10-3-101 - Establishment, maintenance and joint operation.

10-3-101. Establishment, maintenance and joint operation.

The legislative body of any county and/or the governing body of any incorporated city or town has the power to establish and maintain a free public library, or give support to any free public library already established therein, or contract with another library for library service for the use of the inhabitants of such county, city or town, or enter into contractual agreements with one (1) or more counties or cities for joint operation of a free public library.

[Acts 1963, ch. 370, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A., § 10-301.]