Section X-10A: Tax levy for cooperative county libraries and joint city-county libraries.

    To provide funds for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
or aiding in establishing and maintaining public libraries and
library services, a special annual recurring ad valorem tax shall be
levied when such levy is approved by a majority vote of the qualified
electors of the county voting on the question at an election called
for that purpose by the Board of County Commissioners, either upon
its own initiative or upon petition initiated by not less than ten
percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the county based on the
total number of votes cast at the last general election for the
county office receiving the highest number of votes at such an
election.
    Except as provided in this section, in a county having less than
one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) population, according to the
most recent Federal Decennial Census, the special annual recurring ad
valorem tax levy shall be not less than one (1) mill nor more than
four (4) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable
property in the county.  In a county having more than one hundred
fifty thousand (150,000) population or in a multicounty library
system with a county having more than one hundred fifty thousand
(150,000) population, according to the most recent Federal Decennial
Census, the special annual recurring ad valorem tax levy for each
such county shall be not less than one (1) mill nor more than six (6)
mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property
in the county.
    This special levy shall be in addition to all other levies and
when authorized shall be made each fiscal year thereafter until such
authority shall be cancelled by a majority vote of the qualified
electors of the county voting on the question at an election called
for that purpose by the Board of County Commissioners upon petition
initiated by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the qualified
electors of the county based on the total number of votes cast at the
last general election for the county office receiving the highest
number of votes at such an election.
    The proceeds of such levy shall be used by the county for
creation, development, operation and maintenance of such public
libraries and library services as are authorized by the Legislature.
Nothing herein shall prohibit other levies for public libraries and
library services or the use of other public funds for such purposes.
All expenditures of the proceeds of such levies shall be made in
accordance with laws heretofore or hereafter enacted concerning such
libraries and library services.  The provisions hereof shall be self-
executing.