Kansas § 20-156 - Same; operation and management; classification and cataloguing of materials; procurement of legal publications of other jurisdictions; exch

§ 20-156. Same; operation and management; classification and cataloguing of materials; procurement of legal publications of other jurisdictions; exch

20-156. Same; operation and management; classification and cataloguing of materials; procurement of legal publications of other jurisdictions; exchange, sale or loan of library materials; duplicate law book fund. The state law librarian shall be responsible for the operation and management of the supreme court law library and shall have custody of all books, pamphlets and documents belonging thereto. He shall cause each book, pamphlet or document received by such library to be stamped with the words "Kansas supreme court law library" and to be classified and catalogued in accordance with approved library methods. The state law librarian shall provide for the procurement of the acts, journals and other publications of a legal nature of the congress and the legislatures of the several states and territories, together with the judicial decisions of the courts of the United States and of the several states and territories. For such purpose, the state law librarian may exchange the laws, judicial decisions and books, documents and publications of a legal nature of the state of Kansas and agencies thereof. The law librarian may exchange, sell or loan indefinitely, duplicate books, sets of works or other duplicate or temporary material, and the proceeds from any such sales shall be remitted by the state law librarian to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the "duplicate law book fund," which fund is hereby created. All expenditures from such fund shall be for miscellaneous law library purposes and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state law librarian or by a person or persons designated by him. Any exchange, sale or loan made hereunder shall be exempt from the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739 to 75-3744, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1974, ch. 135, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 68; July 1.