Library Laws, Regulations and Attorney General's Opinions

From South Carolina Library Network

Contents 1 Links to South Carolina Library Laws 2 South Carolina Laws that Impact on South Carolina Libraries 3 Legal Guides 4 South Carolina Attorney General Opinions of Interest to Libraries 5 South Carolina County and Municipal Ordinances Online 6 U.S. Copyright Laws 7 Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

Links to South Carolina Library Laws

Statewide Library Act

• SC Code Ann. 4-9-36 through 4-9-39

State Aid and Certification Regulations

• SC Code Ann Regs 75-1 and 75-2

Confidentiality of Library Records

• SC Code Ann. 60-4-10 through 60-4-30

Library Responsibility Act and Library Security Act

• SC Code Ann. 16-33-330 through 16-13-370

Sales and Use Taxes, Exemption for Libraries

• SC Code Ann. 12-36-2120
• SC Department of Revenue Ruling on Sales

South Carolina Laws that Impact on South Carolina Libraries

South Carolina Educational Lottery Act

• SC Code Ann. 59-15-350 through 59-15-390

State Ethics Law

• SC Code of Laws 8-13-100 through 8-13-795

First Steps to School Readiness

• SC Code Ann. 59-152-10 through 59-152-160

Freedom of Information Act

• SC Code Ann. 30-4-10 through 30-4-165

Property Tax Act Act 388

• Analysis by the SC School Boards Association
• Text of Act 388 Property Tax Act

Legal Guides

• AALL LISP Public Library Toolkit
• Public Services Offered by the SC BAR

South Carolina Attorney General Opinions of Interest to Libraries

Library Boards Responsibility of Hiring County Public Library Director

• SC Public Library Board Roles and Responsibilities (Pickens County)
• SC Public Library Board Roles and Responsibilities (Horry County)

Trespass Information

• Public Libraries and Trespass 2009 Attorney General Opinion for the SC State Library
• 1970 Supreme Court Case Larry Hanapole and Terry Cobb, Appellants.
• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brett A. BURSEY, Defendant-Appellant

No Restrictions on Sale of Library Books

• AG Opinion 77-312 October 3, 1977

South Carolina County and Municipal Ordinances Online

• MuniCode Online
• American Legal Publishing

U.S. Copyright Laws

• Columbia University Comprehensive Copyright Guide - Revised 2009

Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

• GASB 34 and Libraries
• Text of "The Great GASB" by Governing Magazine, April 2002