KRS 173.030: Establishment of free public library in cities of first class -- Use of --

Ordinances regarding conduct.

(1) Any city of the first class may, by ordinance, establish and maintain within its

corporate limits a free public library, with circulating and reference departments and

reading rooms, or any of them, for the use of the residents thereof, with such

branches and stations as the board of trustees of the library think proper. All the

uses and privileges of such library shall be free and equal to all residents of the city,

subject only to the rules and regulations established by the board of trustees. The

board may extend the privilege and use of the library to persons residing outside of

the city, upon such terms and conditions as the board prescribes.

(2) The city legislative body may pass such ordinances as the board recommends

providing for the punishment of persons injuring the library property and regulating

the conduct of persons using the library.