173.400 Status of existing libraries and contracts. Any free public library established after June 13, 1944, shall be established as provided in KRS 173.300 to 173.390. Every existing public library which has been heretofore established under provisions of state law except a city of the first class and a co unty containing a city of the first class shall be considered as operating under the authority of KRS 173.300 to 173.390. Every existing contract for library service shall continue until the contract be terminated or a library be established by the governm ental unit for which the service was engaged. The provisions of KRS 173.300 to 173.390 shall be construed as superseding the provisions of any municipal charter in conflict therewith. History: Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 11.
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