Kansas Library Laws

Read "Public Libraries" in The Kansas Public Library Handbook, 1988.

• Establishment and maintenance of already existing libraries 12-1219


• Townships donating money to library districts. Attorney General Opinion 82-180


• Can county commissioners build a courthouse and additional space to lease for a township library? Attorney General Opinion 75-330


• Can county libraries home rule to modify state statues concerning library boards? Attorney General Opinion 83-129


• Attorney General Opinion 92-5


• Election to establish; tax levy, use of proceeds; library fund established; territory of existing library excluded: 12-1220


• Can residents in a town with a library vote on the establishment of township library? Attorney General Opinion 1972 (2)


• Who determines how much money is raised for a county library, the library board or the county commissioners? Attorney General Opinion 1964 (3)


• Can the County Board of Commissioners cap the levy raised for a county library? Attorney General Opinion 2006-004


• Can the governing body of a municipality eliminate the library fund levy for a library that has been established under the procedures specified in K.S.A., Chapter 12? Attorney General Opinion 97-35


• Contracts for library service 12-1230


• Can county commissioners levy a tax to pay a costs of delivering contracted library services to a portion of their county? Attorney General Opinion 1964 (2)


• In a township, who should contract for library services the township library board or the governing body of the township? Attorney General Opinion 1968 (2)


• Can townships that voluntarily levy at least one-forth a mill for library service be excluded from a regional library tax? Attorney General Opinion 1966


• Can library boards of directors levy a tax to support an employee benefit fund? Attorney General Opinion 82-136


• Can a taxing authority refuse to levy a tax for an established employee benefit fund? Attorney General Opinion 89-50


• Can a county board of commissioners divert library tax levy funds to the general fund for the purpose of having the library pay for administrative service charges? Attorney General Opinion 92-47


• Can funds of a county library levy be given to a city library in that county that is not part of the county library? Attorney General Opinion 73-359


• Can a city or county hold a non-binding "advisory" election related to establishing home rule? Attorney General Opinion 83-177


• Establishment, elections and bonds for library site, building and equipment: 12-1221


• Must township libraries accept competitive bids for building construction? Attorney General Opinion 75-8


• Library board appointment, eligibility, terms, vacancies, expenses: 12-1222


• Read "Conflict of interest" in The Kansas Public Library Handbook, 1998.


• Can a Register of Deeds serve on a library board? Attorney General Opinion 82-171


• Can city home rule be used for changing statute requirement that board members live within the city? Attorney General Opinion 89-133


• Can county libraries home rule to modify state statues concerning library boards? Attorney General Opinion 83-129
  


• Corporate status of board including Johnson County: 12-1223


• Attorney General Opinion 92-5


• Treasurer of board bonding and duties including Johnson and Wyandotte counties: 12-1226


• Read "Bond of library board treasurer" in The Kansas Public Library Handbook, 1998.
  


• Issuance of library bonds by counties between 6,600 and 7,300, duties of planning commission: 12-1249


• Cooperation between library and county commissioners: 12-1250


• Gifts and assistance, federal aid: 12-1251


• Urban county libraries: Resolution, election, tax levy, issuance of bonds: 12-1257


• Can urban counties use home rule to issue general obligation bonds? Attorney General Opinion 88-92


• Topeka Public Library - Establishment: 12-1259


• Can the board of county commissioners impose a cap on the tax levy determined by the library board? Attorney General Opinion 2006-4