or the nation.
(7) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development.
(8) “Site” means any aboriginal mound, fort, earthwork, village location, burial ground, historic or prehistoric ruin, mine, cave, or other location which is or may be source of important archaeological data.
(9) “Specimen” means a relic, artifact, remain, object, or any other evidence of a historical, prehistorical, archaeological, or anthropological nature, which may be found on or below the surface of the earth, and which has scientific or historical value as an object of antiquity, as an aboriginal relic, or as an archaeological sample.
(10) “Underwater historic property” means any shipwreck, vessel, cargo, tackle, or underwater archaeological specimen, including and found at refuse sites or submerged sites of former habitation, that has remained unclaimed for more than 10 years on the bottoms of any waters. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2001, No. 35, § 8.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 721. Creation of Division

§ 721. Creation of Division
The Division for Historic Preservation is created under 3 V.S.A. § 2473 to coordinate historic preservation activities on behalf of the State. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 722. State Historic Preservation Officer

§ 722. State Historic Preservation Officer
The Secretary shall nominate and the Governor shall appoint a State Historic Preservation Officer, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall fulfill the obligations and requirements of a State Historic Preservation Officer as required under federal law, and shall have demonstrated interest, knowledge, and experience in applying the principles of historic preservation to his or her professional work. The State Historic Preservation Officer shall supervise and direct the Division for Historic Preservation, subject to the general supervision and direction of the Secretary. (Amended 1995, No. 46, § 42; 2001, No. 35, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 724. Historic Preservation Special Funds

§ 724. Historic Preservation Special Funds
(a) Historic Sites Operations Special Fund. The Historic Sites Operations Special Fund is established pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 to be used by the Division for Historic Preservation to carry out the provisions of subdivisions 723(a)(9) and (b)(1) of this title. Revenues to the Fund shall be from the following sources:
(1) Receipts from ticket sales at and fees for rental of State-owned historic sites. Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 603(2), fees for admission to and rentals of historic sites shall be set by the State Historic Preservation Officer, with the approval of the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, in a manner that both maximizes revenues and promotes the tourism purposes of historic sites, but not to exceed $12.00 for a single admission. This not-to-exceed amount shall not apply to the rental of an historic site or admission to an historic site for a special event. These fees shall be reported in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 605.
(2) Transfers from the accounts of gift shops operated at State-owned historic sites.
(3) Appropriations by the General Assembly, gifts, grants, and other donations and monies from any other source received for historic sites.
(4) Income from trust funds held by the Treasurer.
(5) Revenues from the sale of publications.
(b) Archaeology Operations Special Fund. The Archaeology Operations Special Fund is established pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 to be used by the Division for Historic Preservation for cost recovery related to activities undertaken by the Division to carry out the provisions of sections 723, 761, and 762 of this title. Revenues to the Fund shall be from the following sources:
(1) Fees paid for electronic access to the nonpublic archaeological inventory database. The fee shall be $250.00 per year for each authorized person unless the State Historic Preservation Officer determines that the fee may be paid on a pro rata basis.
(2) A $500.00 one-time fee for each archival box (standard banker box size) of archaeological collection for the care and maintenance of such materials at the Vermont Archaeological Heritage Center in perpetuity paid by any person involved in a federally or State funded, licensed, permitted, or approved project. This fee shall be paid on a pro rata basis for one-half and one-quarter boxes.
(3) Appropriations by the General Assembly, gifts, grants, and other donations and monies from any other source received for archaeology activities and services performed by the Division for Historic Preservation.
(c) The Division for Historic Preservation shall ensure that donations and gifts are used for the purposes intended. (Added 1987, No. 89, § 306; amended 1997, No. 59, § 27, eff. June 30, 1997; 2007, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.006, eff. June 7, 2008; 2009, No. 47, § 4; 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 725. Acceptance of funds or gifts for historic sites and Vermont Archaeology Heritage Center

§ 725. Acceptance of funds or gifts for historic sites and Vermont Archaeology Heritage Center
With the approval of the Secretary of Administration, the State Historic Preservation Officer may accept grants, gifts, donations, loans, or other things of value on behalf of the Division for Historic Preservation for use by the Division for Historic Preservation in establishing and maintaining displays and exhibits at any historic site and at the Vermont Archaeology Heritage Center, or restoring any historic site maintained and developed under section 723 of this chapter. (Added 1995, No. 46, § 51; amended 2001, No. 35, § 4; 2007, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.007, eff. June 7, 2008.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 741. Creation of Advisory Council

§ 741. Creation of Advisory Council
(a) There is established a Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The Council shall consist of seven members, appointed by the Governor, at least four of whom shall fulfill the professional requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act.
(b) The members shall serve for terms of three years or until their successors are appointed. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4; amended 1979, No. 61, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 742. Duties and powers of the Council

§ 742. Duties and powers of the Council
(a) The Council shall:
(1) Approve nominations to the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
(2) Review and approve the State survey of historic properties undertaken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Review and approve the content of the State Preservation Plan developed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(4) Approve the removal of properties from the State register.
(5) Recommend the removal of properties from the National Register.
(6) Review and approve projects to receive federal and State grants-in-aid for historic preservation.
(7) Provide an advisory and coordinative mechanism by which State undertakings of every kind which are potentially deleterious to historic preservation may be discussed, and, where possible, resolved, giving due consideration to the competing public interests which may be involved. The head of any State agency or department having direct or indirect jurisdiction over a proposed State or State-assisted undertaking, or independent agency having authority to build, construct, license, permit, authorize, or approve any undertaking, shall, prior to the approval of the State funds for the undertaking, or prior to any approval, license, permit, or authorization as the case may be, take into account the effect of the undertaking on any historic property that is included in the State Register of Historic Places. Where, in the judgment of the Council such undertaking will have an adverse effect upon any listed district, area, site, building, structure, or object, the head of the State agency or department shall afford the Council reasonable opportunity to comment with regard to the undertaking.
(8) Advise on any participation in the review of federal, federally assisted, and federally licensed undertakings that may affect historic properties and sites and approve any participation in the review of nonfederal undertakings, including proceedings under the State land use and development act (10 V.S.A. chapter 151).
(b) The Council may provide testimony relating to the historical, architectural, and archaeological significance of State register and national register sites. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4; amended 1979, No. 61,§§ 3, 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 743. Cooperation of agencies

§ 743. Cooperation of agencies
An agency, department, division, or commission shall:
(1) Consult the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation before demolishing, altering, or transferring any property that is potentially of historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural significance, including any property listed on the State register. An agency, department, division, or commission shall submit its annual capital improvement plan to the Council.
(2) Initiate measures and procedures to provide for the maintenance, through preservation, rehabilitation, or restoration, of properties under its ownership that are listed on the State or National Register; the measures and procedures shall comply with applicable standards prescribed by the State Historic Preservation Division.
(3) Develop plans for the maintenance, through preservation, rehabilitation, or restoration, of historic properties under their ownership in a manner compatible with preservation objectives and which does not result in an unreasonable economic burden to public interest.
(4) Institute procedures to assure that its plans, programs, codes and regulations contribute to the preservation and enhancement of sites, structures and objects of historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural significance. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 761. State archaeologist; survey; protection of archaeological sites

§ 761. State archaeologist; survey; protection of archaeological sites
(a) The State Historic Preservation Officer shall employ a State Archaeologist through the classified service who shall conduct and maintain a survey of sites of archaeological and anthropological specimens located within the State. The State archaeologist shall make the survey available to agencies of the State government that, in his or her opinion, may conduct activities which may affect these archaeological or anthropological sites.
(b) All information regarding the location of archaeological sites and underwater historic properties shall be confidential except that the State archaeologist shall provide this information to qualified individuals or organizations, public agencies and nonprofit organizations for archaeological and scientific research or for preservation and planning purposes when the State Archaeologist determines that the preservation of these properties is not endangered. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4; amended 1989, No. 136 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 46, § 45.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 22 - Libraries, History, and Information Technology › Chapter 14 - Historic Preservation › § 762. Field investigation

§ 762. Field investigation
The State reserves to itself the exclusive right of field investigation on sites owned or controlled by the State in order to protect and preserve archaeological and scientific information, matter, and objects. All information and objects deriving from State lands shall remain the property of the State and be utilized for scientific or public educational purposes. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 4.)