{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-18900","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 18900","heading":"","body":"The common council, board of trustees, or other legislative body of any city in the state may, and upon being requested to do so by one-fourth of the electors of the municipal corporation in the manner provided in this article, shall, by ordinance, establish in and for the municipality a public library if there is none already established therein.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","PART 11. LIBRARIES [18010. - 20092.]","CHAPTER 5. Municipal Libraries [18900. - 18965.]","ARTICLE 1. Establishment [18900. - 18901.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"260ff2b6c0f0778f28d3070ce4164e1f581551b124f7025a20c88d738111eca1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-18883","next":"us-ca/edc-18901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}