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§ 94.37 GROUNDS AND BUILDING.
   The Library Board may purchase or lease grounds, exercise the power of eminent domain, and condemn real estate for the purpose of securing a site for a library building. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in Neb. RS 76-704 through 76-724.
(Neb. RS 51-210)
§ 94.38 SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE.
   (A)   The Library Board may, by resolution, direct the sale and conveyance of any real estate owned by the Board or by the public library, which is not used for library purposes, or of any real estate so donated or devised to the Board or to the library upon such terms as the Board may deem best.
   (B)   Before any such sale is made the Library Board shall advertise the sale once each week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published or, if none is published, of general circulation in the city. The notice shall set out the time, place, terms, manner of sale, legal description of such real estate, and the right to reject any and all bids. If the bid or bids have not been rejected, then the real estate shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, and the chairperson of the Library Board, upon resolution of the Library Board directing him or her so to do, shall convey the real estate to the purchaser of such real estate upon his or her payment of his or her bid. If within 30 days after the third publication of the notice a remonstrance against the sale is signed by 30% of the registered voters of the city voting at the last regular city election and is filed with the City Council, the property shall not then, nor within one year thereafter, be sold. If the date for filing the remonstrance falls upon a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the signatures shall be collected within the 30-day period, but the filing shall be considered timely if filed or postmarked on or before the next business day.
(Neb. RS 51-216)
§ 94.39 MORTGAGES; RELEASE OR RENEWAL.
   The president of the Library Board shall have the power to release, upon full payment, any mortgage constituting a credit to the library fund and standing in the name of the Library Board. The signature of the president on any such release shall be authenticated by the secretary of the Board. The president and secretary in like manner, upon resolution duly passed and adopted by the Board, may renew any such mortgage.
(Neb. RS 51-206)
§ 94.40 COST OF USE.
   (A)   Except as provided in division (B) below, the library and reading room shall be free of charge for the use of the inhabitants of the city, subject always to such reasonable regulations as the Library Board may adopt to render the library of the greatest use to the inhabitants. The Library Board may exclude from the use of the library and reading rooms any person who willfully violates or refuses to comply with rules and regulations established for the government thereof.
(Neb. RS 51-212)
   (B)   The public library shall make its basic services available without charge to all residents of the city. The Board may fix and impose reasonable fees, not to exceed the library’s actual cost, for nonbasic services.
(Neb. RS 51-211)
   (C)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      BASIC SERVICES. Include, but are not limited to, free loan of circulating print and nonprint materials from the local collection and general reference and information services.
      NONBASIC SERVICES. Include, but are not limited to, use of:
         (a)   Photocopying equipment;
         (b)   Telephones, facsimile equipment, and other telecommunications equipment;
         (c)   Media equipment;
         (d)   Personal computers; and
         (e)   Videocassette recording and playing equipment.
(Neb. RS 51-201.01)
§ 94.41 DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
   No library service shall be denied to any person because of race, sex, religion, age, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, or marital status.
(Neb. RS 51-211)
§ 94.42 ANNUAL REPORT.
   The Library Board shall, on or before the second Monday in February in each year, make a report to the City Council of the condition of its trust on the last day of the prior fiscal year. The report shall show all money received and credited or expended; the number of materials held, including books, video and audio materials, software programs, and materials in other formats; the number of periodical subscriptions on record, including newspapers; the number of materials added and the number withdrawn from the collection during the year; the number of materials circulated during the year; and other statistics, information, and suggestions as the Library Board may deem of general interest or as the City Council may require. The report shall be verified by affidavit of the president and secretary of the Library Board.
(Neb. RS 51-213)
§ 94.43 PENALTIES; RECOVERY; DISPOSITION.
   Penalties imposed or accruing by any bylaw or regulation of the Library Board and any court costs and attorney’s fees may be recovered in a civil action before any court having jurisdiction, such action to be instituted in the name of the Library Board. Money, other than any court costs and attorney’s fees, collected in such actions shall be placed in the treasury of the city to the credit of the library fund. Attorney’s fees collected pursuant to this section shall be placed in the treasury of the city and credited to the budget of the City Attorney’s office.
(Neb. RS 51-214)
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