1. The governing body of the city shall determine whether:

(a) To constitute itself the governing authority of the city library; or

(b) To appoint a board of trustees as such governing authority.

2. If library trustees are appointed, they and their successors shall:

(a) Establish, supervise and maintain a library.

(b) Appoint a librarian.

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

(d) Submit annual budgets to the governing body of the city, containing detailed estimates of the amount of money necessary for the operation and management of the library for the next succeeding year.

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

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

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

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

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

3. If appointed, the library trustees may:

(a) Make purchases and secure rooms.

(b) Authorize the merger of a city library with a county library district.

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

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

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

4. If a lease or lease-purchase agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 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 library 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 library trustees had undertaken the project or had awarded the contract.

5. The governing authority has all the powers and duties with respect to the city library that district library trustees have with respect to a district library.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 328; A 1965, 747; 1967, 1063; 1969, 493; 1981, 1001; 2017, 519)