Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 323.010 · Subchapter A. COUNTY LIBRARY
JOINT LIBRARY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county may establish in cooperation with other counties a joint free county library for the benefit of the cooperating counties.
(b) The commissioners courts of two or more adjacent counties may jointly establish and maintain a free library under the terms and provisions established by this subchapter for the establishment and maintenance of a free county library. In doing so, the commissioners courts of the participating counties shall operate jointly in the same manner as the commissioners court of a single county. The participating counties have the same powers and are subject to the same liabilities under this subchapter as a single county.
(c) If a county withdraws from the joint county library, it is entitled to a division of property according to terms agreed on at the time the library was established.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.323.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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