10-1-104 - Functions of the secretary of state, acting through the division of public libraries and archives.
10-1-104. Functions of the secretary of state, acting through the division of public libraries and archives.
(a) The functions of the secretary of state, acting through the division of public libraries and archives, shall specifically include the following:
(1) The collection and preservation of archival material and materials of historical, documentary and reference value, and literary works or printed matter that may be considered by the division of special interest to the citizenship of this state;
(2) The distribution and exchange of publications of the state that may become available from time to time;
(3) The collection and distribution of reference material to state officials and employees and public agencies that may be entitled to the reference material;
(4) The encouragement of library development throughout the state by means of advice, guidance, and library extension services, in the course of which the division is empowered to enter into local, regional or interstate contracts with competent agencies in the furtherance of library services. The contracts are subject to the prior approval by the secretary of state; and
(5) Other functions that may be designated and authorized from time to time or that may properly belong to the administration of an up-to-date library and archives for the state.
(b) The enumeration of the specific items in subsection (a) shall not be deemed to exclude any other activities that the division may think proper to be handled by it and by the state librarian and archivist.
(c) (1) The secretary of state is authorized to contract with the library board of a public library of any county or city for the purpose of establishing and funding library positions for the local public library. The secretary of state shall establish the minimum qualifications for eligibility and the minimum salary schedule for the positions. The secretary of state shall establish the matching formula of state and local funds to be used in the funding of the positions for which a contract is made.
(2) Any local legislative body that appropriates funds for its library system shall approve any contract established under this section before the contract may take effect.
[Acts 1951, ch. 197, §§ 1, 2 (Williams, §§ 2278.1, 2278.2); 1959, ch. 9, § 12; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(47); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 10-102; Acts 1982, ch. 689, § 2; 1984, ch. 851, § 1; 2008, ch. 631, § 4.]