83R10159 JTS-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 2519
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a free
county library in an unincorporated area of a county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 323.001(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court of a county may, on its own
motion or[, and shall,] on petition by a majority of the voters of
the affected part of the county, establish, maintain, and operate a
free county library for the area of the county located outside the
municipalities that maintain free public libraries.
SECTION 2. Section 323.001(a), Local Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a petition under that section
that was filed with a commissioners court on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.