Title 65 — Title 65 — Public Libraries

§65-1-101. Short title. This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Library Code. Added by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 1-101, emerg. eff. April 6, 1967. §65-1-102. Policy. It shall be the policy of the State of Oklahoma to promote, support, and implement the development and maintenance of ad…

65 O.S. § 141 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 142 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 143 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 144 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 145 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 146 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 147 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 492, § 1

This act shall be known and may be cited as the City-County Library Act. Added by Laws 1961, p. 492, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 1961. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 322, § 13, eff. July 1, 1992.

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…

Any county of the state is hereby authorized to avail itself of the provisions of this act and to combine its funds with the funds of a city to be expended for the purposes herein set forth. The board of county commissioners of any such county in this state is hereby authorized t…

Compensation. The city-county library commission shall consist of eleven (11) members. Six of the members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city subject to approval of the governing body thereof. Three of the members shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. T…

The commission shall elect its chairman from the appointed members and fill such other offices as its bylaws may establish. The term of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at least four meetings each year and at other times as deemed necessary by the Com…

The commission shall appoint a librarian of the city-county 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. T…

It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare an annual budget. Each county and city establishing a city-county library system, as herein provided, at the beginning of each fiscal year or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, shall agree upon the necessary contributions t…

Every city-county library commission created by this act shall have all the 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 establish a city-county library sys…

than 200,000 population. In exercising its powers and fulfilling its duties, a commission for a city-county library in a county having a population of less than two hundred thousand (200,000) shall be subject to the following limitations in addition to other limitations specifica…

The governing body of any other city or town in any county is authorized to contract with the city-county library commission, subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners, to bring such other city or town into the city-county lib…

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 1961, p. 495, § 11, emerg. eff. April 13, 1961.

65 O.S. § 181 Repealed by Laws 1992, c. 322, § 21, eff. July 1, 1992

Any library or libraries owned or operated by the state or any multicounty or district, city-county or joint city-county, county, city, town, or other public library or libraries, may purchase insurance from the funds of such libraries or entities for protection against loss, los…

Nothing in this act shall affect, limit, modify, restrict, or supplant the provisions of House Bill 839, Twenty-eighth Legislature. Added by Laws 1961, p. 496, § 2, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961.

From and after the effective date of this act, it shall be lawful to purchase Workers' Compensation Insurance for all employees of city-county, joint city-county, cooperative county, and all other employees of public libraries authorized to be created under the Constitution and l…

The cost of premiums of such Workers' Compensation Insurance shall be lawful expenditures, and shall be set up and estimated for budgetary purposes as are other governmental expenses. Added by Laws 1965, c. 130, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965.

65 O.S. § 22 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 23 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 24 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 25 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 26 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 27 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 3

65 O.S. § 28 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 29 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

§65-3-101. Creation of Department. A. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is hereby created. The Department shall be the official library agency of the state and shall discharge the responsibilities and exercise the authority of the state with respect to all public and special l…

65 O.S. § 30 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 129, § 6

65 O.S. § 31 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 32 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 1

65 O.S. § 33 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 35 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 129, § 6

65 O.S. § 36 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 37 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 38 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 129, § 6

65 O.S. § 39 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 129, § 6

§65-4-101. Authority for establishment. 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 syste…

65 O.S. § 40 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

Purchase of personal property. 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 …

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.

65 O.S. § 46 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967

65 O.S. § 47 Repealed by Laws 1967, c. 45, § 7-104, eff. April 6, 1967