Chapter 12 — CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

12-1224. Same; officers of board; meetings; notice. The members of a library board shall, immediately after their appointment and annually thereafter, meet and organize by the election of a chairman, a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers as they may deem necessary. …

12-1225. Powers and duties of board. Library boards shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the library; (b) with the approval of the governing body of the municipality, to purchase or lease a site or sites…

12-1225a. Johnson county library board; duties of county treasurer. (a) In Johnson county, the library board shall have the same powers and duties prescribed in K.S.A. 12-1225, and amendments thereto, except that the county treasurer shall receive, accept and administer any money…

12-1225b. Same; powers and duties. (a) In addition to the powers and duties prescribed by K.S.A. 12-1225, and amendments thereto, in Johnson county, the library board shall: (1) Establish bylaws for the operation of the library board; (2) formulate new policies and revise existin…

12-1225c. Johnson county librarian; duties. (a) In Johnson county, the county librarian shall be subject to the same privileges and immunities as the head of any county department. The county librarian shall be charged with the daily administration of the library and may hire or …

12-1226. Treasurer of board; bond; duties; Johnson and Wyandotte counties library board treasurer. (a) Except as provided by this section, the treasurer of the library board shall give bond, in an amount fixed by the board and approved by the governing body of the municipality, f…

12-1227. Use of library; rules and regulations. Every library established under, or governed by the provisions of this act shall be free to the use of the inhabitants of the municipality in which located, subject always to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library boar…

12-1228. Penalties as to library property authorized. The governing body of a municipality maintaining a library shall have power to pass laws or ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of injury committed to library buildings or other property and for injury to…

12-1229. Use of privately owned books or collections. The library board of any library may authorize any circulating library, reading matter or work of art belonging to private person, association or corporation, or loaned by any library or public institution, to be deposited in …

12-1230. Contracts for library service; tax levy, use of proceeds. The governing body of any municipality not maintaining a library may contract with any library for the furnishing of library service to such municipality, and to pay the costs of such library service the municipal…

12-1231. Regional library; resolution; petition; election; board; certain cooperating township libraries to be maintained as regional libraries. Any two (2) or more adjoining counties, or any two (2) or more adjoining townships, may establish and maintain a regional library as pr…

12-1232. Same; appointment of board; terms; vacancies; eligibility. The library board of a regional library shall consist of six appointed members and, in addition thereto, the official head of each participating county or township shall appoint a member of the governing body to …

12-1233. Same; powers and duties. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the powers and duties of regional library boards, the powers and duties of officers and members of such boards, and the manner and procedure by which such powers and duties are to be exercised, sh…

12-1234. Same; tax levies; allocation of costs. (a) Each county or township participating in a regional library is authorized to, and shall annually levy a tax for the maintenance of the library in a sum the library board determines within the limitations fixed by law. Except as …

12-1235. Same; withdrawal of county or township; election; division of property. After a county or township has participated in a regional library for not less than three (3) years, such county or township may vote to establish and maintain a separate library, and upon so voting …

12-1236. Establishment of library districts; petition; agreement to transfer city property to district, when; resolution; election, notice and conduct. Any one or more cities of the third class is hereby authorized to join with any one or more townships or portions of one or more…

12-1237. Same; election canvass; annual tax levy. The board of county commissioners shall, at its next meeting following the holding of such election, canvass the results of said election. If a majority of the votes cast at such election on such proposition shall be in the affirm…

12-1238. Same; election of directors; notice. Upon the establishment of such library district the county clerk of the county within which such library district is located, shall cause a publication notice to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of …

12-1239. Same; annual meeting; time of. An annual meeting of the qualified voters of such library district shall be held on the first Tuesday in March of each year at 2 o'clock p.m. At the first annual meeting a majority of the qualified voters present may determine whether the s…

12-1240. Same; notice of annual meeting. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to give notice of every annual meeting by causing a notice to be published once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in said library district. The last…

12-1241. Same; persons entitled to vote; officers of board; terms of directors; vacancies. Any person who shall have been in good faith a resident of said library district for thirty (30) days prior to the date of any district meeting or other election and who possesses the quali…

12-1242. Same; powers of board of directors. The library board of a library established as herein provided shall constitute a body corporate and politic, possessing the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes under the name and style of: "library district No. ____, coun…

12-1243. Same; regular and special meetings. The library board shall fix the date and place of its regular meetings, and special meetings may be called by the chairman of said board, and shall be called by the chairman upon the written request of a majority of the board members. …

12-1244. Same; election on building, equipment and site; bonds. The board of directors of said library district shall have authority to call an election of said district for the purpose of building, erecting and equipping a library building and procuring a site therefor and may i…

12-1245. Same; powers and duties. The directors of said library district shall have all of the powers and duties vested in library boards under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1225. History: L. 1965, ch. 145, § 10; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Pol…

12-1246. Same; bond of treasurer; records and reports. The treasurer of said library district shall give bond in an amount fixed and approved by the board of said library district for the safekeeping and due disbursement of all funds which may come into his or her hands as such t…

12-1247. Library districts; tax levy, procedure to increase levy; certification to county clerk. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the directors of the library district, as the governing body thereof and in the same manner as required by law applying to other taxing units…

12-1248. Same; acceptance of grants. Such library district, after its creation and establishment as provided by this act, shall be vested with authority to apply for and receive any grants for library purposes or for the construction and maintenance of a library in said district,…

12-1249. Issuance of library bonds by certain counties between 6,600 and 7,300 population; duties of planning commission and governing board of city in which building to be located; election provisions. The board of county commissioners of any county having a population of more t…

12-1250. Same; cooperation between library board and county commissioners; use of library. Any board of county commissioners issuing bonds under authority of this act shall confer and advise with the library board of the second-class city involved in selection of an architect and…

12-1251. Same; gifts and assistance; federal aid. The board of county commissioners and the governing body of such city of the second class are authorized to receive any gifts, contributions or assistance for the use of any public library in such second-class city including any f…

12-1252. Acceptance of gifts for library purposes by cities and boards of education, or jointly; conditions. (a) The board of education of any school district, the governing body of any city, or both jointly are authorized to receive gifts. The gift may be conditioned so that the…

12-1253. Same; acceptance of gift; terms. Any gift offered under provisions of this act shall be accepted only by formal action by resolution in the case of a board of education or ordinance in the case of a city. Such resolution or ordinance shall cite this act as authority ther…

12-1254. Library in cities between 120,000 and 150,000 population; submission of proposition to levy tax for building fund; use of proceeds. In all cities having a population by the official state census of more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) and less than one hundred…

12-1255. Same; investment of moneys in building fund. Such board of directors may invest any portion of the building fund which is not currently needed in investments authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed therein or in direct short-term ob…

12-1256. Sale or lease of public park property to library board of township by certain cities of third class; use of moneys; property to be used for library services. The governing body of any city of the third class having a population of more than two thousand three hundred (2,…

12-1257. Libraries in urban area counties; tax levy, use of proceeds; special fund established; issuance of bonds; territory of existing library excluded; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any county design…

12-1258. Public libraries; capital improvement fund. The library board of any public library is hereby authorized to direct a transfer annually from the general operating fund of such library not to exceed 10% of the amount of money credited to such fund to a capital improvement …

12-1259. Topeka public library; issuance of bonds; purpose; election; tax levy. The board of directors of the Topeka public library may issue general obligation bonds of the Topeka public library for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, remodeling, furnishing a…

12-1260. Topeka and Shawnee county library district; definitions. When used in this act and unless otherwise specifically provided therein: (a) "County" means Shawnee county; (b) "city" means the city of Topeka, Kansas; (c) "library district" means all territory located within Sh…

12-1261. Same; procedure to create district; election; transfer of assets and liabilities. (a) The board of trustees of the Topeka public library may adopt a resolution proposing to create a library district. A copy of such resolution shall be filed with the county election offic…

12-1262. Same; governing body; appointment; term; vacancies; expenses of members. (a) Any library district created pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1261 shall be governed by a board of trustees. Such board shall consist of 10 members. Seven members shall be appointed by th…

12-1263. Same; board a municipal corporation. The board shall constitute a body corporate and politic, possessing the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, under the name and style of "the board of trustees of the Topeka and Shawnee county public library" and under s…

12-1264. Same; organization of board; officers; meetings; treasurer's bond; treasurer's reports. (a) Each year the members of a library board shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers as they may deem necessary. …

12-1265. Same; use of library; rules and regulations. The library shall be free to the use of the residents of the library district, subject always to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt. The board may exclude from the use of the library any and a…

12-1266. Same; powers and duties of board; annual payments to certain libraries. The board shall have the power: (a) To make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the library; (b) to purchase or lease a site or sites and to lease or erect a building or buildin…

12-1267. Same; annual budget; tax levy to support library; procedure to increase levy. (a) The board shall prepare, publish and approve an annual budget for the maintenance and support of the library and may levy a tax not to exceed five mills on all taxable tangible property in …

12-1268. Same; capital improvement fund. If the library occupies a public building upon a site acquired therefor and the building and site are free from any bonded indebtedness, then an amount not to exceed 20% of any annual budget prepared, published and approved by the board ma…

12-1269. Same; contracts with other municipalities for library services. The governing body of any municipality not maintaining a library may contract with the board for the furnishing of library service to such municipality, and to pay the costs of such library service the munic…

12-1270. Same; issuance of bonds; purpose; election; tax levy. The board may issue general obligation bonds of the library district for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, remodeling, furnishing and equipping any buildings or additions thereto, together with s…