Library Law and Regulations: Index D-M

D

Department of Education — General

• Associate Educational Media Specialist, Certification 6:11-11.18
• Educational Media Specialist, Certification 6:11-11.17
• Federal Law 18A:73-40
• Professional Librarians, Certification 45:8A-1; 6:11-11.6
• SEE ALSO State Board of Education
• SEE ALSO State Librarian
• SEE ALSO State Library

Deposit and Exchange Service SEE State Library Development, Library SEE State Library Devises SEE Gifts Disbursing Officer SEE Treasurer

Disorderly Conduct

• In Libraries 2C:33-2

Division of Local Government — Joint Libraries

• In General, 40:54-29.5; 40:54-29.16; 40:54-29.18; 40:54-29.22 to 54-29.23

Division of Local Government — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.5; 40:33-13.13 to 33-13.14; 40:33-13.18

Division of Taxation — General

• Apportionment Valuation 54:4-49
• Construction Incentive 15:21-5.5
• State Library Aid 18A:74-2

Division of Taxation — Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-8

Division of the State Library, Archives and History SEE State Library

Documents Depository Service SEE State Library

Donations SEE Gifts

E

Educational Audiovisual Aids Centers SEE County Educational Audiovisual Aids Centers

Educational Information Centers SEE Educational Information and Resource Centers

Educational Information and Resource Centers

• In General, 18A:6-95.1 to 6-102
• Library Network 18A:73-35c; 15:22-1.2
• SEE ALSO Library Network Law and Regulations

Educational Media Specialist SEE Librarians

Elections SEE Referendum

Emergency Aid Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-6; 15:21-4.1 to 21-4.5
• Amount of Grants 15:21-4.3
• Appeal Procedure 15:21-1.7
• Application 15:21-4.4
• Definitions 15:21-4.2
• Effort to Correct Condition 15:21-4.5
• SEE ALSO State Library Assistance Programs

Employees — General

• Associate Educational Media Specialist 6:11-11.18 to 11.19
• Certification 45:8A-1 to 8A-4; 18A:26-2; 15:21-1.2; 6:11-11.6; 6:11-11.17 to 11-11.18
• Child Labor 34:2-21.1
• Civil Rights 10
• Defined, State Library Assistance Programs, 15:21-1.2
• Educational Media Specialist 6:11-11.17; 6:11-11.19; 15:22-1.10
• Employer-Employees Relations Act 34:13A
• Endorsements 6:11-11.17 to 11-11.19
• Officers and Employees 40A:9-1
• Pensions 43 and 18A
• Per Capita Aid 15:21-2.4
• Theft, Immunity from Liability 2C:20-14
• SEE ALSO Civil Service
• SEE ALSO Librarians
• SEE ALSO Public Employees Retirement System

Employees — Academic Libraries

• In General, 9:1-1.9

Employees — Association Libraries

• In General, 15A; 15:21-2.4

Employees — County Libraries

• In General, 40:33-8; 40:33-13.2c; 40A:9-1

Employees — Educational Information and Resource Centers

• In General, 18A:6-101 to 6-102

Employees — Federation of Libraries

• In General, 15:20-1.3)

Employees — Institutional Libraries

• In General, 15:21-1.2; 15:21-7.3

Employees — Joint Libraries

• In General, 40:54-29.15

Employees — Municipal Libraries

• A.G.O. 10; 40:33-13.2c; 40:43-66.75; 40:54-12; 40A:9-1

Employees — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.9

Employees — Regional Library Cooperatives

• In General, 15A
• Employment by Executive Board 15:22-1.8
• Executive Director 15:22-1.10

Employees — School Districts

• In General, 45:8A-4; 18A:29-5.1

Employees — School Libraries

• Certification 18A:26-2; 6:11-11.17 to 11-11.19

Employees — State Library

• In General, 18A:73-34

Equalized Valuation — General

• Construction Incentive 15:21-5.5 to 21-5.6
• Defined, State Library Aid 18A:74-2
• State Library Aid 18A:74-2 to 74-3

Equalized Valuation — Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-8

Expenditures SEE Annual Expenditures for Library Service; SEE Appropriations; SEE Budgets

F

Federal Aid to Libraries — General

• In General, 5:30-12.1 to 30-12.3
• Library Services and Construction Act 5:30-12.1

Federal Aid to Libraries — State Library

• In General, 18A:73-39

Federation of Libraries

• Advisory Council 15:20-1.1 to 20-1.2
• Agreements 15:20-1.1
• Apportionment of Costs 40:9A-2
• Books and Other Library Materials 15:20-1.4 to 20-1.5
• Centralized Processing 15:20-1.5
• Centralized Purchase 15:20-1.5
• Circulation 15:20-1.5
• Contracts A.G.O. 9; 40:9A-1 to 9A-3; 15:30-1.2 to 20-1.3
• Cooperative Library Services 40:9A-1; 15:20-1.2; 15:20-1.4 to 20-1.5
• Employees 15:20-1.3
• Interlibrary Loan 40:9A-3
• Librarians 15:20-1.3
• Standards 40:9A-4
• SEE ALSO Advisory Council
• SEE ALSO Cooperative Library Services

Fines — Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-17

Fines — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.15

First Level Services SEE Reorganization (Morris County) Law

Fiscal Audit SEE Audit

Funding SEE Apportionment of Funds; SEE Appropriations; SEE Budgets; SEE Federal Aid to Libraries; SEE State Aid to Libraries; SEE Taxation

G

General Reference Service SEE State Library

Gifts — County Libraries

• In General, 40:33-8

Gifts — Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-19 to 54-19.1; 40:54-19.5 to 54-22

Gifts — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.9

Grants SEE Federal Aid to Libraries; SEE State Aid to Libraries

Handicapped, Service to — General

• Construction Incentive 18A:74-21; 15:21-5.4
• Optical Scanners 18A:74-4.1
• Public Building Construction, Handicapped 52:32-4

Handicapped, Service to — Educational Information and Resource Centers

• In General, 18A:6-100

Handicapped, Service to — State Library

• In General, 18A:73-35

I

Incentive Grant Program Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-6; 15:21-3.1 to 21-3.3
• General Provisions 15:21-1.1 to 21-1.7
• Purpose 15:21-3.1
• SEE ALSO State Library Aid Law
• SEE all State Library Assistance Programs

Incorporation — General

SEE ALSO Nonprofit Corporations

Incorporation — Association Libraries

• In General, 15:21-2.2

Incorporation — Educational Information and Resource Centers

• In General, 18A:6-100

Incorporation — Joint Libraries

• In General, 40:54-29.12

Incorporation — Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-11

Incorporation — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.9

Incorporation — Regional Library Cooperatives

• In General, 18A:73-35e; 15:22-1.4

Inheritance Tax SEE Trusts

Institutional Libraries

• Defined, Library Network 15:22-1.2
• Defined, State Library Assistance Programs 15:21-1.2
• Employees 15:21-7.3
• Library Development Aid 18A:74-3.4; 15:21-7.1 to 21-7.9
• Local Library Cooperatives, Member 15:22-1.14
• Regional Library Cooperatives, Member 15:22-1.6; 15:22-1.8

Institutions — General

• Library Services to Persons Institutionalized, Funding 18A:74-3.4
• SEE ALSO Library Network Law and Regulations

Institutions — State Library

• Library Service To 18A:73-35

Interlibrary Loans — General

• Library Network 15:22-1.11; 15:22-1.16
• SEE ALSO State Library

Interlibrary Loans — Federation of Libraries

• In General, 40:9A-3

Interlibrary Loans – Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-12

Interlibrary Loans — Regional Library Cooperatives

• In General, 15:22-1.11

Interlocal Services

• In General, 40:8A-1

Investment of Funds — General

• SEE ALSO Bonds

Investment of Funds — Municipal Libraries

• In General, 40:54-19.3 to 54-19.5

Investment of Funds — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.9

J

Joint Branch Library — County Libraries

• Reorganization (County) 40:33-13.2; 15:20-2.2 to 20-2.3

Joint Budget Oversight Committee

• Construction Bond Fund 18A:74-24; 15:21-11

Joint Libraries

• Agreements 40:54-29.4 to 54-29.5; 40:54-29.8 to 54-29.9; 40:54-29.22 to 54-29.23; 40:54-29.25
• Apportionment of Funds 40:54-29.4; 40:54-29.16; 40:54-29.18
• Appropriations 40:54-29.4; 40:54-29.17; 40:54-29.19 to 54-29.21
• Benefits, same as municipal libraries 40:54-29.3
• Bonds 40:54-29.19
• Construction 40:54-29.18 to 54-29.20
• Construction Bond Fund 18A:74-24; 15:21-11
• Construction Incentive 15:21-5.4 to 21-5.5
• County Library System, Participation in 40:33-13b
• Disbursing Officer (Treasurer) 40:54-29.14; 40:54-29.17
• Discontinuance 40:54-29.22 to 54-29.25
• Division of Local Government 40:54-29.5; 40:54-29.16; 40:54-29.18; 40:54-29.22 to 29.23
• Effect of Vote 40:54-29.8
• Employees 40:54-29.15
• Establishment 40:54-29.3 to 54-29.9
• Funding 40:54-29.4; 40:54-29.16 to 54-29.17
• Incorporation 40:54-29.12
• Land and Buildings 40:54-29.18 to 54-29.21
• Library Development Aid 18A:74-3.2 to 74-3.3; 15:21-6.1 to 21-6.3; 15:21-9.1 to 21-10.4
• Ordinance 40:54-29.5 to 54-29.6; 40:54-29.9; 40:54-29.19; 40:54-29.22 to 54-29.24
• Per Capita Aid 15:21-2.1 to 21-2.2; 15:21-2.4; 15:21-2.8
• Powers and Duties, same as Municipal 40:54-29.3; 40:54-29.13
• Purchase Without Advertising 40:54-12.1 (cite 1, cite 2)
• Real Estate 40:54-29.21
• Reorganization (Morris County) 40:33-17; 40:33-20
• Taxation 40:54-29.17
• Treasurer (Disbursing Officer) 40:54-29.14; 40:54-29.17
• Voter Registration Forms 40:54-29.13a
• Withdrawal from County 40:33-13a to 33-13b
• SEE ALSO Construction Incentive Law and Regulations
• SEE ALSO Library Network Law and Regulations
• SEE ALSO Municipal Libraries
• SEE ALSO State Library Aid Law
• SEE ALSO Trustees

L

Land and Buildings — General

• Construction Bond Fund 18A:74-24; 15:21-11
• Lands and Buildings, Separate Plans for Various Types of Work 40A:11-16
• Parks, Use for Library Building 40:61-6
• Public Building Construction, Handicapped 52:32-4
• SEE ALSO Bonds
• SEE ALSO Branch Library
• SEE ALSO Construction
• SEE ALSO Construction Incentive Law and Regulations

Land and Buildings — County Libraries

• Acquiring and Maintaining 40:33-13.2a to 33-13.2b
• Branch Library, Reorganization (County) 40:33-13.2i; 15:20-2.1 to 20-2.3

Land and Buildings — Joint Libraries

• Real Estate 40:54-29.21

Land and Buildings — Municipal Libraries

• Acquisition of Lands by Condemnation 40:54-28
• Building Offered 40:54-23
• Local Lands and Buildings Law 40A:12-1
• Property Transferred in Trust to Municipality 40:60-10 to 60-11
• Purchase, Alteration, and Financing of Site 40:54-24 to 54-26

Land and Buildings — Regional Libraries (County)

• Acquisition of Lands, Buildings, or Improvements 40:33-13.11

Land and Buildings — School Districts

• School Property Used as Public Library 18A:20-34

Law Libraries SEE County Law Libraries Law Library Service SEE State Library

Legislative Joint Committee for State Library

• In General, 18A:73-43

Legislative Reference Service SEE State Library

Liability for Negligence

• Non-profit Corporations 2A:53A-7 to 53A-10

Librarians — General

• Associate Educational Media Specialist 6:11-11.18 to 11-11.19
• Certification (Associate Educational Media Specialist) 6:11-6:11.18 to 11-11.19
• Certification (Educational Media Specialist) 6:11-11.17; 6:11-11.19
• Certification (Professional Librarian) 45:8A-1 to 8A-3; 6:11-11.6
• Educational Media Specialist 15:22-1.10; 6:11-11.17; 6:11-11.19
• Endorsements 6:11-11.17 to 11-11.19
• Executive Director (Regional Library Cooperative) 15:22-1.10
• Member of County Educational Audiovisual Aids Commission 18A:51-2
• Professional Librarian 45:8A-1 to 8A-3; 6:11-11.6; 15:22-1.10
• Professional Librarian, Defined, State Library Assistance Programs 15:21-1.2; 15:21-2.3 to 21-2.4
• SEE ALSO Employees
• SEE ALSO State Librarian

Librarians — County Libraries

• In General, 40:33-8; 40:33-13.2c; 15:20-2.3

Librarians — Federation of Libraries

• In General, 15:20-1.3

Librarians — Institutional Libraries

• In General, 15:21-7.3

Librarians — Municipal Libraries

• Personnel Ordinance A.G.O. 10
• Unclassified Service (City of the First Class) 11A:3-5

Librarians — Regional Libraries (County)

• In General, 40:33-13.9

Library Development Aid Law and Regulations — General

• In General, 18A:74-3.2 to 74-3.4
• Audio-Visual Public Library Services, Funding 18A:74-3.3
• Collection Development and Evaluation 18A:74-3.2(b)
• Distribution of Funds by State Library 18A:74-3.2
• Grants 18A:74-3.2
• Institutional Library Services, Funding 18A:74-3.4
• Municipal Branch Libraries 18A:74-3.29(a)
• Preservation of Historical or Special Interest Collections 18A:74-3.2(c)
• SEE ALSO State Library Assistance Programs

Library Development Aid (Audio-Visual Public Library Services) Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-3.3; 15:21-6.1 to 21-6.3
• Categories in Award of Grants 15:21-6.3
• Eligibility 15:21-6.2
• General Provisions 15:21-1.1 to 21-1.7
• Purpose 15:21-6.1

Library Development Aid (Collection Evaluation and Development) Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-3.2(b); 15:21-9.1 to 21-9.3
• Eligible Projects 15:21-9.2
• Funding Allocation 15:21-9.3
• General Provisions 15:21-1.1 to 21-1.7
• Purpose 15:21-9.1

Library Development Aid (Institutional Library Services ) Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-3.4; 15:21-7.1 to 21-7.9
• Application of Funds to Library Services 15:21-7.8
• Definitions 15:21-7.2
• Developmental Grants 15:21-7.5
• General Provisions 15:21-1.1 to 21-1.7
• Incentive Grants 15:21-7.6
• Minimum Standards for Library Service 15:21-7.3
• Per Capita State Aid Grants 15:21-7.4
• Priorities in Award of Grants 15:21-7.7
• Purpose 15:21-7.1
• Reports and Audits 15:21-7.9

Library Development Aid (Municipal Branch Library Services) Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-3.2(a); 15:21-8.1 to 21-8.3
• General Provisions 15:21-1.1 to 21-1.7
• Municipal Branch Library Assistance for Operations and Improvements 15:21-8.3
• Municipal Branch Library Assistance for Planning 15:21-8.3
• Purpose 15:21-8.1

Library Development Aid (Preservation) Law and Regulations

• In General, 18A:74-3.2(c); 15:21-10.1 to 21-10.4
• Definitions 15:21-10.2
• Eligible Projects 15:21-10.3
• Funding Allocation 15:21-10.4
• General Provisions 15:21-1.1 to 21-1.7
• Purpose 15:21-10.1

Library Materials

• Civil Action 2A:43A-1
• Theft 2C:20-12 to 20-15
• SEE ALSO Books and Other Library Materials

Library Network Law and Regulations — General

• Library Network Services (Regulations)

Library Network Law and Regulations — State Library

• Duties 18A:73-35d

Library Network Review Board SEE Library Network Law and Regulations Library-Related Agency SEE Library Network Law and Regulations

Library Services and Construction Act

• In General, 5:30-12.1

Local Budget Law — General

• In General, 40A:4-1

Local Budget Law — Joint Libraries

• In General, 40:54-29.19

Local Library Cooperatives

• In General, 15:22-1.2; 15:22-1.14
• SEE ALSO Library Network Law and Regulations

Local Public Contracts Law — Construction Incentive

• In General, 15:21-5.4

M

Mayors

• Appointment of Trustees 40:54-9 to 54-10; 40:69A-87; 40:69A-98; 40:81-8; 40:82-5
• As Trustee 40:54-9
• Land and Buildings 40:54-25

Media SEE Audiovisual Materials; SEE Nonprint

Media Centers SEE School Libraries

Meetings SEE Open Public Meetings Act

Mill

• Construction 40:54-23
• Funding for Municipal Libraries 40:54-8, 15:21-12
• Funding for County Libraries 40:33-9
• Per Capita Aid 18A:74-3
• SEE ALSO Appropriations

Misappropriation of Funds

• Municipal Trusts 40:60-13
• Public Moneys 2C:30-4

Morris County Reorganization Law SEE Reorganization (Morris County) Law

Multitype Library Network SEE Library Network Law and Regulations

Municipal Libraries

• Annual Report 40:54-1 to 54-8.1
• Appropriations 40:54-8 to 54-8.1; 40:54-18
• Attorney General’s Opinions A.G.O. 93; A.G.O. 10; A.G.O. 9
• Bond Anticipation Notes 40:54-19.1
• Bonding of Treasurer 40:54-13
• Books and Other Library Materials 40:54-12 to 54-12.1; 40:54-29
• Branch Library (Construction Incentive) 15:21-5.4; 15:21-5.5
• Branch Library (Library Development Aid) 18A:74-3.2; 15:21-8.1 to 21-8.3
• Budget 40A:4-45.3; 5:30-12.2 to 30-12.4
• Buildings Offered 40:54-23
• “Cap”, Budget 40A:4-45.3
• Civil Service 11A:3-5; 40A:14-146.1
• Classification of Library Employees A.G.O. 10
• Construction 40:54-12; 40:54-25
• Construction Bond Fund 18A:74-24; 15:21-11
• Construction Incentive 15:21-5.4 to 21-5.5; 15:21-5.7
• Contracts A.G.O. 9; 40:33-13.1; 40:33-20; 40:54-29.1 to 54-29.2
• County Library System, Participation in 40:33-13
• County Library System, Withdrawal 40:33-13a to 33-13b
• Director (City of the First Class) 11A:3-5
• Employees A.G.O. 10; 40:33-13.2c; 40:43-66.75; 40:54-12; 40A:9-1
• Employees, Per Capita Aid 15:21-2.4
• Equipment and Supplies 40:54-16
• Establishment 40:54-1 to 54-7; Val.: 19-42.13; 40:33-13b
• Exemption of Library Expenditures From “Cap Law” 40A:4-45.3
• Federal Grants 5:30-12.2 to 30-12.3
• Fines 40:54-17
• Furnishing and Supplies 40:54-16
• Gifts 40:54-19 to 54-19.1; 40:54-19.5 to 54-22
• Incorporation 40:54-11
• Interlibrary Loan 40:54-12
• Investments 40:54-19.3 to 54-19.5
• Land and Buildings 40A:12-1; 40:54-23 to 54-26; 40:54-28; 40:60-10 to 60-12
• Library Development Aid 18A:74-3.2 to 74-3.3; 15:21-6.1 to 21-6.3; 15:21-8.1 to 15:21-10.4
• Library Services, Contracts A.G.O. 9; 40:54-29.1; 40:33-13.1
• Local Lands and Building Law 40A:12-1
• Municipal Annual Mandatory Library Appropriation 15:21-12.1 to 15:21-12.9
• Per Capita Aid 15:21-2.1 to 2.2; 15:21-2.4 to 21-2.5; 15:21-2.8
• Personnel Ordinance A.G.O. 10
• Photocopy Machine Revenue 40:54-17.1
• Property Transferred in Trust to Municipality 40:60-10 to 60-11
• Purchase Without Advertising 40:54-12.1 (cite 1, cite 2)
• Reorganization (County) Tax Base Sharing Option 40:33-13.2k
• Reorganization (Morris County) 40:33-17; 40:33-20
• Referendum 40:54-2 to 54-7
• Resolutions 40:54-19.3; 40:54-23; 40:54-25; 40:54-29.1 to 54-29.2
• Security Officers (City of the First Class) 40A:14-146.1
• State Library Aid 5:30-12.4
• Tax Anticipation Notes 40:54-19.1
• Taxation 40:54-8 to 54-8.1; 40:54-19.1; 40:54-21; Reorganization (County) 40:33-13.2k
• Transfer of Books to Public Library 40:54-29
• Treasurer 40:54-11; 40:54-13; 40:54-19.4
• Unclassified Service (City of the First Class) 11A:3-5
• Voter Registration Forms 40:54-12.2
• SEE ALSO Appropriations
• SEE ALSO Audit
• SEE ALSO Bonds
• SEE ALSO Construction Incentive Law and Regulations
• SEE ALSO Federation of Libraries
• SEE ALSO Joint Libraries
• SEE ALSO Library Network Law and Regulations
• SEE ALSO State Library Aid Law
• SEE ALSO Trustees

Municipal Master Plan

• Contents to Include Location of Library 40:55D-28

Last updated: April 25, 2002.