§ 78-2. Library services district.

(a)

Established. There is hereby established a municipal service taxing unit under the name of Pinellas County Library Services District. The district shall exist until dissolved by law.

(b)

District boundaries. All of the lands described in this section shall be incorporated into a municipal service taxing unit under the name of Pinellas County Library Services District. The land so incorporated shall include all of the unincorporated area of the county except for the Palm Harbor Community Services District and the East Lake Library Services District.

(c)

Governing board. The board of county commissioners shall be the governing board of the library services district.

(d)

Administration; purpose. The board of county commissioners may enter into an interlocal agreement with governmental units and other appropriate providers of library services within the county in order to establish a nonprofit corporation ("cooperative") to be created for the administration and operation of a cooperative library services system. The purposes of the cooperative shall be to extend library services to unincorporated areas of the county and of participating municipalities that do not have such services, and to improve library services to citizens of municipalities and of library tax districts that have library services.

(e)

Tax levy. Within the unincorporated areas of the county covered by this section, there is hereby levied and imposed an ad valorem tax not to exceed one-half mill for the purpose of providing free access to library services to citizens of the county residing in such unincorporated areas and to participate in a library cooperative to administer such funds.

(Ord. No. 89-5, §§ 1—5, 2-7-89; Ord. No. 13-11, § 2, 5-21-13)

State law reference

General power of board of county commissioners relative to special districts, F.S. § 125.01(5).

Editor's note

Section 6 of Ord. No. 89-5 called for a referendum election to be held March 28, 1989, to approve the tax referred to in subsection (e). The county has advised this tax was approved.

Cross reference

Special districts, ch. 114.