10-1-112 - Northeast Tennessee public library.
10-1-112. Northeast Tennessee public library.
(a) There is hereby established, as part of the state's multi-county regional library system, the Northeast Tennessee public library, to be operated and administered by the Watauga regional library board.
(b) The mission of the Northeast Tennessee public library shall be to provide legislative information and to develop and implement a communications network for the benefit of the citizens of the Watauga region, which includes the Northeast Tennessee counties of Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Greene, Unicoi and Johnson.
(c) The physical site and facilities for the Northeast Tennessee public library shall be as provided for by the Watauga regional library board, with the approval of the secretary of state. However, the physical site and facilities of such library shall be located in one (1) or more of the six (6) counties of the Watauga region.
(d) The Northeast Tennessee public library shall otherwise be operated and administered in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 of this title.
(e) The secretary of state is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled at title 4, chapter 5.
[Acts 1995, ch. 543, §§ 1, 2; 2008, ch. 631, §§ 12, 13.]