1970 Bill 133 Third Session, 16th Legislature, 19 Elizabeth IT THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY blY ALBERtA BILL 133

An Act to amend The Libraries Act THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY First Reading ... Second Reading Third Reading ........................... . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 133 1970

An Act to amend The Libraries Act (Assented to , 1970) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Libraries Act is hereby amended.

Section 80 is struck out and the following is substi­ tuted: 80.

(1) A public library board may pass by-laws for the safety and use of the library, including (

a) the terms and conditons under which (

i) the public may be admitted to the public library building, (ii) public library property may be used or bor­ rowed by members of the public, and (iii) borrowing privileges may be suspended or for­ feited, (

b) fees to be paid by members of the public for (

i) the issuance of library borrowing cards, (ii) the borrowing of phonograph records, cinema­ tograph films, pictures and other objects of artistic value, and (iii) the use of those parts of the building not used for the purposes of the public library, and (

c) penalties to be paid for abuse of borrowing priv­ ileges.

(2) The council of a municipality may disallow a by-law passed by a public library board it has appointed pursuant to

section 18.

(3) A by-law is invalid if it requires a member of the public to pay a fee or charge for admittance to any portion of a building used for public library purposes.

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter 27 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1956.

Section 80 presently reads: so.

(1) The ,board of a munkipal or regional library may make by­ ,laws and regulations f.or the safety and use of the library and reading room and for the admission of the pU!blic thereto, and for regulating all other matters and things connected with the management of the Hbrary and of the reading room, and with the management of all property .of every kind under its control for the purpose of this Act.

(2) Any elector may at all reasonable times inspect any by-law or regulation of a munidpal or regional library board and the chairman of the board shall, within a reasonable time after a demand therefor by an elector, furnish the elector with a copy of any such by-law or regulation, .or part thereof at the rate .of 215 cents per 100 words.

(4) Any person may at all reasonable times inspect a by-law and the public library board shall within a reason­ able time after demand by any person furnish him with a copy of a by-law, or part thereof, at the rate of 50 cents per 100 words, each figure to be counted as one word or at a rate of $1 per reproduced page or part thereof.

Section 86 is struck out. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

Section 86 reads: 86. All public libraries shall be open to the public without charge therefor. Title: 1970 (16th, 3rd) Bill 133,

An Act to amend The Libraries Act