KRS 173.400: Status of existing libraries and contracts.

Any free public library established after June 13, 1944, shall be established as provided in

KRS 173.300 to 173.390. Every existing public library which has been heretofore

established under provisions of state law except a city of the first class and a co unty

containing a city of the first class shall be considered as operating under the authority of

KRS 173.300 to 173.390. Every existing contract for library service shall continue until

the contract be terminated or a library be established by the governm ental unit for which

the service was engaged. The provisions of KRS 173.300 to 173.390 shall be construed as

superseding the provisions of any municipal charter in conflict therewith.