§312-2  Powers of board; special fund. 
The board of education may:



(1)  Except as provided in section 312-3.9, make 
arrangements or contracts as are approved by the governor, with any county,
city, association, society, person, or persons, for the purpose of benefiting
the libraries and increasing their facilities and use;



(2)  Subject to section 26-12, enter into such
arrangement or contract as is approved by the governor, with the Friends of the
Library of Hawaii, for the purpose of obtaining the use of the books and
property and income of the Friends of the Library of Hawaii;



(3)  Cooperate by exchange and otherwise with
libraries now existing or hereafter to be formed;



(4)  Receive, use, manage, or invest moneys or other
property, real, personal, or mixed which may be given, bequeathed, devised, or
in any manner received from sources other than the legislature or any federal
appropriation for any or all purposes of the libraries;



(5)  Deposit with the director of finance in a special
fund all moneys donated to the board for library services;



(6)  Unless otherwise provided for by the terms and
conditions of the donation, convert, at such time as the board may at its sole
discretion determine, any or all donations of property, real, personal, or
mixed, into money to be deposited into the special fund; and



(7)  Expend the moneys in the special fund in
accordance with the terms and conditions of each donation for the purposes of
the libraries.



The board shall be the trustee of the special fund
and all moneys therein shall be deemed to have been appropriated to the use and
for the purposes of the board in providing library services.  Nothing in this
section shall be construed to limit the powers and duties of the board
hereinbefore expressed, or to empower the board to obligate the State
financially in any sum which shall not have been appropriated by the
legislature for the use of the board. [L 1909, c 83, §3; RL 1925, §418; RL
1935, §802; am L 1939, c 127, §1; RL 1945, §1913; am L 1953, c 171, §2; RL
1955, §45-3; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§14, 18; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §312-2;
am L 1981, c 150, §6; am L 1997, c 252, §3]