Title XIV, Libraries and Archives

For the benefit of qualified readers with disabilities of Kentucky, the Department for Libraries and Archives may make available books and other reading matter in Braille, talking books or any other medium of reading used by qualified readers with disabilities. To this end, the d…

The Department for Libraries and Archives may accept and administer any money appropriated or granted to it, in addition to appropriations to it out of the general fund, for providing, improving, and equalizing public library service, library service to state institutions, and co…

(1) The State Treasurer shall serve as trustee of funds apportioned to the state from any appropriations made by the federal government, the state or any other agency for providing and equalizing public library service in Kentucky. (2) The Finance and Administration Cabinet shall…

The department shall cooperate, as required by the Acts of Congress providing federal grants to states for library service, with the United States Commissioner of Education in the administration of the provisions of such Acts, employ personnel and do all things necessary to entit…

All libraries, cities, towns, counties and school districts participating in or benefiting by the provisions of the federal grant for library service or receiving any service from the department, shall make such reports and audits as are required to the State Treasurer, the depar…

All appointments of personnel and the tenure thereof to the department and to such libraries, cities, towns, counties and school districts participating in or benefiting by the provisions of the federal grants for library service shall be based on merit without regard to politica…

integrated system of library service. The Department for Libraries and Archives shall make and administer plans to lessen inequalities of opportunity for library service, for the maintenance of an improved cooperative and integrated system of library service throughout the state …

It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a method of providing direct state aid to local public libraries in order to assure their continued existence and to enhance their services for the benefit of the citizens of the Commonwealth.

improvement and equalization fund -- Purposes -- Restrictions -- Distribution formula. (1) For grants to public libraries for promoting, aiding, and equalizing public library service in Kentucky, there may be funds appropriated out of the general expenditure fund of the State Tre…

The state librarian shall administer the provisions of KRS 171.201 to 171.205. The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall approve expenditures of funds under these sections.

Any funds appropriated for the purpose of KRS 171.201 to 171.205 shall be expended for aiding in the establishment, extension and development of local public library services through the purchase, lease, or repair of library materials, equipment, furniture, buildings, or bookmobi…

To the extent of funds available, grants may be made to qualifying public libraries based on formulas and regulations designed by the Department for Libraries and Archives or provided as special grants for an approved program. The Department for Libraries and Archives may provide…

It is the intention of KRS 171.201 to 171.205 to add to the public library service given by local communities and not to relieve such communities of their responsibilities.

The department shall transmit to the United States Commissioner of Education official notice of acceptance of the provisions of Acts of Congress and legislative enactment pertaining to the matters specified herein.

grades one through twelve. (1) The Department for Libraries and Archives shall purchase textbooks from publishers whose books have been adopted by the State Quality Curriculum Task Force under KRS 156.395 to 156.476 for distribution without cost to pupils attending grade one (1) …

The department may enter into contracts with any local, state or federal governmental agency or authority for the purpose of enabling the establishment and maintenance of a local public library service. The contracting parties may establish such districts or units of library serv…

The Department for Libraries and Archives is empowered to enter into an agreement with any state for the purpose of providing cooperative library services.

and management of public records. The Department for Libraries and Archives shall, within sixty (60) days of June 20, 2005, and thereafter, within sixty (60) days of the effective date of any legislation amending the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, KRS 61.805 to 61.850, or t…

Administration -- Trust fund. (1) The Imagination Library of Kentucky Program is hereby established. The purpose of the program shall be to promote the development of a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool children to develop a love of reading and learning…

The provisions of KRS 171.240 to 171.306 shall apply to public libraries as defined in KRS 171.125.

(1) In the Department for Libraries and Archives there shall be a state board for the certification of librarians, composed of the state librarian and five (5) members appointed by the Governor from a list submitted by the board of directors of the Kentucky Library Association. T…

(1) The board shall grant certificates of librarianship to applicants who are graduates of library schools approved by the board and shall grant certificates to other applicants when it has satisfied itself that the applicant is qualified for library work. Applicants shall provid…

No library coming under the provisions of KRS 171.230 to 171.306 shall have in its employ, in the position of librarian, or in any other full-time library service position, a person who does not hold an appropriate certificate of librarianship issued by the board.

The board shall require a fee of not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty dollars ($20) to be paid by each applicant for a librarian's certificate.

The revolving fund established by the branch budget bill, consisting of all moneys collected under the provisions of KRS 171.230 to 171.306 shall be designated as the librarian's certification fund. All money credited to the fund shall be used for the support of the Board for Cer…

In a proceeding to revoke a certificate of librarianship under the provisions of KRS 171.990(2), written notice of the proposed action shall be delivered in person, or forwarded by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the holder of the certificate at his last known post-o…

The board shall grant hearings, to be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, for the purposes of reconsidering applications and awards if the applicant files with the board, within twenty (20) days of issuance of or refusal to issue a certificate, a petition for a hearing.

Advisory Committee. (1) There is hereby established a Library Science Scholarship Fund. (2) The state librarian may grant scholarships for study in library science at an institution within the Commonwealth which is accredited by the American Library Association, the National Coun…

(1) To be eligible for a scholarship, an applicant shall contract in writing with the state librarian that he or she will graduate in an agreed to period of time and within six (6) months from the date of completing the program of study, accept employment with a library or archiv…

The Kentucky Historical Society created by Acts 1880, ch. 244, shall have all the powers and liabilities of a corporation and there is hereby granted to the society the following charter: I The Kentucky Historical Society shall educate and engage the public through Kentucky histo…

In order to better facilitate the operation and management, the Kentucky Historical Society shall be organized into four (4) separate divisions. These divisions shall include: Research and Publications; Oral History and Educational Outreach; Administration; and Museums. The divis…

gravesites of historically significant people -- Administrative regulations. In addition to the responsibilities set forth in KRS 171.311, the Kentucky Historical Society shall: (1) Collect, maintain, preserve, categorize, and cause to be published necessary information concernin…

(1) The headquarters of the Kentucky Historical Society shall be located in the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, and the society shall control in all respects the manner in which the grounds surrounding the center, the building, and the space therein, shall be used. T…

(1) Receipts by the Kentucky Historical Society of gifts, bequests, and devises from private persons, corporations, and other nongovernmental entities shall be held, deposited, invested, and used by the Kentucky Historical Society under the direction of its governing board and sh…

approval standards -- Administrative regulations. (1) The local history trust fund is created as a separate trust fund. The fund shall consist of moneys collected from the income tax checkoff created under KRS 141.441 and any other proceeds from grants, contributions, appropriati…

delivery to society. (1) The Governor may assign to the Kentucky Historical Society for safekeeping any articles of historical interest belonging to the state. (2) The county officers may turn over to the Kentucky Historical Society old books or documents in their offices suitabl…

Society and Department of Military Affairs -- Location -- Advisory committees. (1) There is established the Kentucky Military History Museum which shall be housed in the State Arsenal, and shall serve as repository of objects relating to the Commonwealth's military history. (2) T…

Commission -- Membership. There is created the Commonwealth of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, which shall be attached to the Kentucky Historical Society for administrative purposes. The commission shall be composed of twenty (20) members, as follows: (1) Two (2…

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission shall: (1) Study and recommend activities that may be carried out by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to honor Abraham Lincoln on the occasion of the bicentennial anniversary of his birth; (2) Educate Kentucky resid…

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission shall expire on June 30, 2010.

division-- Reorganization prohibited. (1) There is established the Kentucky Heritage Council (hereinafter referred to as "the council") which shall perform the functions specified in KRS 171.381. (2) The membership of the council shall consist of not more than sixteen (16) member…

officer. (1) The Kentucky Heritage Council shall be dedicated to the preservation and protection of all meaningful vestiges of Kentucky's heritage for succeeding generations, and in pursuit of this dedication it shall engage in and concern itself with worthy projects and other ma…

Hearing. (1) Prior to deciding whether to nominate a district, site, building, or object to the National Register of Historic Places created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board and the Kentucky Heritage Commission sha…

All covered wooden bridges within the state shall be designated as state shrines by the heritage division according to the procedures of the agency. Each covered wooden bridge shall be identified as such by an official marker placed by the Kentucky Historical Society.

(1) There is hereby established the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board, which shall aid and advise the heritage division in the selection of historic sites and all duties pursuant to Public Law 89-665, as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto. (2) The board sh…

(1) In order to preserve, augment and engender the historic qualities of Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, there is hereby created the Washington, Kentucky Historic Township Commission to devise a plan and undertake the general restoration and development of Washington, Kentuck…