Georgia § 20-5-43 - Duties and responsibilities of boards of trustees.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 20-5-43 — Duties and responsibilities of boards of trustees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-5-43. Duties and responsibilities of boards of trustees.
The board of trustees shall have duties and responsibilities which include but are not limited to the following: To employ a library director who meets state certification requirements and such other employees as necessary upon the recommendation of the library system director; provided, however, that the board shall be authorized to delegate employment of staff members to the library system director; To approve budgets prepared by the library system director and assume responsibility for the presentation of the library's fiscal needs to the supporting agencies; To attend board meetings; To establish policies governing library programs, including rules and regulations governing the use of the library; To set policy for the administration of gifts of money and property; To present financial and progress reports to governing officials and to the public; To notify the appropriate authorities of a vacancy on the board so that a person may be appointed to complete unexpired or full terms; and To notify the library system director, in advance, of all meetings of library boards and board committees. (Code 1981, § 20-5-43 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1005, § 1.)
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