Tex. Local Government Code § 323.010
JOINT LIBRARY
Texas · Texas Local Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Local Government Code § 323.010, JOINT LIBRARY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/692137
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(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.