{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-39-3-353","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 39-3-353","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 39-3-353","body":"For purposes of this article:\n\n(a) “Administrative board” shall mean that board of trustees within a public library system designated pursuant to Section 39-3-13(4), Mississippi Code of 1972 , with the administrative responsibilities prescribed under Section 39-3-17, Mississippi Code of 1972 .\n\n(b) “Commission” means the Mississippi Library Commission established under Section 39-3-101, Mississippi Code of 1972 .\n\n(c) “Cooperative” means any joint effort by two (2) or more library systems to improve library service.\n\n(d) “Development system” means the statewide library development system, a network of public and nonpublic libraries cooperating in communities, districts and statewide to provide better library service.\n\n(e) “Public library” means a library which provides customary services, without charge, to all the residents of a county, city or region and is supported whole or in part by public funds.\n\n(f) “Public library system” means an affiliation of one or more public libraries that (i) is a minimum of one (1) county unit; (ii) has one (1) library administrative board of trustees; (iii) has one (1) library system director; (iv) is established according to Section 39-3-8 , 39-3-9 , 39-3-11 or 39-3-13, Mississippi Code of 1972; and (v) is supported whole or in part by public funds.\n\n(g) “Nonpublic library” means a school, college or university, medical, business, law or other special library.","path":["MS Code","Title 39"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"d4a0c751b87be95e82c587d94cf830a12d46634498ed448b30868e10178ae73b","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-39-3-351","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-39-3-355"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}