Washington Code 27.12.080 – Regional libraries
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Two or more counties, or other governmental units, by action of their legislative bodies, may join in establishing and maintaining a regional library under the terms of a contract to which all will agree. The expenses of the regional library shall be apportioned between or among the contracting parties concerned on such basis as shall be agreed upon in the contract. The treasurer of one of the governmental units, as shall be provided in the contract, shall have the custody of the funds of the regional library; and the treasurers of the other governmental units concerned shall transfer quarterly to him or her all moneys collected for free public library purposes in their respective governmental units. If the legislative body of any governmental unit decides to withdraw from a regional library contract, the governmental unit withdrawing shall be entitled to a division of the property on the basis of its contributions.
Terms Used In Washington Code 27.12.080
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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 27.12.010Regional library: means a free public library maintained by two or more counties or other governmental units as provided in RCW 27. See Washington Code 27.12.010