Texas Local Government Code Title 10, Chapter 323 - County Libraries

SUBCHAPTER A COUNTY LIBRARY

• Texas Section 323.001 - Establishment And Maintenance
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may, on its own motion, and shall, on petition by a majority of the voters of the affected...
• Texas Section 323.002 - Maintenance Funds
  The commissioners court annually may set aside from the general fund or the permanent improvement fund of the county an amount to be used to...
• Texas Section 323.003 - Gifts
  The commissioners court may receive a gift, bequest, or devise for the county library or a branch or subdivision of the library. Title to property...
• Texas Section 323.004 - Farmers' County Library
  In a county that has a farmers' county library established under prior law, the library shall continue to operate as a farmers' county library, but...
• Texas Section 323.005 - Librarian
  (a) If a county library is established, the commissioners court shall employ a county librarian. A person holds the position of county librarian at the...
• Texas Section 323.006 - Supervision
  The county library is under the general supervision of the commissioners court. It is also under the supervision of the state librarian who, in person...
• Texas Section 323.007 - Library Fund
  Funds of the county library shall be deposited in a separate fund to be known as the county free library fund and may be used...
• Texas Section 323.008 - Participation With A Municipality
  (a) If a county library is established, the governing body of a municipality that maintains a free public library may notify the commissioners court that...
• Texas Section 323.009 - Participation With A County
  (a) The commissioners court of a county that has established a county library may contract with the commissioners court of another county to extend county...
• Texas Section 323.010 - Joint Library
  (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...
• Texas Section 323.011 - Participation With An Established Library
  (a) Instead of establishing a county library, the commissioners court of a county may contract for library privileges from an established library. (b) The contract...
• Texas Section 323.012 - Participation With A Privately Owned Library
  The commissioners court of a county that has established a county library may contract with a privately owned library that serves an area of the...

SUBCHAPTER B COUNTY LAW LIBRARY

• Texas Section 323.013 - Discontinuation Of Library
  A county library may be discontinued on petition of a majority of the voters in that part of the county that maintains the library. The...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 323.022 - Gifts
  The commissioners court may receive any gift or bequest to the law library. Title to a gift or bequest vests in the county. A conditional...
• Texas Section 323.023 - Law Library Fund
  (a) A sum set by the commissioners court not to exceed $35 shall be taxed, collected, and paid as other costs in each civil case...
• Texas Section 323.024 - Management
  (a) The commissioners court of a county that has established a law library under this subchapter shall adopt rules for the use of books in...

SUBCHAPTER C ADDITIONAL LIBRARY AUTHORITY

• Texas Section 323.025 - Claims
  A claim against the law library shall be handled as other claims against the county. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 323.051 - Acquisition And Location Of Library
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may: (1) purchase, construct, repair, equip, or improve a building or other permanent improvement for county library use;...

SUBCHAPTER D LIBRARY FINES; CIVIL PENALTY

• Texas Section 323.052 - County Library Bonds
  (a) A county may issue bonds, and impose ad valorem taxes for payment of the bonds, to pay the cost of: (1) purchasing, constructing, repairing,...
• Texas Section 323.071 - Library Fines
  (a) The commissioners court by order may establish reasonable fines to be collected by a county library for lost, damaged, or overdue library property. (b)...
• Texas Section 323.072 - Abuse Of County Library Services
  (a) The commissioners court by order may adopt reasonable regulations that prohibit a person from abusing library services by intentionally failing to pay a library...

Last modified: September 28, 2016