Chapter 312 — Chapter 312

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §312-1 Duties of the board of education. The board of education shall care for, manage, and control all property set apart, donated, loaned to, or in any manner acquired for the use of libraries; receive, care for, expend, and account for any money whic…

§312-2 Powers of board; special fund. The board of education may: The board shall be the trustee of the special fund and all moneys therein shall be deemed to have been appropriated to the use and for the purposes of the Hawaii state public library system in providing library ser…

§312-2.1 Appointment of state librarian; duties; salary. (a) The state librarian shall be appointed by the board of education, without regard to chapter 76, shall be under the direction of the board, shall be responsible for the operation, planning, programming, and budgeting of …

[PART II.] FEE FOR ENHANCED SERVICES PROGRAM §312-21 Fee for enhanced services program; established. (a) The state librarian shall: (b) Notwithstanding section 312-3.6, all moneys collected through the fee for enhanced services program shall be deposited into the library fee for …

§312-3 Exchange of librarians. [(a)] The state librarian may contract for the exchange of librarians with librarians of any state, country, or territory in accordance with this section, except as otherwise provided in section 78‑27. Local librarians so exchanged shall be paid the…

§312-3.5 Detention of public library materials; penalty. (a) A person who detains any public library materials belonging to any community, school, or public library for one day after the due date of the public library materials, shall be subject to a nominal charge established by…

§312-3.6 Libraries special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury a libraries special fund into which shall be deposited all moneys collected pursuant to section 312-3.5, and all moneys designated to be paid to this fund pursuant to section 235-102.5(c). (b) The fun…

§312-3.7 Friends of the library of Hawaii program fund. (a) There is established as a separate fund of the Friends of the Library of Hawaii, a Hawaii nonprofit corporation, the friends of the library of Hawaii program fund. All moneys contributed to the fund, including income and…

§312-3.8 Use of public library facilities. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the head librarian of each library branch may request the issuance of licenses, revocable permits, concessions, or rights of entry to: for the use of public library system facilities and groun…

§312-4 REPEALED. L 1993, c 328, §3.

§312-4.6 Cost-recovery fees for the administration of Hawaii state public library system. (a) The state librarian may charge and add a fee to any amount due in accordance with the state librarian's duties and powers under section 312‑2.1(d) for: (b) Interest shall not accrue with…

§312-5 Annual report to the governor. Annually during the month of July but as of June 30 preceding, the state librarian shall report to the governor the moneys received from all sources and expended for all purposes during the preceding year, and any other matters pertaining to …

§312-6 REPEALED. L 2012, c 135, §3.

§312-8 Literacy and lifelong learning program. (a) In addition to its other duties, the board of education, through the state librarian, shall: (b) The objectives of the literacy and lifelong learning program shall be to provide programmatic activities that promote intergeneratio…

§§312-9 and 312-10 REPEALED. L 2001, c 109, §§2, 3.