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The board of trustees of a free public library may enter into contracts with county, city or town school boards and boards of school trustees to provide library service for schools. Any city or county governing body contracting for library service shall, as a part of such contract, have the power to appoint at least one member to the board of trustees or other governing body of the library contracting to provide such service. Any city or county thus contracting for library service shall be entitled to the rights and benefits of regional free library systems established in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 42.1-37. The board of trustees or other governing body of any library established under the provisions of \u00a7 42.1-33 may also, with the approval of and on terms satisfactory to the State Library Board, extend its services to persons in adjacent areas of other states.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":269902,"text":"Any city, town or county shall have the power to enter into contracts with adjacent cities, counties, towns, or public institutions of higher education to receive or to provide library service on such terms and conditions as shall be mutually acceptable, or they may contract for a library service with a library not owned by a public corporation but maintained for free public use. The board of trustees of a free public library may enter into contracts with county, city or town school boards and boards of school trustees to provide library service for schools. Any city or county governing body contracting for library service shall, as a part of such contract, have the power to appoint at least one member to the board of trustees or other governing body of the library contracting to provide such service. Any city or county thus contracting for library service shall be entitled to the rights and benefits of regional free library systems established in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 42.1-37. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 606 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60032,"section_number":"42.1-35","catch_line":"Library boards generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-35\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77003,"section_number":"42.1-33","catch_line":"Power of local governments to establish and support libraries","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-33\/"},{"id":78547,"section_number":"42.1-37","catch_line":"Establishment of regional library system","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-37\/"}],"permalink":{"id":220973,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75159,"identifier":"42.1-34","token":"42.1\/2\/42.1-34","url":"\/42.1-34\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-34\/","token":"42.1\/2\/42.1-34","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power of local governments to contract for library service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-34","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any city, town or county shall have the power to enter into contracts<\/span> with adjacent cities, counties, towns, or public institutions of higher education to receive or to provide library service on such terms and conditions as shall be mutually acceptable, or they may contract<\/span> for a library service with a library not owned by a public corporation but maintained for free public use. The board of trustees of a free public library may enter into contracts<\/span> with county, city or town school boards and boards of school trustees to provide library service for schools. Any city or county governing body contracting for library service shall, as a part of such contract<\/span>, have the power to appoint at least one member to the board of trustees or other governing body of the library contracting to provide such service. Any city or county thus contracting for library service shall be entitled to the rights and benefits of regional free library systems established in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 42.1-37<\/a>. The board of trustees or other governing body of any library established under the provisions of \u00a7 42.1-33<\/a> may also, with the approval of and on terms satisfactory to the State Library Board, extend its services to persons in adjacent areas of other states.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CONTRACT FOR LIBRARY SERVICE (\u00a7 42.1-34)\n\nAny city, town or county shall have the power to enter into contracts with\nadjacent cities, counties, towns, or public institutions of higher education to\nreceive or to provide library service on such terms and conditions as shall be\nmutually acceptable, or they may contract for a library service with a library\nnot owned by a public corporation but maintained for free public use. The board\nof trustees of a free public library may enter into contracts with county, city\nor town school boards and boards of school trustees to provide library service\nfor schools. Any city or county governing body contracting for library service\nshall, as a part of such contract, have the power to appoint at least one member\nto the board of trustees or other governing body of the library contracting to\nprovide such service. Any city or county thus contracting for library service\nshall be entitled to the rights and benefits of regional free library systems\nestablished in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 42.1-37. The board of\ntrustees or other governing body of any library established under the provisions\nof \u00a7 42.1-33 may also, with the approval of and on terms satisfactory to the\nState Library Board, extend its services to persons in adjacent areas of other\nstates.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 606.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}