{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-323.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 323.010","heading":"JOINT LIBRARY.","body":"(a) The commissioners court of a county may establish in cooperation with other counties a joint free county library for the benefit of the cooperating counties.\n(b) The commissioners courts of two or more adjacent counties may jointly establish and maintain a free library under the terms and provisions established by this subchapter for the establishment and maintenance of a free county library. In doing so, the commissioners courts of the participating counties shall operate jointly in the same manner as the commissioners court of a single county. The participating counties have the same powers and are subject to the same liabilities under this subchapter as a single county.\n(c) If a county withdraws from the joint county library, it is entitled to a division of property according to terms agreed on at the time the library was established.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES","CHAPTER 323. COUNTY LIBRARIES","SUBCHAPTER A. COUNTY LIBRARY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.323.htm#323.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"8095dda178791b0ca579f33aa9b9cebd9627693b1af4554c7e656c89a83b8b05","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-323.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-323.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}