Oklahoma § 65-558 - Powers of commission
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 65-558 — Powers of commission, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 65-558. Powers of commission
Every metropolitan library commission created by this act shall
have all powers necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of
the purpose and provisions hereof, including, in addition to others
herein granted, the following powers:
(a) To operate and maintain a city-county library system and to
adopt such rules and regulations for the operation thereof as may be
deemed necessary or expedient.
(b) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings
or portions of buildings for library purposes.
(c) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at
one or more places in the county.
(d) To accept transfer of any existing public library or
libraries by lease or other conveyance.
(e) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other
personal property customarily used in the operation of public
libraries including necessary motor vehicles.
(f) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by
purchase or other means when by proper resolution the commission
finds that said property is not needed for library purposes.
(g) To accept, hold, and convey legal title to interests in real
property in the name "Metropolitan Library Commission of ________
County" which shall be its official name. Deeds or other
conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for
and on behalf of the commission by the chairman and shall be
attested by the secretary.
(h) To accept, or in its discretion to decline, donations
tendered to the city-county library system.
(i) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become
available for library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Article
X, Section 10A of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma.
(j) To borrow on the credit of the commission for a period of
time not to exceed one (1) year.
(k) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out
the purposes and provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 192, § 8, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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