Bill Text: MI SB0278 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Libraries; state; interstate library compact; create. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-28 - Assigned Pa 0173'17 With Immediate Effect [SB0278 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0278-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 278
March 28, 2017, Introduced by Senators PROOS, JONES, CASPERSON, NOFS, ROCCA, GREGORY, ZORN, CONYERS and MARLEAU and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill entering into the interstate library compact; and
for related purposes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"interstate library compact".
Sec. 2. The interstate library compact is enacted into law and
entered into on behalf of this state with any state bordering on
Michigan that legally joins the compact in substantially the
following form:
INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT
The contracting states agree that:
ARTICLE I--PURPOSE
Because the desire for the services provided by public libraries
transcends governmental boundaries and can be provided most
effectively by giving such services to communities of people
regardless of jurisdictional lines, it is the policy of the states
who are parties to this compact to co-operate and share their
responsibilities in providing joint and co-operative library
services in areas where the distribution of population makes the
provision of library service on an interstate basis the most
effective way to provide adequate and efficient services.
ARTICLE II--PROCEDURE
The appropriate officials and agencies of the party states or any
of their political subdivisions may, on behalf of said states or
political subdivisions, enter into agreements for the co-operative
or joint conduct of library services when they shall find that the
executions of agreements to that end as provided herein will
facilitate library services.
ARTICLE III--CONTENT
Any such agreement for the co-operative or joint establishment,
operation or use of library services, facilities, personnel,
equipment, materials or other items not excluded because of failure
to enumerate shall, as among the parties of the agreement: (1)
detail the specific nature of the services, facilities, properties
or personnel to which it is applicable; (2) provide for the
allocation of costs and other financial responsibilities; (3)
specify the respective rights, duties, obligations and liabilities;
(4) stipulate the terms and conditions for duration, renewal,
termination, abrogation, disposal of joint or common property, if
any, and all other matters which may be appropriate to the proper
effectuation and performance of said agreement.
ARTICLE IV--CONFLICT OF LAWS
Nothing in this compact or in any agreement entered into hereunder
shall be construed to supersede, alter, or otherwise impair any
obligation imposed on any public library by otherwise applicable
laws.
ARTICLE V--ADMINISTRATOR
Each state shall designate a compact administrator with whom copies
of all agreements to which his state or any subdivision thereof is
party shall be filed. The administrator shall have such powers as
may be conferred upon him by the laws of his state and may consult
and co-operate with the compact administrators of other party
states and take such steps as may effectuate the purposes of this
compact.
ARTICLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE
This compact shall become operative immediately upon its enactment
by any state or between it and any other contiguous state or states
so enacting.
ARTICLE VII--RENUNCIATION
This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each
party state until 6 months after any such state has given notice of
repeal by the legislature. Such withdrawal shall not be construed
to relieve any party to an agreement authorized by Articles II and
III of the compact from the obligation of that agreement prior to
the end of its stipulated period of duration.
ARTICLE VIII--SEVERABILITY; CONSTRUCTION
The provisions of this compact shall be severable. It is intended
that the provisions of this compact be reasonably and liberally
construed.
