[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of York County 2-13-1974. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Library service is essential to the well-being of a modern community. The County Commissioners hereby establish the York County Library System to provide public library service to the residents and taxpayers of the county.
A. 
To carry out the responsibility of providing the service, in accord with § 411 of the Library Code, the Act of June 14, 1961, P.L. 324,[1] the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint a Board of County Library Directors to consist of seven members.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4411.
B. 
Initially, two members shall be appointed for one-year terms, two members for two-year terms and three members for three-year terms. At expiration of the initial appointments, all members will be appointed for three-year terms.
C. 
Five of the appointees shall be selected from a list submitted by the public libraries in the county and may be members of local public library boards. The remaining two members shall not be affiliated with any public library.
D. 
No member of the County Library Board will serve more than one successive term.
In accord with § 412 of the Library Code,[1] the Treasurer of the County Library Board shall give bond to the county with satisfactory surety in such amount as the Board of County Library Directors may determine.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4412.
In accord with § 413 of the Library Code,[1] all moneys appropriated for maintenance of the library and all moneys, if any, received from other sources for its use shall be under the exclusive control of and shall be disbursed under the direction of the County Library Board. It shall have all of the rights and duties delegated to such boards by the Library Code and shall present a financial report to the county annually. The County Commissioners shall arrange to have the accounts of the Treasurer of the County Library Board audited annually as in the case of other municipal expenditures, as required by said § 413.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4413.
The County Library Board shall prepare and present to the County Commissioners such reports as are required by Section 414 of the Library Code[1] and shall give free library service to the residents and the taxpayers of the county as provided in Section 415 of the Library Code.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4414.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 24 P.S. § 4415.
It is understood that the purpose of the York County Library Board is to develop a program of library service to the county utilizing the existing and future libraries which meet the standards established by the County Library Board.