Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 23-401
County public library systems free from political influence
Effective Apr 9, 1996Added as Education § 23-301 by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Renumbered as Education § 23-401 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996.State of Maryland
- (a) The governing body of each county may establish, and appropriate an amount to support, a county public library system free from political influence.
(b) Each county public library system shall be governed by a board of trustees. However, a charter county may:
- (1) Establish a county library agency and grant it some or all of the powers of a board of trustees; or
- (2) Have a board of library trustees, provide for the board's selection, and determine its powers.
Added as Education § 23-301 by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Renumbered as Education § 23-401 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996.
Formerly Art. 77, §§ 171, 172.