Sec. 323.021. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE. (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may establish and maintain a county law library at the county seat.
(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.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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