{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-65-65-158","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-158","heading":"Library commission - General powers and duties","body":"\n\nEvery city-county library commission created by this act shall\n\nhave all the powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment\n\nof the purpose and provisions hereof, including in addition to\n\nothers herein granted, the following powers:\n\n(a) To establish a city-county library system and to adopt such\n\nrules and regulations for the operation thereof as may be deemed\n\nnecessary or expedient.\n\n(b) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings\n\nor portions of buildings for library purposes.\n\n(c) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at\n\none or more places in the county.\n\n(d) To accept transfer of any existing public library or\n\nlibraries by lease or other conveyance.\n\n(e) To acquire by purchase or otherwise books and other\n\npersonal property customarily used in the operation of public\n\nlibraries, including necessary motor vehicles.\n\n(f) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by\n\npurchase or other means when by proper resolution the commission\n\nfinds that said property is not needed for library purposes.\n\n(g) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in\n\nreal property in the name \"City-County Library Commission of _____\n\nCounty\" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other\n\nconveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for\n\nand on behalf of the commission by the chairman and shall be\n\nattested by the secretary, only after authorization by resolution of\n\nthe governing body of the city and the board of county\n\ncommissioners.\n\n(h) To accept, or in its discretion to decline donations\n\ntendered to the city-county library system.\n\n(i) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become\n\navailable for library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Section\n\n10A, Article X of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.\n\n(j) To enter into agreements with school districts in any area\n\nserved by the library upon such terms as may be mutually agreed.\n\nThe agreement shall prescribe equitable charges for the cost to\n\nserve schools which include on-site costs of library collection and\n\nlibrary automation and the cost of providing assigned staffing which\n\nmeets the certification requirements for school library media\n\nprograms.","path":["OK Code","Title 65"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os65.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d9015d159745901ac2aecb2cc50a4493ffbb7dfa168787683a96f906b4387b2f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-65-65-157","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-65-65-158.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}