§312-3  Exchange of librarians.  The
board of education may contract for the exchange of librarians with librarians
of any state, country, or territory in accordance with this section, except as
otherwise provided in section 78-27.  Local librarians so exchanged shall be
paid their regular salaries out of the funds appropriated for personal services
in the library budget for the library concerned.  The qualifications of all
librarians from any such state, country, or territory so exchanged shall be
equal to those of the local librarians exchanged.  In the selection of local
librarians for exchange, preference shall be given to persons born in the
State.  The requirements of citizenship shall not apply to any librarian coming
to the State from any foreign state, country, or territory under any such
contract of exchange.  All librarians so exchanged shall furnish their own
transportation to and from the state, country, or territory with which
exchanged.



No compensation shall be paid by the State to
visiting exchange librarians; provided that in any case where the local
exchanged librarian becomes incapacitated or, for any reason, leaves the
exchanged position permanently, the library concerned may pay the visiting
exchange librarian an amount not to exceed the salary rating of the local
exchanged librarian, such an arrangement to continue until the end of the
period of exchange or until such time as some satisfactory adjustment has been
made. [L 1951, c 190, pt of §1; RL 1955, §45-30; HRS §312-3; am L 1981, c 150,
§8; am L 2002, c 148, §34]