{"data":{"id":"us-pa/24-pa.c.s.-9352","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"24 Pa.C.S. § 9352","heading":"Popular subscription.","body":"(a) Authorization.--The residents of a municipality may raise a fund equal to or exceeding the gross amount of a three-mill tax on taxable property in the municipality by popular subscription.\n(b) Acceptance by municipality.--If the fund raised by popular subscription is offered to the municipality for the purpose of establishing a local library, the municipal officers of the municipality shall accept the fund and use it for the sole purpose of establishing a local library.\n(c) Limitation on subscribers.--No more than 2% of the fund raised by popular subscription may be subscribed by one individual or organization.\n(d) Payment of subscription.--The subscription may be made payable in four quarterly payments and shall be in a form that is collectible by legal process if necessary.\n(e) Control of fund.--Upon receipt of the fund authorized under subsection (a), the municipal officers shall immediately place the fund under the control of a board of library directors appointed under section 9318 (relating to local library governance).\n(f) Library tax.--The municipal officers shall levy and collect a tax at the annual rate of not less than one and one-half mills annually on taxable property in the municipality for the purpose of maintaining a library established under the provisions of this section.","path":["Title 24 - EDUCATION","PART VI LIBRARIES","SUBPART A PUBLIC LIBRARIES","CHAPTER 93 PUBLIC LIBRARY CODE","SUBCHAPTER D MUNICIPAL SUPPORT FOR LIBRARIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=24\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=93\u0026sctn=52\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 24 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:48Z","sha256":"db03e2b0e8344d6471023380418634a533c9a8279c9b63484bd6c2489750ef0b","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/24-pa.c.s.-9351","next":"us-pa/24-pa.c.s.-9353"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}