PART I. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS



 



Note



 



  Part heading added by L 1993, c 327, §2 and amended by L
1993, c 327, §3; L 1996, c 144, §2; L 1999, c 29, §2; L 2001, c 107, §2.



 



§312-1  Duties of the board of education. 
The board of education shall care for, manage, and control all property set
apart, donated, loaned to, or in any manner acquired for the use of libraries;
receive, care for, expend, and account for any money which may be received for
the purpose of erecting buildings for libraries or for any other purposes of
the libraries; collect, purchase, receive gifts of, and otherwise acquire all
books and other publications proper for libraries, and arrange, classify, and
catalogue the same; provide for their safekeeping; expend moneys appropriated
by the legislature and otherwise acquired for the development, use, support,
and maintenance of libraries; provide ways and means for placing libraries
within reach of all residents throughout the State and particularly of all
public and private school children; provide and maintain branch libraries,
offices, or places for the distribution of books and periodicals throughout the
State; make such contracts as may be necessary to carry into effect the general
duties herein imposed; appoint such officers and employees as it deems
necessary; and make rules for the management and use of libraries, and for the
control of the property under its management. [L 1909, c 83, §2; RL 1925, §417;
RL 1935, §801; RL 1945, §1912; RL 1955, §45-2; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §18; HRS
§312-1; am L 1981, c 150, §5]