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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a free |
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county library in an unincorporated area of a county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 323.001(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court of a county may, on its own |
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motion or[, and shall,] on petition by a majority of the voters of |
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the affected part of the county, establish, maintain, and operate a |
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free county library for the area of the county located outside the |
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municipalities that maintain free public libraries. |
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SECTION 2. Section 323.001(a), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a petition under that section |
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that was filed with a commissioners court on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |