A.R.S. tit. 48 ch. 24 — Arizona Revised Statutes Title 48 Chapter 24 — County Free Library District

48-3901. County free library district; notice of proposed establishment; board of directors A. The board of supervisors may establish at the county seat a county free library district for the county and for all cities and towns within the county as may elect to become a part of, or to participate in, the county free library district, as provided in this article and title 11, chapter 7, article 1. The district may include branch libraries at locations determined by the board. B. At least once each week for three successive weeks prior to taking action upon the establishment of the county free library district, the board shall publish in the county notice of such contemplated action, giving therein the date and time of the meeting at which the action is proposed to be taken. C. The board of supervisors shall be the board of directors of the county free library district. 48-3902. Powers and duties; contracts between counties for use of library A. A county free library district organized under this article and title 11, chapter 7, article 1 is a political taxing subdivision of this state and has all the powers, privileges and immunities granted generally to municipal corporations by the constitution and laws of this state including immunity of its property from taxation. The board of directors of a county free library district may offer the following: 1. Making information, technology and resources available to every library patron. 2. Providing a place for studying, researching, reading and learning. 3. Providing educational and informational programs for all age groups. 4. Providing literacy promotion programs for all age groups, with special emphasis on early literacy, school readiness, adult literacy, digital literacy and workforce development. B. The board of supervisors of a county in which a county free library district has been established under this article may enter into contracts with the board of supervisors of any other county to secure to the residents of the other county such privileges of the county free library as may by the contract be agreed on, and on consideration as may be expressed in the contract that shall be paid into the county free library district fund. Thereafter the inhabitants of the other county shall have the privileges of the county free library agreed on by the contract. C. The board of supervisors of the county may enter into a contract with the board of supervisors of another county in which a county free library district has been established under this article, as provided in this section, and may levy a library tax, as provided in this article, for the purpose of carrying out the contract, but the making of the contract shall not bar the board of supervisors of the county during the continuance of the contract from establishing a county free library district under this article if one is not already established. On the establishment of such a county free library district the contract may be terminated on the terms agreed on by the parties to the contract, or it may continue for the term of the contract. 48-3903. Tax levies The board of directors, after a county free library is established, shall annually levy in the same manner and at the same time as other county secondary property taxes are levied a county free library district tax sufficient to establish the district and to insure the payment of salaries, maintenance and upkeep and other necessary expenses of the county free library district. The tax shall be levied and collected upon all property in the county and upon all property within incorporated cities and towns in the county. 48-3904. Bonds; issuance Bonds of the district to acquire and equip a county free library building and to purchase land therefor may be issued in the manner now provided by law for the issuance of county bonds. 48-3905. Dissolution of district A. After a county free library district has been established, it may be dissolved in the same manner it was established. B. At least once each week for three consecutive weeks prior to taking such action, the board of directors shall publish in a newspaper designated by them and published in the county notice of the contemplated action, stating the date and time of the meeting at which the contemplated action is proposed to be taken. 48-3906. Reimbursement for county services Services provided by a county to a county free library district are subject to reimbursement pursuant to section 11-251.06.