When reading Attorney General opinions about library law, one of the early sentences often identifies the law(s) establishing the library or libraries under discussion.
Knowing the type of library you have will help you select the Kansas laws governing your library.
Below are the types of libraries defined by Kansas law and the laws establishing each type.
- Topeka, Salina and Hutchinson libraries: 12-1215
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "City, county, and township libraries." - City libraries are maintained by one city of the first, second or third class. K.S.A. 12-1220
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "City, county, and township libraries." - Township libraries maintained by one city and the surrounding or adjacent township. K.S.A. 12-1220
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "City, county, and township libraries." - County libraries maintained by one county. K.S.A. 12-1220
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "City, county, and township libraries." - Regional libraries "maintained by two or more counties, or two or more townships." K.S.A. 12-1231
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "Regional libraries." - Library district libraries maintained by "one or more cities of the third class ... [joined with] one or more townships or portions of one or more townships in one or more counties." K.S.A. 12-1236
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "District Libraries." - "'Regional system of cooperating libraries' are "two or more libraries cooperating in a system approved by the state commission and officially designated as a regional system of cooperating libraries. . . .": 75-2548
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "Regional System of Cooperating Libraries (Laws)" and "Regional System of Cooperating Libraries (KS Administrative Regulations)" - Johnson County Library is an urban county library: 12-1257
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "Johnson County Public Library." - Leavenworth County Library District: 12-1276
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "Leavenworth County Library District." - Independence [city and school] Library District: 12-1281
In the "Home page Subject Index," laws related to this type of library are under "Independence District Library."