Washington Code 27.12.030 – Libraries, how established
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A library may be established in any county, city, or town either (1) by its legislative body of its own initiative; or (2) upon the petition of one hundred taxpayers of such a governmental unit, the legislative body shall submit to a vote of the qualified electors thereof, at the next municipal or special election held therein (in the case of a city or town) or the next general election or special election held therein (in the case of a county), the question whether a library shall be established; and if a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in favor of the establishment of a library, the legislative body shall forthwith establish one.
[ 1965 c 122 § 2; 1941 c 65 § 3; 1935 c 119 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8226-4. Prior: 1915 c 12 § 1; 1913 c 123 § 1; 1909 c 116 § 1; 1901 c 166 § 1.]
Terms Used In Washington Code 27.12.030
- Governmental unit: means any county, city, town, rural county library district, intercounty rural library district, rural partial-county library district, or island library district;
Washington Code 27.12.010Legislative body: means the body authorized to determine the amount of taxes to be levied in a governmental unit; in rural county library districts, in intercounty rural library districts, and in island library districts, the legislative body shall be the board of library trustees of the district;
Washington Code 27.12.010Library: means a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxation;
Washington Code 27.12.010