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REFERENCE TITLE: county free library district |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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HB 2667 |
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Introduced by Representatives John: Nguyen
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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.