Title 65, Public Libraries

It is the purpose of this act to protect and perpetuate public land survey corners and information concerning the location of such corners by requiring the systematic establishment of monuments and filing of information concerning the marking of the location of such public land s…

As used in this act: 1. "Property corner" means a geographic point on the surface of the earth, and is on, a part of, and controls a property line; 2. "Property controlling corner" means a public land survey corner, or any property corner, which does not lie on a property line of…

A. A surveyor shall complete, sign and file with the Division a written record of the establishment or restoration of a public land survey corner. This record shall be known as a "public land survey corner record" and such a filing shall be made for every public land survey corne…

A. The Division shall receive the completed public land survey corner record and preserve it in an appropriate book. The books shall be in numerical order; provided, however, public land survey corner records may also be preserved in the same manner as any other recorded instrume…

In every case where a corner record of a public land survey corner is required to be filed or recorded under the provisions of this act, the surveyor shall reconstruct or rehabilitate the monument of such corner, and accessories to such corner so that it will be as permanent a mo…

All federal government surveys performed by authorized personnel of agencies of the federal government shall be subject to the provisions of this act but shall be exempt from filing fees required in Section 5 of this act. Added by Laws 1978, c. 140, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.

A surveyor failing to comply with the provisions of this act shall be subject to the revocation or suspension of his certificate of registration, after a hearing by the Board. Added by Laws 1978, c. 140, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.

Counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized and empowered to join in creation, development, operation and maintenance of public libraries to serve multicounty systems, and to appropriate and allocate funds for the support of such systems. Such systems shall provide equitable…

A library system may be created by resolution or ordinance approved by the boards of county commissioners or by the governing bodies of all cities or towns of two thousand (2,000) or more according to the latest U.S. Census within the proposed district, or by the county seat town…

A. The Board of Trustees of a library system containing two or more counties, herein defined as a multicounty library system, shall consist of at least five (5) members. There shall be at least one member from each county appointed by the board of county commissioners. Additional…

The system board shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and treasurer from the appointed members. The term of the officers shall be one (1) year. The system board shall meet as often as is required to transact necessary business and all meetings shall be open to the public in com…

(a) Every system board created by this Code shall have all powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and provisions hereof, including, in addition to others granted in this article, the following powers: (1) To operate and maintain a library system and …

(a) The system board shall appoint a librarian of the library system on the basis of merit and experience. Such librarian shall be a graduate of a library school accredited by the American Library Association. The librarian shall be the administrative, executive and supervisory o…

Library systems are hereby authorized and empowered to receive and allocate funds for establishment, development and maintenance of library facilities and services through special library tax levies as hereinafter provided and other funds, including appropriations from city, town…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries to be designated the "Oklahoma Local Library Capital Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall consist of monies rec…

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of county commissioners, in counties which do not have countywide library services through a rural single county library or as otherwise determined by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, may appoint a public library board …

The county public library board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To operate and maintain a county library system and to promulgate such rules for the operation and maintenance thereof as may be deemed necessary or expedient; (b) To employ a director who shall have …

Counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized and empowered to join in creation, development, operation and maintenance of public libraries to serve rural single county library systems, and to appropriate and allocate funds for the support of such systems. The systems shall pr…

A rural single county library system may be created by resolution or ordinance approved by the board of county commissioners or by the governing bodies of all cities or towns of two thousand (2,000) or more according to the most recent federal decennial census within the proposed…

A. The board of trustees of a rural single county library system shall consist of at least five (5) members. One member shall be appointed from each county commissioner district by the board of county commissioners. One member shall be appointed by the governing body of the count…

The system board shall elect a chair, vice-chair, and treasurer for one-year terms from the appointed members. The system board shall meet as often as necessary. The system board shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma St…

A. Every rural single county library system board shall have all powers necessary or convenient to accomplish its purpose including the following: 1. To operate and maintain a library system and to adopt rules and regulations; 2. To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or b…

A. The rural single county library system board shall appoint a librarian of the library system on the basis of merit and experience. In counties with a population of twenty thousand (20,000) or more, the librarian shall be a graduate of a library school accredited by the America…

In the administration of any state plan for the extension or operation of library services of any type, or of any allied or related services, the State Librarian and Archivist may, from funds available for the carrying out of said plan, make grants under such condition as he cons…

The State Librarian and Archivist is authorized to apply for and receive and to take full advantage of any and all assistance, research, information, surveys, investigations, grants, allotments or allocations of funds which may be available to the State of Oklahoma, or The Oklaho…

The provisions of this act are cumulative to existing laws. Added by Laws 1963, c. 285, § 3, emerg. eff. June 18, 1963.

In addition to the powers authorized by Chapter 189, Oklahoma Session Laws 1965, Sections 1-9, providing for interlocal cooperation among governmental agencies, libraries covered by this Code shall have the power to contract with private agencies under the same terms and conditio…

In order to expedite the management and organization of the vast and increasing resources of knowledge, to make it quickly available to our citizens, and to aid the functions of government, it shall be the policy of the state to foster the establishment and maintenance of a State…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Metropolitan Library Act". Added by Laws 1965, c. 192, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.

This act shall apply to any joint city-county public libraries established and maintained under the provisions of Article X, Section 10A of the Oklahoma Constitution in any county having a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more according to the latest Federal Decenn…

The purpose of this act is to foster and promote the establishment, maintenance and operation of city-county library systems in order to give all of the citizens of the counties affected hereby equal access to comprehensive library collections. It is the policy of the state to en…

A. The metropolitan library commission for any county with a population of less than six hundred thousand (600,000) as determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census shall consist of eleven (11) members. Six of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the county seat cit…

The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish. The commission shall hold at least one meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business…

The commission shall appoint a librarian of the metropolitan library system on the basis of merit and experience. Such librarian shall be a graduate of a library school accredited by the American Library Association. The librarian shall serve at the discretion of the commission. …

It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual budget which shall be subject to the general review of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners. The metropolitan library commission shall submit an annual audit of its expenditures and income…

Every metropolitan library commission created by this act shall have all powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and provisions hereof, including, in addition to others herein granted, the following powers: (a) To operate and maintain a city-county li…

The governing body of any other city or town in any county is authorized to contract with the metropolitan library commission, to bring such other city or town into the city-county library system, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon, and for that purpose may lease to t…

A. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is hereby authorized and directed to establish at the earliest possible date an automated data processing and information retrieval system and a statewide information network. The automated data processing and information retrieval system s…

If, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or of any statute supplemental thereto or of any charter provision of the city, a retirement system is established for the employees of the city, the employees of the city-county library system may…

This act is intended to be cumulative and in addition to any other law heretofore passed on libraries and shall not repeal any law on this subject. Added by Laws 1965, c. 192, § 11, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.

The State Librarian is authorized to apply for and receive and to take advantage of any and all assistance, information, research, investigations, surveys, grants, appropriations, or allocations of funds made available for this or any related or allocated purposes from any source…

The provisions of this act are cumulative to existing laws. Added by Laws 1965, c. 253, § 4, emerg. eff. June 21, 1965.

The provisions of this Code shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose and object hereof. Added by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-101, emerg. eff. April 6, 1967.

Article and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or section hereof. Added by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-102, emerg. eff. April 6, 1967.