Pennsylvania § 9352 Popular subscription

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Pennsylvania § 9352

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 24EDUCATION

PartPART VI

Ch. 93PUBLIC LIBRARY CODE

Subch.MUNICIPAL SUPPORT FOR LIBRARIES

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24 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9352 (2026).

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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.

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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.