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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 5. LIBRARIES · Article 2. LOCAL AND REGIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES · Part 2. COUNTY AND REGIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES

20-5-49. Authorization of library systems to enter into contracts.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. Library systems are authorized to make and enter into such contracts or agreements as are deemed necessary and desirable. All such contracts or agreements entered into shall:

  2. (1)

    Detail the specific nature of the services, programs, facilities, arrangements, or properties to which such contracts or agreements are applicable;#

  3. (2)

    Provide for the allocation of costs and other financial responsibilities;#

  4. (3)

    Specify the respective rights, duties, obligations, and liabilities of the parties; and#

  5. (4)

    Set forth the terms and conditions for duration, renewal, termination, abrogation, disposal of joint or common property, if any, and all other matters which may be appropriated to the proper effectuation and performance of the agreement.#

  6. No public or private library agency shall enter into any agreement itself, or jointly with any other library agency, to exercise any power or engage in any action prohibited by the Constitution or laws of this state.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 20-5-49, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 20.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t20-ch3-18-(v17a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V17A, 2025 edition, page 483; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 4560a0cef806.