§ 9352. Popular subscription.

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(a)Authorization.-- The residents of a municipality may raise a fund equal to or exceeding the gross amount of a three-mill tax on taxable property in the municipality by popular subscription.

(b)Acceptance by municipality.-- If the fund raised by popular subscription is offered to the municipality for the purpose of establishing a local library, the municipal officers of the municipality shall accept the fund and use it for the sole purpose of establishing a local library.

(c)Limitation on subscribers.-- No more than 2% of the fund raised by popular subscription may be subscribed by one individual or organization.

(d)Payment of subscription.-- The subscription may be made payable in four quarterly payments and shall be in a form that is collectible by legal process if necessary.

(e)Control of fund.-- Upon receipt of the fund authorized under subsection (a), the municipal officers shall immediately place the fund under the control of a board of library directors appointed under section 9318 (relating to local library governance).

(f)Library tax.-- The municipal officers shall levy and collect a tax at the annual rate of not less than one and one-half mills annually on taxable property in the municipality for the purpose of maintaining a library established under the provisions of this section.

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Cross References. Section 9352 is referred to in section 9318 of this title.

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