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173.310 Methods by which library service may be provided -- Appropriation or levy on establishment.

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173.310 Methods by which library service may be provided -- Appropriation or levy on establishment. Any governmental unit may provide library service for its inhabitants according to any <br>one (1) of the following methods: <br>(1) The legislative body on its own initiative may establish an independent library. <br>(2) Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of taxpayers equal to five percent (5%) of the number of votes cast for officers in the last general election of such <br>governmental unit, the legislative body shall submit the question to a vote at the <br>next general election by submitting the question to the county clerk not later than <br>the second Tuesday in August preceding the general election. If a majority of those <br>voting on the question vote in favor of the proposition, the legislative body shall <br>forthwith establish a library, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section. (3) The legislative bodies of two (2) or more adjacent counties may on their own initiative, or upon a petition and vote in each county as provided in subsection (2) <br>above, or upon the initiative of some legislative bodies and petition and vote in <br>others, join in establishing and maintaining a regional library, provided the <br>aggregate assessed valuation of the property assessable for local taxation in such <br>counties is a minimum of &#36;10,000,000, and subject to the provisions of KRS <br>173.320. (4) The legislative body of any governmental unit may on its own initiative contract to receive service from an existing nearby library, the library of a nearby institution of <br>higher learning, the State Department for Libraries and Archives, or from a nearby <br>library not owned by a governmental unit but which provides free service, each of <br>these having reciprocal power to render the service. In the event of a petition and <br>vote as provided by subsection (2), a legislative body shall have the privilege of <br>providing library service by contract in lieu of establishing an independent library. When any one (1) of the above methods has been complied with, the legislative bodies of <br>the governing units shall at once make the necessary appropriation or levy to establish <br>and maintain such library service annually and perpetually. Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 62, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 1, effective June 16, 1960. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 160, sec. 2.