§65-4-105.

§65-4-105.
   
   (a) Every system board created by this Code shall have all powers
   necessary or convenient for the accomplishment of the purpose and
   provisions hereof, including, in addition to others granted in this
   article, the following powers:
   
   (1) To operate and maintain a library system and to adopt such rules
   and regulations for the operation thereof as may be deemed necessary
   or expedient.
   
   (2) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land or buildings or
   portions of buildings for library purposes.
   
   (3) To erect, maintain, and operate public library buildings at one or
   more places.
   
   (4) To accept transfer of any existing public library or libraries by
   lease or other conveyance.
   
   (5) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, books and other personal
   property customarily used in the operation of public libraries
   including necessary motor vehicles.
   
   (6) To sell and dispose of personal property acquired by purchase or
   any other means when by proper resolution the board finds that said
   property is not needed for library purposes.
   
   (7) To acquire, accept, hold, and convey legal title to interest in
   real property in the name of the system board. Deeds or other
   conveyances of said interests in real property shall be executed for
   and on behalf of the system board by the chairman and shall be
   attested by the secretary upon proper resolution of the Board.
   
   (8) To accept or decline donations tendered to the library system.
   
   (9) To administer the expenditure of any funds which may become
   available for library purposes.
   
   (10) To establish a schedule of fees to cover various services
   rendered and also to contract with other persons, including legal
   counsel and independent certified public or certified municipal
   accounting service, within the limits of its appropriations, and to
   incur necessary expenses. This subsection shall not be construed to
   preclude the use of the appropriate district attorney or assistant
   district attorney for legal counsel and the State Auditor and
   Inspector for auditing services.
   
   (11) To apply, contract for, receive and take advantage of any or all
   allocations of funds which may be available to the system board for
   library or library related purposes and services under the laws and
   regulations of the United States, the State of Oklahoma, or any other
   state, or any organization, agency, instrumentality or subdivision of
   these entities or undertake or contract for joint activities or
   programs with the United States, the State of Oklahoma or any other
   state, and any organization, agency, instrumentality, or subdivision
   of these entities pertaining to library or library related purposes or
   services; and to prepare and submit plans, specifications, reports or
   applications, to execute any agreements, to employ, fix duties and
   compensation of personnel, and to administer and direct any programs,
   plans or projects in connection with any of the foregoing.
   
   (12) To enter into agreements with school districts in any area served
   by the library upon such terms as may be mutually agreed. The
   agreement shall prescribe equitable charges for the cost to serve
   schools which include on-site costs of library collection and library
   automation and the cost of providing assigned staffing which meets the
   certification requirements for school library media programs.
   
   (13) To borrow monies on the credit of the Board of Trustees for a
   term not to exceed one (1) year.
   
   (14) To do all other things necessary or desirable to carry out the
   purposes and provisions of this Code.
   
   (b) It shall be the duty of the system board to prepare an annual
   budget which shall be filed on or before June 1 with the boards of
   county commissioners and the county excise boards, the State Auditor
   and Inspector, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, State Board of
   Equalization, and with cities and towns which participate in financial
   support of the system. The system board shall also submit an annual
   audit of its income and expenditures within ninety (90) days following
   the close of the fiscal year to the boards of county commissioners,
   the State Auditor and Inspector, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries
   and with cities and towns which participate in financial support of
   the system.
   
   (c) In the case of withdrawal of a county or abolishing of a library
   system, disposal of the assets, including capital equipment and other
   property of the library district, shall be made in the most equitable
   manner possible as determined by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries
   Board, who shall give consideration to such items as the original
   source of the property, the amount of funds raised from each county of
   the system, and the ability of the counties to make further use of
   such property or equipment for library purposes.
   
   (d) Funds levied and collected pursuant to Article 10, Section 10-A of
   the Oklahoma Constitution shall be controlled and administered under
   the direction of the system board.
   
   (e) Other funds contributed from federal, state, county and city
   governments, and from any other source shall be deposited in the
   independent library account following such procedures as may be agreed
   upon by the contributing agency, the system board, and the Oklahoma
   Department of Libraries Board.
   
   (f) Vouchers shall be drawn by such officers or employees as
   prescribed by the system board. Each designated officer or employee
   shall give a faithful performance bond approved by the system board in
   a sum determined by the board and sufficient in amount to equal the
   estimated largest sum of money which will be disbursed at any one
   time. Premiums for such bond may be paid from funds of the library
   system.