REFERENCE TITLE: county free library
districts; programs |
State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
HB 2386 |
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Introduced by Representatives Udall: Campbell, Dunn, Payne |
AN ACT
amending section
48‑3902, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to county free library
districts.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 48-3902, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
48-3902. Powers and duties; contracts between counties for use of library
A. A county free library district organized under
this article and title 11, chapter 7, article 1 is a political taxing
subdivision of this state and has all the powers, privileges and immunities
granted generally to municipal corporations by the constitution and laws of
this state including immunity of its property from taxation. A
county free library district may offer or provide funding for the following:
1. Making information, technology and
resources available to every library patron.
2. Providing a place for studying,
researching, reading and learning.
3. Providing educational and
informational programs for all age groups.
4. Providing literacy promotion
programs for all age groups, with special emphasis on early literacy, school
readiness, adult literacy, digital literacy and workforce development.
B. The board of supervisors of a county in which a county free library district has been established under the provisions of this article may enter into contracts with the board of supervisors of any other county to secure to the residents of the other county such privileges of the county free library as may by the contract be agreed upon on, and upon such on consideration as may be expressed in the contract, which that shall be paid into the county free library district fund. Thereafter the inhabitants of the other county shall have such the privileges of the county free library as may be agreed upon on by the contract.
C. The board of supervisors of the county may enter
into a contract with the board of supervisors of another county in which a
county free library district has been established under the
provisions of this article, as provided in this section, and may levy a
library tax, as provided in this article, for the purpose of carrying out the
contract, but the making of the contract shall not bar the board of supervisors
of the county during the continuance of the contract from establishing a county
free library district under the provisions of this article
if one is not already established. Upon on the establishment of such a county free library district the
contract may be terminated upon such on the
terms as may be agreed upon on by the parties thereto
to the contract, or it may continue for the term thereof
of the contract.