Tex. Local Government Code § 323.012
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 323.012, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 323.012. PARTICIPATION WITH A PRIVATELY OWNED LIBRARY.
Official statutory text
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.
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