Minimum requirements for membership of public libraries in the Texas Library System.

1. (1) A library serving a population of at least 200,001 persons must:

   1. (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $2.80 per capita;
   2. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;
   3. (C) be open for service not less than 64 hours per week; and
   4. (D) have six professional full-time librarians, with one additional professional full-time librarian for every 50,000 persons above 200,000; an additional professional full-time librarian must be assigned full time to system duties if the library is a major resource center. See §1.47 of this title (relating to Consulting and Continuing Education Services) for definition of a professional librarian.

2. (2) A library serving a population of 100,001-200,000 persons must:

   1. (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $2.40 per capita;
   2. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;
   3. (C) be open for service not less than 54 hours per week; and
   4. (D) have four professional full-time librarians, with one additional professional full-time librarian for each 50,000 persons above 100,000; an additional professional librarian must be assigned full time to system duties if the library is a major resource center.

3. (3) A library serving a population of 50,001-100,000 persons must:

   1. (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $2.20 per capita;
   2. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;
   3. (C) be open for service not less than 48 hours per week; and
   4. (D) have at least two professional full-time librarians.

4. (4) A library serving a population of 25,001-50,000 persons must:

   1. (A) have local expenditures of at least $1.80 per capita;
   2. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials;
   3. (C) be open for service not less than 40 hours per week; and
   4. (D) have at least one professional full-time librarian.

5. (5) A library serving a population of 10,001-25,000 persons must:

   1. (A) have local expenditures of at least $1.50 per capita;
   2. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials, provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held;
   3. (C) be open for service not less than 30 hours per week; and
   4. (D) have a head librarian who is employed in library duties at least 30 hours per week.

6. (6) A library serving a population of 10,000 or fewer persons must:

   1. (A) have local expenditures of $1.20 per capita or $5,000, whichever is greater;
   2. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials, provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held;
   3. (C) be open for service not less than 20 hours per week; and
   4. (D) have a head librarian who is employed in library duties at least 20 hours per week.

Source Note:The provisions of this §1.81 adopted to be effective September 1, 1977, 2 TexReg 1925; amended to be effective September 1, 1979, 4 TexReg 2675; amended to be effective May 1, 1981, 6 TexReg 1438; amended to be effective July 22, 1983, 8 TexReg 2607; amended to be effective June 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 4343.