CHAPTER 6. COUNTY CONTRACTUAL LIBRARIES
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.