Opinion No. (1979)

REQUESTED BY: Dana L. Hanna, Custer County Attorney, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1. Can several townships join together to form a special library district within a county?

2. If so, would there have to be a petition? A vote? Or can the township boards authorize the township to be a part of the library district?

1. Yes, through an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement.

2. No. Yes. No.

A township is a political subdivision of this state. See Wilson v. Ulysses Township, 72 Neb. 807, 812,101 N.W. 968 (1904). Thus it is a `public agency' as defined in section 23-2203(1), R.R.S. 1943, of the Interlocal Cooperation…