Title 11 — Title 11: Libraries and Museums

Sec. 11-23b. (Formerly Sec. 10-28). Library service centers for public libraries and public schools. The State Library Board may establish and maintain library service centers to provide supplementary books and related library materials and services to public libraries and to pub…

Sec. 11-23c. Communications grant program for schools and public libraries. There is established a grant program jointly administered by the Department of Education and the State Library to provide grants on a competitive process to schools and principal public libraries with pri…

Sec. 11-24. Payments to free public libraries. Section 11-24 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1662; 1949, 1955, S. 1023d; 1957, P.A. 126, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 450, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 590, S. 5.)

Sec. 11-24a. Definitions. Principal public library. Nonprincipal public library. (a) As used in sections 11-24b, 11-24c and 11-31a: (1) “Board” means the State Library Board. (2) “Public library” means a library that serves its residents through its outlet or outlets without char…

Sec. 11-24b. State grants to principal public libraries; incentive grants. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i) of this section, each principal public library, as defined in section 11-24a, shall be eligible to receive a state grant in accordance with the provisions…

Sec. 11-24c. Construction cost grants. Emergency repair grants. (a) The State Library Board shall make construction grants to public libraries established pursuant to this chapter. The board shall establish criteria for the purpose of developing a priority listing of all construc…

Sec. 11-24d. Grants for library automation. The state, through the State Library Board, may provide financial assistance in the form of grants to support the application of automation to the state's libraries. Grants shall be made to assist in the payment of expenses associated w…

Sec. 11-25. Reports by libraries. Confidentiality of records. (a) The libraries established under the provisions of this chapter, and any free public library receiving a state appropriation, shall annually make a report to the State Library Board. (b) (1) Notwithstanding section …

Sec. 11-26. Librarians' certificates. Section 11-26 is repealed, effective July 1, 2007. (1949 Rev., S. 1664; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 9; P.A. 75-316, S. 16; P.A. 07-227, S. 24.)

Sec. 11-27. Library fund. All moneys collected or received in payment for library service contracted for and rendered shall be placed in the treasury of the town, city, borough, fire district or school district for which such service was rendered, to the credit of its library fun…

Sec. 11-28. Merger of library facilities. The trustees of two or more public libraries may, with the approval of the towns in which such libraries are situated, contract for the merger, in whole or in part, of the facilities of such libraries. (1949 Rev., S. 1666; P.A. 07-227, S.…

Sec. 11-29. Transfer of employees. Members of the regular staff of any free public library may be transferred to one of its contract libraries, either on a temporary or a permanent basis, without affecting their status on the library payroll or their right to promotion, because o…

Sec. 11-30. Contracts for library service. Any state agency, municipality, taxing district or public or private library may contract with any other state agency, municipality, taxing district or public or private library to provide or secure such library services as may be agreed…

Sec. 11-31. Regional library service. Any town, city, borough, fire district or school district may raise money by taxation and make appropriations for defraying the expense of contract or regional library service, and shall be subject to the duties and entitled to the benefits p…

Sec. 11-31a. Definitions. As used in section 11-31b: (a) “Connecticard” means a cooperative program among public libraries in Connecticut which allows a resident of any town in the state who holds a valid borrower card issued by his home library to use that card to borrow materia…

Sec. 11-31b. Connecticard program; state aid for services rendered to nonresidents. Any public library which is a participating library in Connecticard and any library which was a participating library in Connecticard prior to July 1, 1983, may claim and be entitled to receive st…

Sec. 11-31c. State Library Board to adopt regulations. The State Library Board shall, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, adopt regulations to implement the provisions of section 11-31b. (P.A. 82-304, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 11-32. Legislative body of municipality may establish or operate a public library. The legislative body of any municipality may establish or operate a public library and reading room, together with such kindred apartments and facilities as the legislative body approves; and …

Sec. 11-33. Powers and duties of trustees in municipalities. Gifts. When the legislative body of any municipality has decided to establish a public library and reading room, the chief elected official of such municipality shall, with the approval of the legislative body, appoint …

Sec. 11-34. Report by trustees. The board of trustees shall make, on or before the second Monday of June, an annual report to the city council for the year ending the first of June, stating the various sums of money received from the library fund and other sources and how such mo…

Sec. 11-35. Penalties for injuries. The city council of such city may pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for damaging the grounds or other property of such library and for damaging or failing to return any book belonging to such library. Each library director or board of…

Sec. 11-36. Municipality tax. When fifty electors of any municipality present a petition to the clerk of such municipality, asking that an annual tax be levied for the establishment or operation of a free public library and reading room in such municipality, and specify in their …

Sec. 11-37. Trustees' compensation. No trustee of any free public library and reading room, established under the provisions of this chapter in any town, city, borough, school district or fire district, shall receive any compensation for any services rendered as such trustee. (19…

Sec. 11-38. Compact. The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT ARTICLE I. Policy and Purpose Because the desire for the services…

Sec. 11-39. Municipal participation. No town, city, borough or other political subdivision of this state shall be party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to article III, subdivision (c-7) of the compact, or pledge its …

Sec. 11-40. State library agency defined. As used in the compact, “state library agency”, with reference to this state, means the Connecticut State Library, or an agency approved by the State Librarian. (1967, P.A. 278, S. 3.)

Sec. 11-41. State aid for interstate library districts. An interstate library district lying partly within this state may claim and be entitled to receive state aid in support of any of its functions to the same extent and in the same manner as such functions are eligible for sup…

Sec. 11-42. Compact administrator. The Connecticut State Librarian shall be the compact administrator pursuant to article X of the compact. (1967, P.A. 278, S. 5; P.A. 91-104, S. 2, 3.) History: P.A. 91-104 deleted reference to associate state librarian serving as deputy compact …

Sec. 11-43. Notices on withdrawal. In the event of withdrawal from the compact the State Librarian shall send and receive any notices required by article XI (b) of the compact. (1967, P.A. 278, S. 6.)

Secs. 11-44 to 11-79. Reserved for future use. Note: Chapters 192 and 193 are also reserved for future use.

Sec. 11-80. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 11-81 to 11-89, inclusive: (1) “Museum” means any nonprofit or public institution that is organized for educational, scientific, historic or aesthetic purposes, and which owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives or …

Sec. 11-81. When property on loan deemed donated to museum. Termination of loan of property. Notice of change in ownership information. Notice of laws governing property loaned to museums. (a) Any property on loan to a museum that is subject to a loan agreement shall be deemed to…

Sec. 11-82. Abandoned property. Any property in the possession of a museum that is not subject to a loan agreement shall be deemed to be abandoned if (1) such property is unclaimed and has been in the possession of the museum as unclaimed property for at least five years, and (2)…

Sec. 11-83. Maintenance of records of property in possession of museum. Each museum shall maintain a record, in accordance with the regulations adopted by the State Librarian pursuant to section 11-89, of all property on loan to the museum, including the name and address of the l…

Sec. 11-84. Notice that property on loan to museum may be deemed donated or abandoned. (a) Prior to a museum (1) accepting donated property pursuant to section 11-81, or (2) taking ownership of abandoned property pursuant to section 11-82, the museum shall make a reasonable good …

Sec. 11-85. Claim of ownership. Title to donated or abandoned property to vest in museum. Acquisition of title. (a) If a museum receives a written claim of ownership for any property for which notice of donation or abandonment was made, pursuant to section 11-84, from the lender,…

Sec. 11-86. Conservation and protective measures applied to property on loan. Liens. Immunity from liability. (a) A museum may apply conservation or protective measures to any property on loan to the museum without the permission of the lender or formal notice to the lender, unle…

Sec. 11-87. Applicability to property in the possession of a museum pursuant to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The provisions of sections 11-80 to 11-89, inclusive, shall not apply to any property in the possession of a museum pursuant to the Native A…

Sec. 11-88. Rights and obligations of lenders, claimants and museums identified in loan agreements. Other means of establishing or perfecting title to property available to museums. (a) Nothing in sections 11-80 to 11-89, inclusive, shall be construed to abrogate the rights and o…

Sec. 11-89. Regulations. The State Librarian shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to (1) prescribe the form of written notification to persons loaning property pursuant to section 11-81, and (2) establish the procedures for recording and maint…