Michigan Statutes

Chapter 397 - LIBRARIES

Act 5 of 1917 - TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE LIBRARIES (397.321 - 397.326)
- Section 397.321 - Townships and villages; issuance of library bonds, approval by electors.
- Section 397.322 - Referendum; notice.
- Section 397.323 - Referendum; form of ballot; election process.
- Section 397.324 - Library bonds; vote; issuance; subject to revised municipal finance act.
- Section 397.325 - Repealed. 2002, Act 332, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002.
- Section 397.326 - Declaration of necessity.
Act 24 of 1989 - THE DISTRICT LIBRARY ESTABLISHMENT ACT (397.171 - 397.196)
- Section 397.171 - Short title.
- Section 397.172 - Definitions.
- Section 397.173 - Joint establishment of district library; requirements; portion of municipality to be included in district library; excluded portion; resolution; documents to be filed with state libr
- Section 397.173a - Referendum on question of becoming district library or joining existing district library; filing, approval, and review of petition; approval by electors; establishment of new-distri
- Section 397.173b - Merging of district libraries; requirements; districtwide library tax.
- Section 397.174 - District library agreement; provisions.
- Section 397.175 - Submission of agreement and amendment to state librarian; approval or disapproval of agreement, amendment, or revision; statement.
- Section 397.176 - Organizational plan; revision of board structure and selection.
- Section 397.177 - District library as authority.
- Section 397.178 - Candidate for appointment or election as board member; qualifications; vacancy in office of board member.
- Section 397.179 - Appointed board members; number; right to appoint; term; vacancy.
- Section 397.180 - Repealed. 2002, Act 159, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003.
- Section 397.180a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 397.181 - Election of board members of district library; provisions applicable where school district is participating municipality; amendment of agreement.
- Section 397.182 - Powers of board; compensation and expenses of board members; deposit and expenditure of money in district library fund.
- Section 397.183 - Determination of money necessary for establishment and operation of district library districtwide tax; payment by participating municipality; approval of tax; library tax.
- Section 397.184 - Provisions governing elections.
- Section 397.185 - Ballot proposal for districtwide tax; amount of millage; proposed duration; adoption by resolution; certification; authorization of tax levy; limitation on elections.
- Section 397.186 - Providing ballots.
- Section 397.187 - Conduct of election; list of electors.
- Section 397.188 - Publication of notices of close of registration and election; canvass and certification of results of election.
- Section 397.189 - Printing and providing ballots.
- Section 397.190 - Conduct of election for board members or districtwide tax.
- Section 397.191 - Publication of notices for election of board members or districtwide tax; publication of notices of close of registration and election; ballot language of proposal.
- Section 397.192 - Canvass and certification of results of election.
- Section 397.193 - Reimbursement for costs of election.
- Section 397.194 - Withdrawal of municipality from district library; amendment of agreement; dissolution.
- Section 397.195 - Municipality other than school district as party to existing agreement; requirements; acceptance conditioned on authorization of tax; change in number of mills based on district libr
- Section 397.195a - Repealed. 2003, Act 279, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004.
- Section 397.196 - Repeal of MCL 397.271 to 397.276.
Act 25 of 1875 - Repealed-DISTRIBUTION OF UNITED STATES STATUTES BY STATE LIBRARIAN (397.81 - 397.81)
Act 26 of 1847 - Repealed-PROCUREMENT OF UNITED STATES LAWS FOR STATE LIBRARY (397.71 - 397.71)
Act 26 of 1921 (1st Ex. Sess.) - LIBRARY COMMISSIONS (397.401 - 397.405)
- Section 397.401 - Library commission; jurisdiction.
- Section 397.402 - Library commission; annual budget.
- Section 397.403 - Library commission; fiscal year.
- Section 397.404 - Effect of local act; continuation.
- Section 397.405 - Payrolls, bills, accounts and claims; audit and approval; certificate; allowance, payment.
Act 28 of 1895 - Repealed-STATE LIBRARY (397.51 - 397.65)
Act 59 of 1964 - DISTRIBUTION OF PENAL FINES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (397.31 - 397.40)
- Section 397.31 - Public libraries; definitions.
- Section 397.32 - Penal fines; apportionment to county library boards.
- Section 397.33 - County library board; duties; membership, appointment, terms; contracts for service.
- Section 397.34 - County library board; powers as to new library.
- Section 397.35 - County contracting for service; apportionment of funds; allocation to more than 1 public library.
- Section 397.36 - Use of penal fine moneys; report.
- Section 397.37 - Construction of act as to county law libraries.
- Section 397.38 - Statement of eligible libraries.
- Section 397.39 - Rules and regulations.
- Section 397.40 - Repeal.
Act 89 of 1977 - STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT (397.551 - 397.576)
- Section 397.551 - Short title.
- Section 397.552 - Definitions.
- Section 397.553 - Cooperative boards; establishment; number.
- Section 397.554 - Preliminary cooperative plan for library services; contents; development.
- Section 397.555 - Eligibility for membership in cooperative library.
- Section 397.556 - Areas included in cooperative library.
- Section 397.557 - Cooperative library board as representative of participating libraries; selection of members; existing systems.
- Section 397.558 - Cooperative library board as body corporate; powers and duties; installment purchase contract, land contract, loan agreement, or lease purchase contract.
- Section 397.559 - Submission and contents of plan; approval of plan; jurisdiction.
- Section 397.560 - Fiscal year and funds of cooperative library.
- Section 397.561 - Use of facilities and resources of member libraries; availability of services of cooperative library; appeal from refusal of service.
- Section 397.561a - Nonresident borrowing fees.
- Section 397.562 - Resolution requesting local board to become participating library; rights, duties, and privileges of participating library.
- Section 397.563 - State aid for cooperative libraries.
- Section 397.564 - Cooperative board to provide services to member libraries within area of cooperative library.
- Section 397.565 - Payment for services by member libraries; cooperative library headquarters.
- Section 397.566 - State aid for public libraries; reimbursing public libraries for salary of head librarian; employee wage increases; certifying salary of head librarian.
- Section 397.567 - Compliance with certification requirements as qualification for state aid.
- Section 397.568 - Application for state aid; certification.
- Section 397.569 - Distribution of state aid; statement; vouchers; warrants.
- Section 397.570 - Deposit of money in separate fund; review of expenditures.
- Section 397.571 - Expenditure of state aid.
- Section 397.572 - Dispute; hearing; decision.
- Section 397.573 - Needs considered by state board in carrying out powers and duties.
- Section 397.574 - Repealed. 1982, Act 541, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983.
- Section 397.575 - Appropriation.
- Section 397.576 - Repeal of MCL 397.501 to 397.527.
Act 92 of 1952 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES (397.471 - 397.472)
- Section 397.471 - Public libraries; maintenance and operation, contracts; cooperation to avoid duplication.
- Section 397.472 - Public libraries; contracts and arrangements; rights and privileges of residents; expenditures; political subdivisions.
Act 106 of 1937 - Repealed-STATE BOARD OF LIBRARIES (397.1 - 397.8)
Act 115 of 1899 - FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES (397.453 - 397.453)
- Section 397.453 - Free libraries; annual report to state board of library commissioners.
Act 127 of 1959 - STATE LIBRARY FOR BLIND (397.491 - 397.495)
- Section 397.491 - State library for blind; transfer to state board for libraries.
- Section 397.492 - State library for blind; administration, rules and regulations.
- Section 397.493 - State library for blind; appropriation.
- Section 397.494 - State library for blind; personnel, qualifications.
- Section 397.495 - State library for blind; transfer of powers and duties to state board for libraries.
Act 136 of 1921 - PUBLIC LIBRARY; GIFTS AND DONATIONS (397.381 - 397.382)
- Section 397.381 - Gifts and donations; acceptance; use; transfer to community foundation; establishment of donor advisory board; definitions.
- Section 397.382 - Donations; disposition.
Act 138 of 1917 - COUNTY LIBRARIES (397.301 - 397.305)
- Section 397.301 - County libraries; establishment, contracts for service, tax.
- Section 397.302 - Library board; purpose; appointment and terms of members; voting; vacancy; expansion of board; board as body corporate; powers; cost of service.
- Section 397.303 - Contract for use of existing library; county library fund.
- Section 397.304 - County library fund; disbursement.
- Section 397.305 - Contract for service to municipality; tax; effect of establishment of municipal library.
Act 164 of 1877 - CITY, VILLAGE, AND TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES (397.201 - 397.217)
- Section 397.201 - Public library and reading room; establishment and maintenance by city council; tax levy; library fund; tax additional to tax limitation.
- Section 397.202 - Board of directors; members; qualifications; number; terms.
- Section 397.203 - Board of directors; appointment, terms, removal.
- Section 397.204 - Board of directors; vacancies, compensation.
- Section 397.205 - Board of directors; officers, powers and duties; library fund, expenditures, accounting.
- Section 397.206 - City library; free use; regulations.
- Section 397.207 - Board of directors; annual report, contents.
- Section 397.208 - City library; injury to property, ordinances, penalties.
- Section 397.209 - City library; donations, acceptance.
- Section 397.210 - Free public library in village or township; petition to levy tax for establishment; notice of election; library fund; board of directors; estimate of money necessary for support and
- Section 397.210a - Free public library in city; establishment; petition for tax; notice; form of ballot; library fund; preparing and reporting estimate of money necessary for support and maintenance;
- Section 397.210b - Free public library established in township or village incorporated as city; continuation of library board, library, and tax.
- Section 397.210c - Increasing library millage; ballot; election; validation of millage renewal.
- Section 397.211 - Library board of city, village, or township; establishment; provisional or permanent; director; vacancy; powers of library board.
- Section 397.211a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 397.212 - Applicability of MCL 397.210a and 397.211; exception; organization of existing public library under MCL 397.210a.
- Section 397.213 - Use of library services by adjacent township, village, or city; contract; payment.
- Section 397.214 - Contract with township, city, or village for use of library and reading room; procedure; tax levy; library fund.
- Section 397.215 - Contract for use of library services by county; joint library board; number of directors; provisions of contract; vacancies; removal of director; vacating offices of directors; power
- Section 397.216 - Rights in use and benefits of library; uniform rules and regulations.
- Section 397.217 - Joint municipal libraries; villages and cities.
Act 164 of 1955 - Repealed-DISTRICT LIBRARIES (397.271 - 397.276)
Act 165 of 1927 - CONSOLIDATION OF TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES (397.351 - 397.358)
- Section 397.351 - Consolidation of township libraries; procedure.
- Section 397.352 - Referendum; petition.
- Section 397.353 - Referendum; form of ballot; conduct of election.
- Section 397.354 - Referendum; meeting to pass joint resolution; consolidation.
- Section 397.355 - Site of library; designation.
- Section 397.356 - Maintenance expenses; apportionment.
- Section 397.357 - Control of library.
- Section 397.358 - Free public library; formation.
Act 181 of 1973 - TRANSFER OF CITY PUBLIC LIBRARIES (397.231 - 397.233)
- Section 397.231 - Effect of repealing local act governing city public library.
- Section 397.232 - Operation and maintenance of library by governing body of city.
- Section 397.233 - Conveyance of library property to other governing body.
Act 213 of 1925 - PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC LIBRARIES (397.371 - 397.371)
- Section 397.371 - Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions.
Act 234 of 1964 - FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION (397.126 - 397.126)
- Section 397.126 - Library construction; federal funds; report.
Act 242 of 1911 - Repealed-DEBATES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1907 (397.91 - 397.92)
Act 250 of 1931 - REGIONAL LIBRARIES (397.151 - 397.159)
- Section 397.151 - Regional libraries; plan for establishment and location.
- Section 397.152 - Proposal to establish regional libraries; referral to county board of supervisors.
- Section 397.153 - Board of trustees; membership, appointment, term, vacancies, expenses.
- Section 397.154 - Repealed. 1961, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961.
- Section 397.155 - Board of trustees; powers.
- Section 397.156 - Appropriation for regional libraries; budget, disbursement.
- Section 397.157 - Cities exempt from act; notification when included in proposal.
- Section 397.158 - Municipal libraries; transfer to regional libraries.
- Section 397.159 - Repealed. 1961, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961.
Act 261 of 1913 - LIBRARIES UNDER BOARDS OF EDUCATION (397.261 - 397.262)
- Section 397.261 - Boards of education library; annual expense estimates.
- Section 397.262 - Boards of education; raising money for purchase of property; bonds; issuance; approval by electors; issuance subject to revised municipal finance act.
Act 265 of 1988 - DISTRICT LIBRARY FINANCING ACT (397.281 - 397.290)
- Section 397.281 - Short title.
- Section 397.282 - Definitions.
- Section 397.283 - Powers of board.
- Section 397.284 - Limitation on borrowing money or issuing bonds or notes; conditions to issuance of general obligation unlimited tax bonds; ballot question.
- Section 397.285 - Issuance of limited tax bonds or notes by resolution.
- Section 397.286 - Repealed. 1989, Act 25, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989.
- Section 397.287 - Bonds as debt of district library; withdrawal of participating municipality from district library.
- Section 397.288 - Authorization and levy of taxes to pay principal of and interest on bonds.
- Section 397.289 - Bonds subject to revised municipal finance act.
- Section 397.290 - Submission of proposal to issue bonds; limitation.
Act 286 of 1965 - Repealed-STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT OF 1965 (397.501 - 397.527)
Act 305 of 1919 - Repealed-PUBLIC LIBRARIES; BONDS (397.241 - 397.246)
Act 315 of 1937 - Repealed-STATE AID FOR LIBRARIES (397.102 - 397.113)
Act 371 of 1972 - LIBRARY NETWORK ACT OF 1971 (397.131 - 397.136)
- Section 397.131 - Short title.
- Section 397.132 - “Library network” defined; administrative leadership.
- Section 397.133 - Eligibility of library for membership in network; connection to state library; agreement.
- Section 397.134 - Administration of interlibrary loan service.
- Section 397.135 - Application for inclusion in network.
- Section 397.136 - Rules.
Act 455 of 1982 - THE LIBRARY PRIVACY ACT (397.601 - 397.606)
- Section 397.601 - Short title.
- Section 397.602 - Definitions.
- Section 397.603 - Library record not subject to disclosure requirements; release or disclosure of library record without consent prohibited; exception; procedure and form of written consent; hearing.
- Section 397.604 - Violation of MCL 397.603; liability; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs.
- Section 397.605 - Selection and use of library materials.
- Section 397.606 - Restriction of internet access to minors; immunity from liability; exceptions.
Act 540 of 1982 - LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN ACT (397.11 - 397.24)
- Section 397.11 - Short title.
- Section 397.12 - Definitions.
- Section 397.13 - Library of Michigan; creation.
- Section 397.14 - Library board of trustees; creation; duties; meetings; membership; terms; rules; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; expenses; state librarian as secretary of board.
- Section 397.15 - Appointment of state librarian.
- Section 397.16 - State librarian; duties; coordination of library activities with department director; qualifications of state librarian and assistant state librarian.
- Section 397.17 - Employment of assistants and other employees; transfer to department; exception.
- Section 397.18 - Property of library.
- Section 397.19 - Library as depository for public documents; exemptions.
- Section 397.20 - Duties of library; maintenance and ownership of website by legislative council.
- Section 397.20a - Rules.
- Section 397.21 - Annual report of state librarian.
- Section 397.22 - Repeal of MCL 397.51 to 397.59, 397.1 to 397.8, and 16.409.
- Section 397.22[1] - Transfer and control of appropriation.
- Section 397.23 - Repealed. 1986, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1986.
- Section 397.24 - Conditional effective date.