692                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                             Ch. 298

SERVICE.

ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

AS USED IN THIS COMPACT:

(A)  "PUBLIC LIBRARY AGENCY" MEANS ANY UNIT OR AGENCY
OF LOCAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATING OR HAVING
POWER TO OPERATE A LIBRARY.

(B)         "PRIVATE LIBRARY AGENCY" MEANS ANY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHICH OPERATES OR ASSUMES A
LEGAL OBLIGATION TO OPERATE A LIBRARY.

(C)  "LIBRARY AGREEMENT" MEANS A CONTRACT ESTABLISHING
AN INTERSTATE LIBRARY DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THIS COMPACT
OR PROVIDING FOR THE JOINT OR COOPERATIVE FURNISHING OF
LIBRARY SERVICES.

ARTICLE III. INTERSTATE LIBRARY DISTRICTS

(A)  ANY ONE OR MORE PUBLIC LIBRARY AGENCIES IN A PARTY
STATE IN COOPERATION WITH ANY PUBLIC LIBRARY AGENCY OR
AGENCIES IN ONE OR MORE OTHER PARTY STATES MAY
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN INTERSTATE LIBRARY DISTRICT.
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT AND ANY OTHER
LAWS OF THE PARTY STATES WHICH PURSUANT HERETO REMAIN
APPLICABLE, SUCH DISTRICT MAY ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE SOME OR ALL OF THE LIBRARY FACILITIES AND
SERVICES FOR THE AREA CONCERNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS OF A LIBRARY AGREEMENT THEREFOR. ANY PRIVATE
LIBRARY AGENCY OR AGENCIES WITHIN AN INTERSTATE
LIBRARY DISTRICT MAY COOPERATE THEREWITH, ASSUME
DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS THERETO, AND
RECEIVE BENEFITS THEREFROM AS PROVIDED IN ANY LIBRARY
AGREEMENT TO WHICH SUCH AGENCY OR AGENCIES BECOME
PARTY.

(B)    WITHIN AN INTERSTATE LIBRARY DISTRICT, AND AS
PROVIDED BY A LIBRARY AGREEMENT, THE PERFORMANCE OF
LIBRARY FUNCTIONS MAY BE UNDERTAKEN ON A JOINT OR
COOPERATIVE BASIS OR MAY BE UNDERTAKEN BY MEANS OF ONE
OR MORE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN OR AMONG PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE LIBRARY AGENCIES FOR THE EXTENSION OF LIBRARY
PRIVILEGES TO THE USE OF FACILITIES OR SERVICES OPERATED
OR RENDERED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY
AGENCIES.

(C)     IF A LIBRARY AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR JOINT
ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION OF LIBRARY
FACILITIES OR SERVICES BY AN INTERSTATE LIBRARY DISTRICT,
SUCH DISTRICT SHALL HAVE POWER TO DO ANY ONE OR MORE OF
THE FOLLOWING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LIBRARY
AGREEMENT: