The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 22 : Libraries, History, and Information Technology

Chapter 002 : Interstate Library Compact

Subchapter 001 : COMPACT

• § 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.)