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Good for them?Khondker said:I think Public Library is Government Building.
(3) "Government building" means:
(A) The building in which a government entity is housed;
(B) The building where a government entity meets in its official capacity; provided, however, that if such building is not a publicly owned building, such building shall be considered a government building for the purposes of this Code section only during the time such government entity is meeting at such building; or
(C) The portion of any building that is not a publicly owned building that is occupied by a government entity.
(4) "Government entity" means an office, agency, authority, department, commission, board, body, division, instrumentality, or institution of the state or any county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or local board of education within this state.
Public Library employs are employed by the county.
the law say entity ie: if the library commision met there...says nothing about library employees in general making it off limitsbudder said:Good for them?Khondker said:I think Public Library is Government Building.
(3) "Government building" means:
(A) The building in which a government entity is housed;
(B) The building where a government entity meets in its official capacity; provided, however, that if such building is not a publicly owned building, such building shall be considered a government building for the purposes of this Code section only during the time such government entity is meeting at such building; or
(C) The portion of any building that is not a publicly owned building that is occupied by a government entity.
(4) "Government entity" means an office, agency, authority, department, commission, board, body, division, instrumentality, or institution of the state or any county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or local board of education within this state.
Public Library employs are employed by the county.
"Government entity" means an office, agency, authority, department, commission, board, body, division, instrumentality, or institution of the state or any county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or local board of education within this state.
The librarian is an employee of the county, but does not constitute a government entity.Conversely, separate existence is not attributed to entities which lack either fiscal or administrative independence. Some local government agencies having considerable fiscal autonomy are classified as dependent agencies of another government rather than as governments because one or more of the following characteristics is present:
(1) Control of the agency by a board composed wholly or mainly of parent government officials.
(2) Control by the agency over facilities that supplement, serve, or take the place of facilities ordinarily provided by the creating government.
(3) Provision that agency properties and responsibilities revert to the creating government after agency debt has been repaid.
(4) Requirements for approval of agency plans by the creating government.
(5) Legislative or executive specification by the parent government as to the location and type of facilities the agency is to construct and maintain.
(6) Dependence of an agency for all or a substantial part of its revenues on appropriations or allocations made at the discretion of another state or local government.
(7) Provision for the review and the detailed modification of agency budgets by another local government. County review of agency budgets in connection with statutory limitations on tax rates, however, is not, by itself, sufficient to establish lack of fiscal autonomy.
The library board meets there. Occasionally the commission will meet there; no question about it then.rmodel65 said:what govt entity meets in your local library there ruger?
Library buildings are publicly owned, making them a government building. Since they fall under the Board of Regents or County Governments, I consider them off-limits. What would be the difference in a library building and a DOT building or a DOL building? Not saying I agree with it, just what I believe based on what I know about libraries.Khondker said:I think Public Library is Government Building.
(3) "Government building" means:
(A) The building in which a government entity is housed;
(B) The building where a government entity meets in its official capacity; provided, however, that if such building is not a publicly owned building, such building shall be considered a government building for the purposes of this Code section only during the time such government entity is meeting at such building; or
(C) The portion of any building that is not a publicly owned building that is occupied by a government entity.
(4) "Government entity" means an office, agency, authority, department, commission, board, body, division, instrumentality, or institution of the state or any county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or local board of education within this state.
Public Library employs are employed by the county.
It likely is,.....but is it autonomous? I don't think so, and therein lies the difference. The library is still very much dependent on the decisions of the county commissioners, who do not reside in the library.CoffeeMate said:Isn't the public library a state/county institution?
I don't see anything in the statute about autonomy.CountryGun said:It likely is,.....but is it autonomous? I don't think so, and therein lies the difference. The library is still very much dependent on the decisions of the county commissioners, who do not reside in the library.CoffeeMate said:Isn't the public library a state/county institution?
I couldn't wait for you to join in, Sheriff. Thanks!SheriffOconee said:Ya'll do what you want.
MY ADVICE, and you can take it or not, is that if the decision is made to arrest you for carrying a gun in a PUBLIC LIBRARY, then it would at least survive a preliminary hearing, and likely be presented for indictment or accusation.
I would suspect that a prosecutor or DA could, and would try, to make a case it is in fact a government entity.
Whether I agree ain't the point.
Proceed at your own risk.
Where the funding comes from has no bearing on whether a building is off-limits.Ruger66 said:Libraries are a unique entity in this state. Regional Libraries fall under the Board of Regents and receive a lot of there funding through the state. They also receive funding from local government entities (county, city, and local boards of education). Some libraries by-laws suggest they are part of the county and must have their budget approved by the county.
Just because a building is a Government building doesn't mean it's off-limits. It has to meet the definition of housing a Government Entity as defined in the code.So, with all that said, depends on which library you are in as to what government entity they fall under. But they are considered government buildings and therefore, off-limits. :screwy: