40:33-13.14 - Agreements with municipalities not served by regional library - New Jersey Statutes

40:33-13.14  Agreements with municipalities not served by regional library.

12.The board of trustees may enter into agreements with the governing body of any municipality which is not then served by the regional library to increase or improve the library services available to the residents of said municipality or to the residents of the municipalities then served by the regional library.  Any such agreement shall specify the services to be rendered by the regional library and by the municipality and the amount and nature of payment of any consideration for such services.  Any municipality may enter into such agreements with the board of trustees for periods of not more than five years and may renew such agreements for like periods.

No such agreement shall be concluded (a) without the approval of the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties participating in the regional library and, (b) in the event that the municipality maintains a municipal public library, without the approval of the board of trustees of such library.  Such agreement may be amended and supplemented, from time to time, and a copy of such agreement, amendments and supplements, together with resolutions of the board of trustees approving such agreement, amendments and supplements, shall be filed with the State Librarian and with the Director of the Division of Local Government.

L.1962,c.134,s.12;  amended 2001, c.137, s.52.