24 Pa. C.S. § 9352

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-127
Section 9352 - Popular subscription
(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.

24 Pa.C.S. § 9352

Added by P.L. 1683 2012 No. 210, § 1, eff. 11/1/2012.