SECTIONS 19670-19685 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 19670-19685

19670. The board of library trustees may vote to establish a public
museum in the library district and to constitute the board of
library trustees as the board of museum trustees for the purposes of
managing such museum in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter.

19671. The board of museum trustees shall meet at least once a
month, at such time and place as it may fix by resolution.

19672. Special meetings may be called at any time by three
trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12
hours before the time specified for the meeting.

19673. Three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.

19674. At its first meeting held after being constituted, the board
shall organize by electing one of its number president, and another
one of its number secretary. They shall serve as such for one year or
until their successors are elected and qualified.

19675. The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to
be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees, it shall
immediately cause to be made out and filed with the Department of
Education at Sacramento a certificate showing that the museum has
been established, with the date thereof, the names of the trustees,
and the officers of the board chosen for the current fiscal year.

19676. The board of museum trustees shall make and enforce all
rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration,
government, and protection of the museum under its management, and
all property belonging to it.

19677. The board of museum trustees shall administer any trust
declared or created for the museum, and receive by gift, devise, or
bequest, and hold in trust or otherwise, property situated in this
state or elsewhere, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the
property for the benefit of the museum.
Any funds from private sources which are used for the support of
any public museum established pursuant to this chapter shall be
deposited in a special fund in the county treasury of the county in
which the public museum is located. Such fund shall be under the
control of and administered by the board of museum trustees.

19678. The board of museum trustees shall prescribe the duties and
powers of the curator, secretary, and other officers and employees of
the museum, determine the number of and appoint all officers and
employees, and fix their compensation. The officers and employees
shall hold their offices and positions at the pleasure of the board.

19679. The board of museum trustees shall purchase necessary
objects of artistic, scientific, or historical interest, and other
personal property.

19680. The board of museum trustees shall also purchase such real
property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or rooms, as in
its judgment is necessary to properly carry out the provisions of
this chapter.

19681. The board of museum trustees shall do and perform any and
all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the
provisions of this chapter.

19682. The board of museum trustees shall designate the hours
during which the museum is open for the use of the public. All public
museums established under this chapter shall be open for the use of
the public during every day in the year except on legal holidays as
may be determined by the board of museum trustees.

19683. In any library district formed under the provisions of this
chapter, which maintains a public museum, in accordance with this
chapter, the board of museum trustees shall furnish to the board of
supervisors of the county in which the library district is situated,
each and every year, on or before the first day of September, an
estimate of the cost of any or all of the following:
(a) Leasing temporary quarters.
(b) Purchasing a suitable lot.
(c) Procuring plans and specifications and erecting a suitable
building.
(d) Furnishing and equipping the building and fencing and
ornamenting the grounds, for the accommodation of the public museum.
(e) Conducting and maintaining the museum for the ensuing fiscal
year.

19684. The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the
museum, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or
not otherwise designated, vests in the district in which museums are,
or are to be situated.

19685. It is the intent of the Legislature that public museums
established pursuant to this chapter shall be funded primarily by
private funds. The board of supervisors of the county in which such a
public museum is located is authorized, but not required, to
allocate county funds for the support of such museum.