1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the trustees of any consolidated, county, district, town or other public library, and their successors, shall:

(a) Establish, supervise and maintain a library.

(b) Appoint, evaluate the performance of and, if necessary, dismiss a librarian or, in the case of a consolidated library district, an executive director.

(c) Hold and possess the property and effects of the library in trust for the public.

(d) In the case of a county library, submit annual budgets to the board of county commissioners, containing detailed estimates of the amount of money necessary for the operation and management of the library for the next succeeding year.

(e) In the case of a consolidated, district or town library, prepare annual budgets in accordance with NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive.

(f) In the case of a consolidated library district:

(1) Administer any separate account established pursuant to NRS 354.603.

(2) Annually submit a budget to the board of county commissioners and governing body of the city for joint review and recommendation, which must contain detailed priorities and estimates of the amount of money necessary for the operation and management of the consolidated library district for the next succeeding year. Unless a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners and a majority of the members of the governing body of the city reject the budget within 21 days after it is submitted to them, the trustees shall cause copies of the final budget to be submitted to the board of county commissioners for attachment to the copy of the final budget for the county which is filed pursuant to NRS 354.59801, and to the governing body of the city for attachment to the copy of the final budget for the city which is filed pursuant to NRS 354.59801. If the budget is so rejected, the trustees shall resubmit a revised budget for joint review pursuant to this subparagraph.

(3) Submit quarterly reports to the board of county commissioners and governing body of the city concerning the budget and the programs of the library, and provide any additional information requested by either governing body as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving the request.

(g) In the case of a district library, administer any separate account established pursuant to NRS 354.603.

(h) Establish bylaws and regulations for the management of the library and their own management.

(i) Manage all the property, real and personal, of the library.

(j) Acquire and hold real and personal property, by gift, purchase or bequest, for the library.

(k) Administer any trust declared or created for the library.

(l) Maintain or defend any action in reference to the property or affairs of the library.

2. The trustees may:

(a) Make purchases and secure rooms.

(b) Authorize the merger or, subject to the limitations in NRS 379.0221, the consolidation of a town or city library with a county library district.

(c) Invest the money in the appropriate library fund in accordance with the provisions of chapter 355 of NRS.

(d) Enter into a lease or lease-purchase agreement respecting real or personal property.

(e) Convey property to a person where the purpose of the conveyance is the entering into of an agreement contemplated by paragraph (d).

(f) Do all acts necessary for the orderly and efficient management and control of the library.

3. If a lease or lease-purchase agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 involves the construction, alteration, repair or remodeling of an improvement:

(a) Any person or entity that executes one or more contracts or agreements for the actual construction, alteration, repair or remodeling of the improvement shall include in such a contract or agreement the contractual provisions and stipulations that are required to be included in a contract for a public work pursuant to the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive.

(b) The trustees, the owner of the improvement or proposed improvement, any contractor who is awarded a contract or entered into an agreement to perform the construction, alteration, repair or remodeling of the improvement and any subcontractor on the project shall comply with the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090, inclusive, in the same manner as if the trustees had undertaken the project or had awarded the contract.

4. The trustees shall, as a primary goal of the consolidated library district, provide the library facilities, resources and trained staff to meet the informational needs of all residents of the district.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 328; A 1967, 1060; 1969, 492; 1981, 999; 1985, 9; 1989, 614; 1993, 2548; 1995, 2202; 2011, 2729; 2017, 517)