{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-10-1-11a","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 10-1-11a","heading":"Effect of article on existing laws.","body":"Nothing in this article shall be construed to abolish or abridge any power or duty conferred upon any public library already established by virtue of any city or town charter or other special act, or to affect any existing local laws allowing or providing municipal aid to libraries. Any library now operating under any city or town charter or other special act has, however, the privilege of reorganizing under the provisions of this article.\nAll powers granted herein shall be considered to be conferred upon public libraries existing at the time of the passage of this act.\nAny provision concerning the disbursement of funds including the designation of the depository of the library funds or of the library board's disbursing officer contained in this article may be adopted by a library board organized under the provisions of this article, notwithstanding any other provisions of law.","path":["CHAPTER 10. PUBLIC LIBRARIES; PUBLIC RECREATION; ATHLETIC ESTABLISHMENTS; MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS; ROSTER OF SERVICEMEN; EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY.","ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC LIBRARIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/10-1-11A/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:21:16Z","sha256":"745113f2e108f564e93ba3064c5c6051c9c10fb44d0c9268863bdffd151b6b9a","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-10-1-11","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-10-1-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}