Iowa Code § 8A.204
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State librarian — state library fund created.
Official statutory text
(1) The director shall appoint the state librarian who shall administer the duties of the department as it relates to library services.
(2) The state librarian shall do all of the following:
(2) (a) Organize, staff, and administer the department as it relates to library services so as to render the greatest benefit to libraries in the state.
(2) (b) Control all library services-related property of the department. The state librarian may dispose of, through sale, conveyance, or exchange, any library materials that may be obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or appropriate to the mission of the state library of Iowa. These materials may be sold by the state library directly or the library may sell the materials by consignment with an outside entity. A state library fund is created in the state treasury. Proceeds from the sale of the library materials shall be remitted to the treasurer of state and credited to the state library fund and shall be used for the purchase of books and other library materials. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
(2) (c) Perform other duties as assigned by the director or as imposed by law.
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1360; 2025 Acts, ch 79, §4
(2) The state librarian shall do all of the following:
(2) (a) Organize, staff, and administer the department as it relates to library services so as to render the greatest benefit to libraries in the state.
(2) (b) Control all library services-related property of the department. The state librarian may dispose of, through sale, conveyance, or exchange, any library materials that may be obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or appropriate to the mission of the state library of Iowa. These materials may be sold by the state library directly or the library may sell the materials by consignment with an outside entity. A state library fund is created in the state treasury. Proceeds from the sale of the library materials shall be remitted to the treasurer of state and credited to the state library fund and shall be used for the purchase of books and other library materials. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
(2) (c) Perform other duties as assigned by the director or as imposed by law.
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1360; 2025 Acts, ch 79, §4
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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