{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-323.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 323.012","heading":"PARTICIPATION WITH A PRIVATELY OWNED LIBRARY.","body":"The commissioners court of a county that has established a county library may contract with a privately owned library that serves an area of the county not adequately served by the county library to provide county library service to that area. The contract may require that the privately owned library submit to any reasonable regulation that is imposed on governmental libraries.\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#323.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"2877aeec2ffdd88b10ade5056729ff91096d76b6ea13a3dac85b369f3cd8e6ce","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-323.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-323.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}