[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of El Reno 9-1-1972 as Ch. 17, Sec. 17-6, of the 1972 Code;
amended in its entirety 6-7-1994 by Ord. No. 2765. Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Either actual notice to the possessor of any library materials
or the mailing of written notice to the possessor at the last address
of record which the library facility has for said person, demanding
the return of designated library materials. If demand is made by mail
it shall be deemed to have been given as of the date the notice is
mailed by the library facility.
Any:
Any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting,
drawing, map, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside, manuscript,
document, letter, record, microform, sound recording, audiovisual
materials in any format, magnetic or other tapes, catalog cards or
catalog records, electronic data processing records, computer software,
artifacts, or other documentary, written or printed materials regardless
of physical form or characteristics, belonging or on loan to, or otherwise
in the custody of, a library facility.
Any person shall be guilty, upon conviction,
of library theft who willfully:
A.
Removes or attempts to remove any library material
from the premises of a library facility without authority;
B.
Mutilates, destroys, alters or otherwise damages,
in whole or in part, any library materials; or
C.
Fails to return any library materials which have been
lent to said person by the library facility, within seven days after
demand has been made for the return of the library materials.
A person convicted of library theft shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
$100 and restitution provisions of this section. In addition to any
fine imposed by the Municipal Court, the convicted offender shall
be subject to making full restitution for any loss suffered by the
El Reno Municipal Library as defined in this chapter.
