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Subchapter
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COMPACT
(Cite as: 22 V.S.A. § 27)
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§ 27. Approval of library agreements—Article VII
(a) Every library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall, prior to and as a condition
precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the attorney general of each state
in which a public library agency party to the agreement is situated, who shall determine
whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of the state.
The attorneys general shall approve any agreement submitted to them unless they shall
find that it does not meet the conditions set forth in this compact and shall detail
in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the public library agencies concerned
the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements
of law. Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted pursuant to this section within
90 days of its submission shall constitute an approval of the agreement.
(b) In the event that a library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall deal in
whole or in part with the provisions of services or facilities with regard to which
an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers
of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force,
be submitted to the state officer or agency having the power of control and shall
be approved or disapproved by the officer or agency as to all matters within the officer
or the agency’s jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements
governing the action of the attorneys general pursuant to paragraph (a) of this article.
This requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and not in substitution
for the requirement of submission to and approval by the attorneys general. (Added 1963, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 28, 1963; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 242, eff. July 1, 2024.)