<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 24-7. - Retention, removal, destruction of materials.</div>
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               (a)
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               Any person violating subsections (a)(1)â€”(3) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
               and, upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-14GEPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">section 1-14</a>. No person shall:
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               (1)
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               Receive or become responsible for any library materials belonging to any public library
               in the county or any library or branch thereof supported wholly or in part by the
               public funds of the county and willfully fail to return any such library materials
               to the library or branch thereof from which it was received for a period of 15 days
               after mailing or delivering in person a notice in writing from the librarian or assistant
               librarian of such library or branch thereof that the time for which such library materials
               may be kept under library regulations has expired;
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               (2)
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               Willfully or intentionally remove from the premises of such library or branch thereof
               any library materials without charging them out in accordance with the regulations
               of such library or branch thereof; or
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               (3)
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               Willfully or wantonly damage, deface, mutilate, or otherwise destroy any library materials,
               whether on library premises or on loan.
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               (b)
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               In all indictments for violations of this section, it shall not be necessary to allege
               or prove that the item not returned was lawfully received by such person from any
               such public library, but only that the person came into possession of the item, knowing
               that the item belonged to such public library. The failure of any person to return
               any such item after written demand as set forth in subsection (a) of this section
               shall be prima facie proof that the person possessing the item acted willfully in
               failing to return such item within the 15-day period.
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               (Ord. No. 2016-05, 3-7-2016)
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