Title 17 — Visitor's Bureau and Cultural Institutions
6 chapters · 57 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 17.0301 Establishment of the Feleti Barstow Public Library
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There is established, as an agency within the Executive branch of government, the Feleti Barstow Public Library. History: 1999, PL 26-3.
A.S.C.A. § 17.0302 Powers and duties of the Feleti Barstow Public Library
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The Feleti Barstow Public Library: (a) may sue and be sued; (b) may adopt and use a seal; (c) may make contracts, as authorized in this chapter; (d) may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws; (e) may purchase or lease and hold personal property it considers necessary or convenient in t…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0303 Establishment of the public library board
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(a) The public library board is established. The board shall consist of eight members. The director of education or his designee, one additional member from the Department of Education, two members from the staff of the American Samoa Community College and at least two members fr…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0304 Public library board—Powers and duties
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The public library board, in addition to other provisions of this chapter: (a) shall employ a competent and qualified Territorial Librarian; (b) shall select its chairman, vice chairman and secretary-treasurer from among its own membership; (c) shall develop and adopt written byl…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0305 Territorial Librarian
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The public library board shall recommend to the Governor a list of three to five candidates, in the order of descending priority, who have received the highest consideration of the board. The Governor shall appoint the Territorial Librarian only from the proffered list of recomme…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0306 Personnel
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All employees of the Feleti Barstow Public Library, except for the Territorial Librarian, are appointed or hired and compensated in accordance with the government employee laws A.S.C.A., 7.0101 et seq., except that the public library board may adopt administrative rules, pursuant…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0307 Assumption of role
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The public library board shall assume, upon approval of this act, full responsibility and right to operate all items of property, including any construction, equipment or material purchases in progress, equipment, and machinery used under the previous status of operation by the g…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0308 Budget
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(a) The basic source of financing the public library is the government through its regular budget process. The government shall provide an initial appropriation from local revenues for the FY-1999 operation and programs of the public library. (b) The public library board shall su…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0309 Fiscal management
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The Feleti Barstow Public Library is responsible for the management and operation of its fiscal affairs. It shall establish procedures based on principles of sound bookkeeping and fiscal management, with the approval of the board, for the administration of all accounting systems,…
A.S.C.A. § 17.0310 Independent audit reports—Consultants—Annual reports
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(a) The public library board shall employ a firm of independent certified public accountants to examine and report each year upon the status of financial records and accounts, and may renew that employment annually. Copies of these reports shall be furnished by the board to the G…