Ohio § 3375.151 Acceptance of bequest, gift, or endowment for school district free public library

Ohio Statutes

§ 3375.151 — Acceptance of bequest, gift, or endowment for school district free public library

Ohio § 3375.151

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3375Libraries

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3375.151 (2026).

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At any time after the effective date of this  section but prior to January 1, 2014, the board of education of  any school district in which a free public library has not  previously been established may receive a bequest, gift, or  endowment of a building, money, or property, or any combination  thereof, from an incorporated or unincorporated library  association whose main library is located within the school  district, that was organized and operating before January 1, 1968,  that participates in the distribution of the proceeds of the  county public library fund, and that has had a library district  defined for it by the state library board under section3375.01of  the Revised Code. The bequest, gift, or endowment shall be used to  construct a building for, or to furnish, equip, or opera

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At any time after the effective date of this section but prior to January 1, 2014, the board of education of any school district in which a free public library has not previously been established may receive a bequest, gift, or endowment of a building, money, or property, or any combination thereof, from an incorporated or unincorporated library association whose main library is located within the school district, that was organized and operating before January 1, 1968, that participates in the distribution of the proceeds of the county public library fund, and that has had a library district defined for it by the state library board under section3375.01of the Revised Code. The bequest, gift, or endowment shall be used to construct a building for, or to furnish, equip, or operate, a school district free public library.

At any time after the effective date of this section but prior to January 1, 2014, the board of education, by resolution, may accept the bequest, gift, or endowment and agree on behalf of the school district to establish, provide, and maintain a school district free public library. No library association that has made a bequest, gift, or endowment under this section shall thereafter receive proceeds from the county public library fund or from any funds appropriated or taxes levied under section3375.42of the Revised Code. The library district for the newly established school district free public library shall be the library district previously established by the state library board for the library association.