As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Academic library means a library established and maintained by a state-supported institution of higher education primarily for the use of its students and
faculty.
(2) County library means a public library established and maintained by a
county.
(3) Governmental unit means any county, city, city and county, town, or
school district of the state of Colorado.
(3.5) Institutional library means a library, with the exception of a law
library, contained within a correctional, residential, or mental health facility
operated by the state.
(4) Joint library means a library established and jointly funded through an
agreement by two or more governmental units or by one or more governmental
units and an institution of higher education providing at least two of the following
types of library services: Academic, public, or school.
(4.5) Legal service area means the geographic area for which a public
library has been established to offer services and from which, or on behalf of which,
the library derives income. A legal service area shall be defined in terms of
geographic units for which official population estimates can be obtained or derived
annually from the Colorado state data center. Legal service area population
estimates shall be collected and reported according to guidelines developed by the
state library. Legal service area includes any areas served under contract for
which the library is the primary provider of library services and for which the library
receives funds to serve.
(5) Legislative body means the body authorized to determine the amount of
taxes to be levied in a governmental unit or in a library district or that undertakes
other action on behalf of the governmental unit or library district as specified in this
article. Governing bodies to which the term legislative body may apply include but
are not limited to a board of county commissioners, a city council, a town board of
trustees, or a library board of trustees as the context requires.
(5.5) Library means an entity that provides:
(a) An organized collection of printed or other resources or a combination of
such resources;
(b) Paid staff;
(c) An established schedule in which services of the staff are available to its
clientele; and
(d) The facilities necessary to support such collection, staff, and schedule.
(6) Library district means a public library established as its own taxing
authority by one or more governmental units or parts thereof. A library district shall
be a political subdivision of the state.
(7) Library network means libraries or other organizations cooperatively
interconnected by communication links or channels which can be used for the
exchange or transfer of materials and information.
(8) and (9) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2442, � 1, effective August 15,
2003.)
(9.5) Metropolitan area means a geographical area designated as a
metropolitan area by the office of management and budget of the United States
government.
(10) Municipality means any city or any town operating under general or
special laws of the state of Colorado or any home rule city or town, the charter or
ordinances of which contain no provisions inconsistent with the provisions of this
part 1.
(11) Municipal library means a public library established and maintained by
a municipality.
(12) Notice means publication, once a week for two consecutive weeks, in
one newspaper of general circulation in the library service area or proposed library
service area or by more than one such newspaper if no single newspaper is
generally circulated throughout said area. Not less than seven days, excluding the
day of the first publication but including the day of the last publication, shall
intervene between the first and last publications.
(13) (a) Public library means an administrative entity that is:
(I) Operated and maintained for the free use of the public residing within its
legal service area;
(II) Operated and maintained in whole or in part with money derived from
local taxation; and
(III) Open to the public a minimum number of hours per week in accordance
with rules established by the state library.
(b) An administrative entity may provide public library services through a
single public outlet or any combination of any of the following types of outlets: A
central or main library, branch libraries, or bookmobiles.
(13.5) Public library services means services customarily provided by a
public library.
(14) Publicly supported library means a library supported principally with
money derived from taxation. Publicly supported libraries shall include all public
libraries and may include academic libraries, school libraries, and special libraries.
(15) Registered elector or elector means a person who is registered to
vote at general elections in this state.
(15.5) Regional library authority means a separate governmental entity
created by an agreement entered into by any two or more governmental units for
the purpose of providing and funding public library services to the residents of the
governmental units that are parties to the agreement.
(16) Regional library service system means an organization of publicly
supported member libraries, established to provide, develop, and coordinate
cooperative interlibrary services within a designated geographical area, that is
governed by an independent board.
(17) Resource center means a library designated through contractual
arrangements with the state library to provide specialized, statewide library
services.
(18) School library means a library established and maintained by a school
district for the use of its students and staff as well as for the general public under
such regulations as the board of education of the school district may prescribe.
(19) Special library means a library established and maintained primarily
for the use of a specialized population, including libraries operated by an Indian
tribe having a reservation in this state; except that, where the specialized
population that is an Indian tribe having a reservation in this state requests
classification of a library established and maintained for its use as a public library
and the library satisfies the definition of a public library as specified in subsection
(13) of this section, the library shall be treated as a public library for purposes of
this article.
(20) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2442, � 1, effective August 15,
2003.)
(21) State library means the state library created pursuant to section 24-90-104.