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

20-5-51. Dissolution of or withdrawal from a library system.

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

(a)
A library system shall be dissolved by a reversal of procedures followed in its original organization. A majority of the board members in a majority of the counties must agree to the dissolution of the system. One county in a multicounty system may withdraw by a reversal of the procedure by which the county became a member.#
(b)
If the local constitution and bylaws or participating agreement does not specify a notification period for withdrawal, the proper notice shall be sent six months prior to the end of the state fiscal year. This notice must include reasons for the withdrawal and the method by which the decision was reached and must be sent to the chairman of the system board of trustees and the system library director. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia must be notified of the receipt of this letter of intent within five working days.#
(c)
Upon dissolution or withdrawal, no further state or federal grant funds shall be paid for or to the dissolving or withdrawing unit or units until such time as the unit or units reestablish the library or libraries pursuant to this part and meet eligibility requirements for such grant funds.#
(d)
A multicounty regional system may elect to expel a member county upon the following conditions:#
1. (1)
  Failure of the county to maintain the agreed level of support to the regional system as in the most recent system-participating agreement; or#
2. (2)
  Failure of the county to meet criteria which may jeopardize the system’s eligibility for state or federal funds.#
(e)
If the system’s constitution and bylaws or participating agreement fails to describe a notice period for expulsion, the proper notice shall be sent not less than six months prior to the end of the state fiscal year. This notice must be sent to the chairperson of the county board of trustees, all funding agencies party to the participating agreement, the system library director, and the Office of Public Library Services of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.#
(f)
Upon total dissolution of a library system, all property shall be disposed of as provided in this part.#

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, § 20-5-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 12; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 89.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Education Reform Act of 1996.’” Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’”

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2005, “Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia” was substituted for “Office of Public Library Services of the Department of Technical and Adult Education” in the last sentence of subsection (b).

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