USA Statutes : nevada
Title : Title 33 - LIBRARIES; MUSEUMS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Chapter : CHAPTER 380A - STATE COUNCIL ON LIBRARIES AND LITERACY
It is the
policy of this State to foster and further the establishment and proper
maintenance of superior libraries and the acquisition of resources,
facilities, professional staffs and auxiliary personnel fully to support
such services. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means for
the overview and study of existing library facilities, resources and
services and for the formulation of recommendations to strengthen and
expand these components.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 331)
As used in this chapter,
“Council” means the State Council on Libraries and Literacy.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1993, 1581)
1. The State Council on Libraries and Literacy is hereby created.
The Council is advisory to the Division of State Library and Archives of
the Department of Cultural Affairs.
2. The Council consists of 11 members appointed by the Governor.
Unless specifically appointed to a shorter term, the term of office of a
member of the Council is 3 years and commences on July 1 of the year of
appointment. The terms of office of the members of the Council must be
staggered to result in, as nearly as possible, the appointment of three
or four members to the Council on July 1 of each year.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1977, 1212; 1981, 1005; 1993, 1581;
1997, 3149; 2001, 926 )
1. The Governor shall appoint to the Council:
(a) A representative of public libraries;
(b) A trustee of a legally established library or library system;
(c) A representative of school libraries;
(d) A representative of academic libraries;
(e) A representative of special libraries or institutional
libraries;
(f) A representative of persons with disabilities;
(g) A representative of the public who uses these libraries;
(h) A representative of recognized state labor organizations;
(i) A representative of private sector employers;
(j) A representative of private literacy organizations, voluntary
literacy organizations or community-based literacy organizations; and
(k) A classroom teacher who has demonstrated outstanding results in
teaching children or adults to read.
2. The director of the following state agencies or their designees
shall serve as ex officio members of the Council:
(a) The Department of Cultural Affairs;
(b) The Department of Education;
(c) The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation;
(d) The Department of Health and Human Services;
(e) The Commission on Economic Development; and
(f) The Department of Corrections.
3. Officers of State Government whose agencies provide funding for
literacy services may be designated by the Governor or the Chairman of
the Council to serve whenever matters within the jurisdiction of the
agency are considered by the Council.
4. The Governor shall ensure that there is appropriate
representation on the Council of urban and rural areas of the State,
women, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities.
5. A person may not serve as a member of the Council for more than
two consecutive terms.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1977, 1212; 1981, 1005; 1993, 1581;
1995, 579; 2001, 926 , 1424 ; 2001 Special Session, 237 ; 2003, 289 )
The Council shall elect a
Chairman and a Vice Chairman at the first meeting held after July 1 of
each year. The State Library and Archives Administrator shall serve as
Secretary of the Council but is not entitled to a vote. The Secretariat
is the State Library and Archives, where all files and records of the
Council must be maintained.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1981, 1005; 1985, 125; 1997, 3150)
1. The Council may meet regularly at least twice each year and,
within the limits of legislative appropriations, may hold additional
meetings upon the call of the Chairman.
2. Each member of the Council is entitled to receive a salary of
not more than $80, as fixed by the Council, for each day’s attendance at
a meeting of the Council.
3. While engaged in the business of the Council, each member and
employee of the Council is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and
travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
4. Payments must be made upon itemized and verified claims
approved by the State Library and Archives Administrator from money
appropriated to the State Library and Archives.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1977, 1212; 1981, 1005, 1981; 1983,
1440; 1985, 125, 417, 449; 1989, 1713; 1997, 3150)
The Council may:
1. Examine and overview the whole state of libraries,
librarianship, library education, library resources, and all allied and
cognate activities and prepare a record of its findings.
2. Require public libraries to provide necessary library
statistics and reports and to make recommendations for the advancement of
libraries.
3. Report biennially to the Governor and Legislature. The report
must be filed on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year.
4. Publish material pertaining to its work that it may order
issued.
5. Review plans and applications submitted by libraries and
political subdivisions for state grants-in-aid and make recommendations
to the State Library and Archives Administrator concerning approval.
6. Examine and evaluate the programs for literacy in this State.
7. Establish a plan for coordinating programs and activities for
promoting and increasing literacy in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 332; A 1993, 1582; 1997, 3150)
All gifts
of money which the Council is authorized to accept must be deposited in
the State Treasury in a nonreverting gift fund and expended in accordance
with the budget laws of the State of Nevada upon properly itemized and
verified claims approved by the State Library and Archives Administrator
and the Council.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 333; A 1973, 1668; 1979, 617; 1997, 3150)
The Council shall promptly file copies of any and all of its reports,
studies, documents and publications, regardless of form of issue, with
the State Library and Archives.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 333; A 1985, 125)
