27A.210 Books and records.
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(1)The following books and records shall be maintained by the State Law Library:
(a)All copies of Volumes 1 to 77 of the Kentucky Reports;
(b)Twenty-five
(25)copies each of Volumes 78 to 314 of the Kentucky Reports;
(c)Two
(2)sets of all future publications of the journals and nine
(9)sets of the
Acts of the General Assembly; and
(d)Two
(2)sets of the official Kentucky statute publications.
(2)The state law librarian shall arrange with the proper official of each state of the
United States and of the United States and its territories for the exchanges of the
statutes and the acts of the legislatures of each state and of Congress. When an
exchange is agreed upon, the state law librarian shall send to the officer one
copy of the Acts of the General Assembly and one
(1)set of statutes as soon as they
are ready for distribution.
(3)Copies of acts, statutes, and other materials required to be kept by the state law
librarian and to be made available for exchange shall be furnished to the state law
librarian, without charge, by the agency or official responsible for the distribution of
same.
(4)The state law librarian may arrange for the distribution or disposal of materials held
by the State Law Library upon concurrence of the administrative assistant to the
Chief Justice responsible for law library operations.
(5)The state law librarian may acquire, by purchase, exchange, donation, or otherwise,
books and other materials the librarian deems suitable for the holdings of the State
Law Library.
(6)The state law librarian may, with the concurrence of the administrative assistant to
the Chief Justice responsible for law library operations, sell any surplus books in the
State Law Library that have a market value, collect the funds received therefor, and
deposit them in the "State Law Library Surplus Books Fund," which is hereby
created in the State Treasury. The "State Law Library Surplus Books Fund" shall
not lapse. The state law librarian may reinvest the funds in other books and
materials that the librarian deems suitable for the holdings of the State Law Library.
The provisions of KRS 45A.045(5) concerning the powers and duties of the Finance
and Administration Cabinet shall not apply to sales made by the state law librarian
under this section.
(7)The state law librarian may, with the concurrence of the administrative assistant to
the Chief Justice responsible for law library operations, offer and provide technical
and other assistance to county law libraries and to other publicly funded law
libraries.
(8)The state law librarian may, upon the request of a county law library or other
publicly funded law library and with the concurrence of the administrative assistant
to the Chief Justice responsible for law library operations, purchase books, supplies,
or other materials for the library. The funds used for these purposes shall be those of
the county law library or other publicly funded law library.
(9)The state law librarian shall issue, with the concurrence of the administrative
assistant to the Chief Justice responsible for law library operations, regulations for
the operation, management, and lending policy of the State Law Library.