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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-401" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="County Public Libraries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The governing body of each county may establish, and appropriate an amount to support, a county public library system free from political influence.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each county public library system shall be governed by a board of trustees. However, a charter county may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Establish a county library agency and grant it some or all of the powers of a board of trustees; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have a board of library trustees, provide for the board’s selection, and determine its powers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
