Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 323.021 · Subchapter B. COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county by order may establish and maintain a county law library at the county seat or another location determined by the commissioners court.
(b) The commissioners court shall provide suitable space for housing the library at a place that is both convenient and accessible to the judges and litigants of the county. The commissioners court may, with the advice of the committee created under Section 323.024, use funds collected under this subchapter to acquire a location for the library, though priority in the use of funds shall be given to the acquisition of books, periodicals, other library materials, and staff for the library. The commissioners court may appropriate an amount not to exceed $20,000 to establish the library and shall annually appropriate an amount necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the library.
(c) The commissioners court of a county may establish, maintain, and operate in cooperation with other counties a joint free county law library for the benefit of the cooperating counties in the same manner that a joint county library may be established and operated under Section 323.010.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 760 (S.B. 1911), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
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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