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TCA § 10-3-103 — Library board — Appointment — Terms
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This section sets how a library board is appointed and how long members serve.
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TCA § 10-3-104 — Powers and duties of library board
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The library board must organize, report, and give required information, and it may manage the library’s affairs, rules, staff support, funds, donations, property, and leases.
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TCA § 10-3-105 — Borrowing money to acquire library buildings and equipment
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A county or city governing body may borrow money for library land, buildings, and equipment, and the property title may be held in trust by the library board.
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TCA § 10-3-106 — Tax funds held by county or city treasurer — Audit of accounts
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County or city tax funds for library purposes must be kept separate by the treasurer, and library accounts must be audited every year by or under the county or city governing body.
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TCA § 10-3-107 — Libraries free to inhabitants — Extension of privileges to nonresidents
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Libraries covered by this section must be free to inhabitants, and the board may extend library privileges and facilities to people outside the county or city on terms it considers proper.
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TCA § 10-3-108 — Penalties for loss of or injury to library property
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The library board may make and enforce rules for penalties tied to loss of or injury to library property.
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TCA § 10-3-109 — [Reserved.]
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A library board must take title to property and related proceeds in the name of the county or city for the public library’s use and benefit.
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TCA § 10-3-111 — Financial report of operations
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The library board must give a financial report to the county or city legislative body at the first meeting of each fiscal year.
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TCA § 10-5-101 — Agreements to create regional boards — Participation by counties and municipalities — Appropriation of funds
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Counties may team up to create a regional library board if they meet the stated conditions; counties, municipalities, and some cities also have related participation and funding rules.
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TCA § 10-5-102 — Members of regional board
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Regional library board members must live in and represent the county or municipality that elected them, and they must leave office if they move away or no longer live there.
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TCA § 10-5-103 — Duties and functions
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A regional library board must review appointments, program recommendations, and annual program activities within its region.
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TCA § 10-5-104 — [Reserved.]
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The chief administrative officer of each library program may hire needed personnel, but only under the secretary of state’s direction and within available funds. Those employees are subject to the department of state’s personnel policies and regulations.
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TCA § 10-5-106 — Donations — Lease of realty — Discontinuance
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The secretary of state may accept donations and bequests for the regional library system and may lease real estate for library purposes.
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TCA § 10-5-201 — Transfer of regional library system employees to department of state — Benefits and salaries
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On July 1, 1999, full-time regional library employees must transfer to the department of state and become secretary of state employees; their pay stays the same and they get the same benefits as other state employees.
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TCA § 10-5-202 — Department of state employees who were previously regional employees — Certification of entitlements
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A qualifying state department employee who was previously a regional employee must be treated as a state employee and is entitled to regional-employee benefits under this part.
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TCA § 10-5-203 — Existing leave balances, longevity and retirement credit — Certification
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Regional library employees must be immediately credited with existing leave, longevity, and retirement credit when they join state employment, and the library’s personnel officer or appointing authority must certify certain leave and longevity balances to the department of state.
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TCA § 10-5-204 — Status of regional library employees becoming employees of state — Contributions — Participation — Retirement system benefits — Credit for prior service
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Regional library employees who become state employees must make the same retirement contributions and participate in the same manner as state employees, and they are entitled to prior service credit with regional library boards.
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TCA § 10-5-205 — Admittance to state group insurance program
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Full-time regional library employees must be admitted to the state group insurance program without proof of insurability.
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TCA § 10-5-206 — “Full-time employee of a regional library board” defined
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A regional library board employee is “full-time” if the annual schedule includes at least 1,600 hours of employment.
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TCA § 10-7-101 — “Records” construed
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This section defines “Records” for this part.
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