2014 Indiana Code TITLE 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE 12. LIBRARIES CHAPTER 6. COUNTY CONTRACTUAL LIBRARIES
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IC 36-12-6
Chapter 6. County Contractual Libraries
IC 36-12-6-1
Application of chapter; name of library established
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to Class 1 public libraries that
have been established as county contractual libraries before July 1,
1992.
(b) A county contractual library established under this chapter
shall operate under the name of _____________ County Contractual
Public Library.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.
IC 36-12-6-2
Library board; appointment; residency; powers and duties
Sec. 2. Four (4) citizens who have resided at least two (2) years in
the county contractual library district shall be appointed to a library
board under IC 36-12-2-17. The four (4) members, and the members
of the library board of the public library extending service, comprise
a separate library board that shall exercise all powers and duties
pertaining to library service. The library board of the county
contractual public library shall be known and designated as the Board
of Trustees of __________ County Contractual Public Library. The
members of the library board of the public library extending service
to the county shall continue:
(1) as a separate board; and
(2) to exercise all powers and duties pertaining to library service
to the board's original library district.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.
IC 36-12-6-3
Powers and duties of library boards
Sec. 3. The county contractual library board has all the powers and
duties of other library boards under IC 36-12-3.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49. Amended by P.L.130-2007, SEC.4.
IC 36-12-6-4
Township contracting with county contractual library; tax levies
Sec. 4. (a) If a township or part of a township is contracting with
a library that is extending service through a county contractual
library, the township or part of a township:
(1) shall cease to levy a separate tax for library purposes; and
(2) becomes a part of the county contractual library district.
(b) The tax levy for county contractual library purposes shall then
be levied in the township or part of a township that has become part
of the county contractual library district.
(c) A township that ceases to levy a tax for public library purposes
in any year becomes a part of the township's county library district or
county contractual library district, if either library district exists at the
time the township levy is discontinued. The county library or county
contractual library tax shall then be levied in the townships.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.
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