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funds, services or supplies provided to any Indian library by a library
system as defined in section two hundred seventy-two of this [article]
PART. Increases in appropriations for such purposes during a calendar
year shall be pro rated.
S 4. Section 273 of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, subdivision 7 as amended by chapter
362 of the laws of 2013, subdivision 11 as added by section 3 of part
A-5 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006 and subdivision 12 as amended by
section 3 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
read as follows:
S 273. Apportionment of state aid to libraries and library systems. 1.
Any public library system providing service under an approved plan
during a calendar year shall be entitled to receive during that calendar
year state aid consisting of the following amounts:
a. An annual grant of:
(1) Ten thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars where the library system serves
less than one county, or
(2) [Twenty] TWENTY-ONE thousand dollars where the library system
serves one entire county, or
(3) Where the library system serves more than one county the system
shall be entitled to receive [twenty-five] TWENTY-SIX thousand TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY dollars for each entire county served and/or ten thousand
FIVE HUNDRED dollars for each county, any part of which is served by the
library system. If an entire county is served by two or more library
systems, each of which serves a part thereof, each of such library
systems shall be entitled to receive a grant of ten thousand FIVE
HUNDRED dollars and in addition, a pro rata share of an additional sum
of ten thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars, such share to be computed in
accordance with the ratio which the population of the area of the county
served by such library system bears to the total population of the coun-
ty, as determined under subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-
two of this [article] PART.
b. In a library system which submits a plan for further development of
its central library, which plan shall be approved by the commissioner in
relation to standards for such central libraries, the amount of central
library development aid shall be:
(1) [thirty-two] THIRTY-FOUR cents per capita of the population within
the chartered area of service of such library system with a minimum
amount of one hundred [five] TEN thousand TWO HUNDRED FIFTY dollars, and
(2) an additional [seventy-one] SEVENTY-FIVE thousand [five hundred]
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY dollars to the library system for the purchase of
books and materials including nonprint materials, as defined in regu-
lations of the commissioner, for its central library. Ownership of
library materials and equipment purchased with such central library aid
provided by this paragraph shall be vested in the public library system.
c. The sum of [ninety-four] NINETY-EIGHT AND SEVEN-TENTHS cents per
capita of population of the area served.
d. (1) An amount equal to the amount by which expenditures by the
library system for books, periodicals, binding and nonprint materials
during the preceding fiscal year exceeds forty cents per capita of popu-
lation of the area served but the total apportionment pursuant to this
subparagraph shall not exceed [sixty-eight] SEVENTY-ONE AND FOUR-TENTHS
cents per capita of population served. In the first year in which any
library system changes its reporting from the calendar year to a fiscal
year other than the calendar year, it shall file any additional report-
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ing schedules deemed necessary by the commissioner for the purpose of
determining state aid for the calendar year.
(2) Each public library system with an automation program to support
bibliographic control and interlibrary sharing of information resources
of member libraries, and to coordinate and integrate the automated
system or systems of such member libraries consistent with regulations
of the commissioner, shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to
seven percent of the amount earned in subparagraph one of this para-
graph, or [seventy-six] EIGHTY thousand [five] THREE hundred TWENTY-FIVE
dollars, whichever is more.
e. The sum of [fifty-two] FIFTY-FIVE dollars AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per
square mile of area served by the library system in the case of library
systems serving one county or less. Such sum shall be increased by five
dollars for each additional entire county served, provided, however,
that no apportionment pursuant to this paragraph shall exceed [seventy-
two] SEVENTY-FIVE dollars AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per square mile of area
served. If an entire county is served by two or more library systems,
each of which serves a part thereof, each of such library systems shall
be entitled to receive, in addition to the aid computed in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, a pro rata share of an
increase of five dollars to be computed as follows: the sum resulting
from the computation of five dollars per square mile of area served by
the one of such library systems which would receive the largest amount
of aid pursuant to this paragraph shall be pro rated among the library
systems serving such county in accordance with the ratio which the popu-
lation of the area served by each of such library systems bears to the
population of the county as determined under subdivision one of section
two hundred seventy-two of this [article] PART.
f. (1) Local library services aid. Except in cities with a population
in excess of one million inhabitants, each chartered and registered
public and free association library meeting standards of service promul-
gated by the commissioner, and each public or free association library
serving a city with a population of one hundred thousand or more which
merged with the public library system on or before January first, nine-
teen hundred seventy-six and which meets standards of service promulgat-
ed by the commissioner, shall be eligible to receive annually [thirty-
one] THIRTY-TWO AND FIFTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS cents per capita of the
population of the library's chartered service area as on file with the
commissioner on January first of the calendar year for which aid is
payable, or, [thirty-one] THIRTY-TWO AND FIFTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS cents per
capita of the population of the city with a population of one hundred
thousand or more whose public or free association library merged with
the public library system on or before January first, nineteen hundred
seventy-six, with a minimum amount of one thousand five hundred SEVEN-
TY-FIVE dollars, except that no library shall receive less than the
amount of local library services aid received in two thousand one. Regu-
lations of the commissioner shall provide a method for establishing
changes in chartered service areas or determining populations thereof.
Local library services aid shall be paid to the system for distribution
within thirty days of receipt to its member libraries in accordance with
this subdivision. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this
subparagraph, the commissioner shall establish procedures under which a
public or free association library may apply for a waiver of the
requirements of the standards of service; provided, however, that any
such waivers may only be granted in the same year in which the commis-
sioner has apportioned a reduction adjustment.
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(2) Local services support aid. Except in cities with a population in
excess of one million inhabitants, each public library system operating
under an approved plan of service shall be eligible to receive annually
local services support aid equal to two-thirds of the total dollar
amount paid in local library services aid to the member libraries of the
system plus [thirty-one] THIRTY-TWO AND FIFTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS cents per
capita of the system's population who do not reside within the chartered
service area of a member library.
(3) Local consolidated systems aid. In cities with a population in
excess of one million inhabitants, each public library system operating
under an approved plan of service shall be eligible to receive annually
local consolidated system aid equal to the sum of (i) [thirty-one] THIR-
TY-TWO AND FIFTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS cents per capita of the population
served by the system, but not less than the amount of local library
incentive aid received in nineteen hundred ninety-one as reported on the
library's nineteen hundred ninety-one annual report INCREASED BY FIVE
PERCENT OF THAT AMOUNT; and (ii) an additional amount equal to two-
thirds of the total dollar amount computed for the system pursuant to
clause (i) of this subparagraph.
g. In addition to the sums otherwise provided in [paragraphs a, b, c,
d, e, f, h and i of] this subdivision, the New York Public Library shall
receive an amount equal to its actual expenditures for books, period-
icals and binding for its research libraries which expenditures are not
otherwise reimbursed or [seven] EIGHT hundred [sixty-seven] FIVE thou-
sand THREE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars, whichever is less, and the additional
sum of five million [six] NINE hundred [forty-nine] THIRTY-TWO thousand
[six hundred] EIGHTY dollars for the general support of such research
libraries. In addition to any other sums provided to such library, the
sum of two million dollars shall be payable annually to the New York
Public Library for the general support of library services provided by
the New York Public Library to the students of the City University of
New York and the sum of one million dollars shall be payable annually to
the New York Public Library for the general support of its science,
industry and business library.
h. (1) Coordinated outreach services. Each public library system which
provides coordinated outreach services, as defined by regulations to be
promulgated by the commissioner, to persons who are educationally disad-
vantaged or who are members of ethnic or minority groups in need of
special library services, or who are unemployed and in need of job
placement assistance, or who live in areas underserved by a library, or
who are blind, physically disabled, have developmental or learning disa-
bilities, or who are aged or confined in institutions, shall be entitled
to receive annually [forty-three] FORTY-FIVE thousand ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
dollars and [thirteen] FOURTEEN cents per capita of the total population
of the area served.
(2) Adult literacy grants. The commissioner shall award annual grants
for approved expenses for library-based programs conducted by public
library systems and public and free association libraries which are
members of a public library system to assist adults to increase their
literacy skills. The commissioner shall award such grants having deter-
mined that such programs are being operated in direct coordination with
local public schools, colleges and other organizations which are operat-
ing similar adult literacy programs. Annual state aid of [two] FOUR
hundred SIXTY thousand dollars shall be awarded for grants in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Ninety percent of the
amount of any such adult literacy grant shall be payable to the library
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or system upon approval by the department. The final ten percent shall
be payable upon completion of the project.
(3) Family literacy grants. The commissioner shall award annual grants
for approved expenses for library-based family literacy programs for
pre-school and school age children and their parents conducted by public
library systems and public libraries and free association libraries
which are members of a public library system. Annual state aid of
[three] SIX hundred SIXTY-FIVE thousand dollars for grants shall be
awarded in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
Ninety percent of the amount of any such family literacy grant shall be
payable to the library or system upon approval by the department. The
final ten percent shall be payable upon completion of the project.
i. In addition to any other sums provided for such purposes, the New
York Public Library shall receive annually the sum of seven hundred
[thirty-four] SEVENTY thousand SEVEN HUNDRED dollars for the program of
the Schomburg center for research in black culture, and the additional
sum of [nine] ONE MILLION THREE hundred [eighty-four] THIRTY-THREE thou-
sand TWO HUNDRED dollars for the program of the library for the blind
and physically handicapped.
j. In addition to any other sums provided to such library, the sum of
two hundred [fifty] SIXTY-TWO thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be
paid annually to the New York Historical Society for making its library
services available to the public.
k. In addition to any other sums provided to such library the sum of
three hundred [fifty] SIXTY-SEVEN thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be
payable annually to the Brooklyn Public Library for its business library
for each calendar year.
l. In addition to any other sums provided to such library, the sum of
[fifty] FIFTY-TWO thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be payable annual-
ly to the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library for a continuity of
service project approved by the commissioner for each calendar year.
m. In addition to any other sums provided to such library system, the
sum of [thirty] THIRTY-ONE thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be paya-
ble annually to the Nassau library system for a continuity of service
project approved by the commissioner for each calendar year.
n. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER SUM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, EACH
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM WITH AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROGRAM CONSISTENT
WITH REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANNU-
ALLY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO EIGHT AND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE ONE THOU-
SANDTH PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT EARNED UNDER PARAGRAPHS A, C, E AND
SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH D AND PARAGRAPH O OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE
MINIMUM GRANT AVAILABLE SHALL BE SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
O. The minimum annual grant available to a library system under para-
graphs a, c and e and subparagraph one of paragraph d of this subdivi-
sion shall be [six] SEVEN hundred [seventy-five] TEN thousand dollars.
P. (1) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, EACH
CHARTERED AND REGISTERED PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY MEETING
STANDARDS OF SERVICE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SERVING A CITY
AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY
URBAN LIBRARY SERVICES AID EQUAL TO ONE DOLLAR PER CAPITA OF THE POPU-
LATION OF THE CITY AS DETERMINED BY THE LATEST FEDERAL CENSUS, PROVIDED
THAT IN THE CASE OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
SUCH AID SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE POPULATION OF THE BOROUGH IN
WHICH THE LIBRARY IS LOCATED. THIS ANNUAL STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. URBAN
LIBRARY SERVICES AID SHALL BE PAID TO THE LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR DISTRIB-
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UTION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT TO ITS ELIGIBLE MEMBER LIBRARIES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
(2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY
LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OR
DEBT SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, IS LESS THAN NINETY-FIVE PER
CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE OF THE AMOUNTS RAISED FOR SUCH PURPOSES BY LOCAL
TAXATION FOR THE TWO PRECEDING TWELVE MONTH PERIODS, THE URBAN LIBRARY
SERVICES AID TO WHICH SUCH LIBRARY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED SHALL BE
REDUCED BY THE SAME RATIO.
(3) THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICATION OF
SUCH SUBPARAGRAPH WOULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC OR
FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE IN A
LOCAL SPONSOR'S ECONOMIC CONDITION, LOSS BY A LOCAL SPONSOR OF STATE AID
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SUCH A
WAIVER ANNUALLY.
(4) A "LOCAL SPONSOR" SHALL MEAN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT
OR A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, OR ANY COMBINA-
TION THEREOF.
Q. (1) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, UP
THROUGH AND INCLUDING CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, EXCEPT IN
CITIES WITH A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE MILLION INHABITANTS, THE
COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND EACH YEAR UP TO SEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS OPERATING UNDER AN
APPROVED PLAN OF SERVICE AND WITH AN APPROVED PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING
LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO CREATE AND STRENGTHEN LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY
DISTRICTS SO THAT ALL NEW YORKERS MAY LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A
LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED FOR A PERIOD
OF THREE YEARS, SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA TO BE
DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL ASSIST MEMBER PUBLIC AND FREE
ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY
THE REGENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS
PART. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
PORTION OF A GRANT AWARD THAT REMAINS UNEXPENDED AT THE END OF A STATE
FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND SHALL
REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THE LIBRARY OR LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR EXPENDITURE FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE EXTENT THERE IS AN APPROPRIATION
AVAILABLE, PROVIDED THAT THE TERM OF THE GRANT HAS NOT EXPIRED. THIS
STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY
THE COMMISSIONER.
(2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SYSTEMS WITH A PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITIES IN CREAT-
ING AND STRENGTHENING PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
(A) AN AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EACH ELIGIBLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
AND
(B) AN AMOUNT UP TO ONE DOLLAR PER CAPITA OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM'S
POPULATION WHO DO NOT RESIDE WITHIN THE CHARTERED SERVICE AREA OF A
MEMBER LIBRARY TO EACH ELIGIBLE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM IN FURTHERANCE OF
THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND
(C) THE REMAINDER FOR INCENTIVE AND ENABLING GRANTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY
DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN OR
TO THOSE PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS
WITH A PLAN TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES TO CREATE, RECONFIGURE OR STRENGTHEN A
LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT.
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(3) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, UP THROUGH
AND INCLUDING CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, THE NEW YORK STATE
LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE EACH YEAR THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE
PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCI-
ATION LIBRARIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO CREATE AND STRENGTHEN LOCAL
PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS SO THAT ALL NEW YORKERS LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDA-
RIES OF A LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT. SUCH STATEWIDE SERVICES MAY
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR
LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAM
PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.
R. (1) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, EXCEPT IN
CITIES AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL CENSUS, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN CHARTERED AND REGISTERED
PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES MEETING STANDARDS OF SERVICE
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. EACH ELIGIBLE LIBRARY SHALL RECEIVE
THIRTY-FIVE AND SEVENTY-SEVEN ONE HUNDREDTHS CENTS PER CAPITA OF THE
POPULATION OF THE LIBRARY'S CHARTERED SERVICE AREA AS ON FILE WITH THE
COMMISSIONER ON JANUARY FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH AID IS PAYA-
BLE. THIS ANNUAL STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGU-
LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. NONURBAN LIBRARY SERVICES AID
SHALL BE PAID TO THE SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF
RECEIPT TO ITS ELIGIBLE MEMBER LIBRARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDI-
VISION.
(2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY
LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN A
TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, IS LESS THAN NINETY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE
OF THE AMOUNTS RAISED FOR SUCH PURPOSES BY LOCAL TAXATION FOR THE TWO
PRECEDING TWELVE MONTH PERIODS, THE NONURBAN LIBRARY SERVICES AID TO
WHICH SUCH LIBRARY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE
SAME RATIO.
(3) THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICATION OF
SUCH SUBPARAGRAPH WOULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC OR
FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE IN A
LOCAL SPONSOR'S ECONOMIC CONDITION, LOSS BY A LOCAL SPONSOR OF STATE AID
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SUCH
WAIVER ANNUALLY.
(4) A "LOCAL SPONSOR" SHALL MEAN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT
OR A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, OR ANY COMBINA-
TION THEREOF.
S. (1) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE
COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY
TO PROVIDE LOCAL LIBRARY NEED-BASED AID GRANTS TO CHARTERED AND REGIS-
TERED PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES MEETING STANDARDS OF SERVICE
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND LOCATED IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
TAGED COMMUNITIES. LOCAL LIBRARY NEED-BASED AID WOULD PROVIDE MATCHING
GRANTS TO RAISE THE TOTAL LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY LOCAL TAXATION
EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND DEBT SERVICE TO
A TOTAL OF TWENTY DOLLARS PER CAPITA OF THE POPULATION OF THE LIBRARY'S
CHARTERED SERVICE AREA AS ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON JANUARY FIRST
OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE AID IS PAYABLE. SUCH MATCHING GRANTS SHALL BE
DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF NEED CRITERIA TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER AND SHALL ASSIST THOSE MEMBER PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION
LIBRARIES DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS SERVING ECONOMICALLY DISAD-
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VANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY
THE REGENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS
PART. THIS ANNUAL STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGU-
LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THIS STATE AID SHALL BE PAID
TO THE SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT TO ITS
ELIGIBLE MEMBER LIBRARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
(2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY
LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN A
TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, IS LESS THAN THAT PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY IN
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, THE LOCAL LIBRARY
NEED-BASED AID TO WHICH SUCH LIBRARY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED SHALL
BE REDUCED BY THE SAME RATIO. IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL
SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, IS MORE THAN THAT
PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN TWO THOUSAND
FOURTEEN, THE LOCAL LIBRARY NEED-BASED STATE AID TO WHICH SUCH LIBRARY
WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED WOULD REMAIN CONSTANT.
(3) THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICATION OF
SUCH SUBPARAGRAPH WOULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC OR
FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE IN A
LOCAL SPONSOR'S ECONOMIC CONDITION, LOSS BY A LOCAL SPONSOR OF STATE AID
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SUCH
WAIVER ANNUALLY.
(4) A "LOCAL SPONSOR" SHALL MEAN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT,
OR A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, OR ANY COMBINA-
TION THEREOF.
T. (1) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE
COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND UP TO FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR STATEWIDE READING PROGRAMS COORDINATED BY THE NEW
YORK STATE LIBRARY AND CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND
PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES.
(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
PROVIDE GRANTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN STATEWIDE READING PROGRAMS TO PUBLIC
LIBRARY SYSTEMS OPERATING UNDER AN APPROVED PLAN OF SERVICE. SUCH GRANTS
SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE
COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:
(A) AN ANNUAL BASE GRANT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EACH ELIGIBLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, PLUS THE SUM OF FIVE CENTS PER SCHOOL AGE CHILD
BASED ON THE TOTAL PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED BY THE SYSTEM; AND
(B) THE REMAINDER SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY FOR
ESTABLISHING AND COORDINATING STATEWIDE READING PROGRAMS, WHICH MAY
INCLUDE CONTRACTING WITH LIBRARY SYSTEMS OR OTHER LIBRARIES TO DELIVER
STATEWIDE SERVICES FOR THIS PURPOSE. SUCH STATEWIDE SERVICES MAY
INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAM
PLANNING AND EVALUATION.
2. Within the amounts appropriated therefor moneys paid out pursuant
to this section shall be paid out of the state treasury on vouchers
certified by the commissioner after audit by and upon the warrant of the
comptroller.
3. The commissioner may waive the requirement that a public library
system serve an entire county to earn the maximum annual grant under
subparagraphs two and three of paragraph a of subdivision one of this
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section and paragraphs b, c, e and h of subdivision one of this section
where the commissioner deems reasonable effort has been made by the
system to encourage membership by all libraries in the county.
4. Reference and research library resources system. a. Any reference
and research library resources system providing service under an
approved plan during a calendar year shall be entitled to receive annual
state aid consisting of an annual grant of [two] FOUR hundred [seventy]
THIRTY-FIVE thousand dollars plus the sum of [one dollar and fifty
cents] THREE DOLLARS per square mile of area served plus the sum of
[six] ELEVEN AND SEVEN HUNDREDTHS cents per capita of the population of
the area served. Each system may annually appropriate funds received
under this provision to obtain matching funds from the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities in the United States Newspaper Program. The
annual amount payable to each approved system under this paragraph shall
be payable on or before July first, provided that, upon receipt of annu-
al system activity reports satisfactory to the commissioner, the commis-
sioner shall determine the amount of any under- or overpayments and
shall apply such adjustment to the next annual payment due such system.
b. [The commissioner is hereby authorized to expend up to five hundred
six thousand dollars annually in each state fiscal year to provide
formula grants to approved reference and research library resources
systems for provision of consumer health and medical information
services for all types of libraries and library systems. Such grants
shall assist libraries in providing access to timely and accurate
medical and health information for medical personnel and for the general
public. In addition to any other sum provided in this subdivision, each
reference and research library resources system providing service under
an approved plan with a consumer health and medical library information
services program for all types of libraries and library systems shall be
eligible to receive an annual formula grant. Such formula grants shall
be determined on the basis of criteria to be prescribed by the commis-
sioner.] IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER SUM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, EACH
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM PROVIDING SERVICE UNDER
AN APPROVED PLAN WITH AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH
REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THIRTY-TWO AND FIVE-TENTHS PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT
EARNED IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
C. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER SUM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, EACH
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM PROVIDING SERVICE UNDER
AN APPROVED PLAN WITH A CONSUMER HEALTH AND MEDICAL LIBRARY INFORMATION
SERVICES PROGRAM FOR ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL BASE GRANT OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
PLUS THE SUM OF ONE AND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE THOUSANDTHS CENTS PER CAPITA
OF THE POPULATION OF THE AREA SERVED. The commissioner shall provide the
annual amount payable to each approved system under this paragraph in
the following manner:
(1) Funds shall be available to each reference and research library
resources system in such manner as to insure that the ratio of the
amount each system is eligible to receive equals the weighted ratio of
the total number of institutions as defined in subparagraph two of this
paragraph in the region served by the system to the total number of such
institutions in the state.
(2) For the purposes of determining the amount of funds available to
each system, institutions and their weightings are as follows:
(i) not-for-profit hospitals licensed by the New York state health
department, with a weighting of two;
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(ii) for-profit teaching hospitals licensed by the New York state
health department, with an additional weighting of one; and
(iii) member institutions of a reference and research library
resources system, excluding public and hospital libraries, with a
weighting of one.
[c.] D. (1) The commissioner is hereby authorized to expend up to
[one] TWO million [three] FOUR hundred [ninety-six] SIXTY-SIX thousand
dollars in each state fiscal year to provide formula grants to approved
reference and research library resources systems for provision of
services to member hospital libraries in not-for-profit hospitals
licensed by the New York state health department, or to member libraries
serving such hospitals. Such formula grants shall be determined on the
basis of criteria to be developed by the commissioner and shall assist
member hospital libraries or member libraries serving hospitals in meet-
ing the standards established by the regents in accordance with section
two hundred fifty-four of this [article] PART. Such formula grants
shall support integration of member hospital libraries or member
libraries serving hospitals into existing networks.
(2) The commissioner shall provide grants to the reference and
research library resources systems in the following manner:
(a) an amount equal to [seventy-five cents] TWO DOLLARS per square
mile of area served by the reference and research library resource
system in furtherance of the purposes of this paragraph, and
(b) the remainder for library services to hospitals in accordance with
regulations of the commissioner adopted for such purpose.
5. Coordinated collection development program for public and nonprofit
independent colleges and universities.
a. Libraries of public and nonprofit independent colleges and univer-
sities are entitled to receive annual funding for a coordinated
collection development grant if they meet the following conditions:
(1) Membership in a reference and research library resources system,
(2) Their resources are made available to the public, through full
participation in the interlibrary loan and other resource sharing
programs of the reference and research library resources system of which
they are members, and
(3) They meet the requirements set forth in regulations adopted by the
commissioner including but not confined to
(a) maintenance of effort,
(b) relationships between reference and research library resources
systems' programs and the regional higher education master plan,
(c) submission of interlibrary loan statistics, and such other reports
as may be required by the commissioner.
b. Public and nonprofit independent colleges and universities with
libraries which meet the criteria of paragraph a of this subdivision are
eligible for annual grants as follows:
(1) Four thousand [four] SIX hundred TWENTY dollars for each institu-
tion, and
(2) One dollar and [four] NINE AND TWO-TENTHS cents for each full-time
equivalent student enrolled in each qualifying institution, in the
academic year completed prior to the state fiscal year. For purposes of
this section, a full-time equivalent shall be calculated as follows:
(i) one full-time undergraduate student shall be considered one full-
time equivalent student;
(ii) one part-time undergraduate student shall be considered one-third
of a full-time equivalent student;
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(iii) one part-time graduate student shall be considered one full-time
equivalent student; and
(iv) one full-time graduate student shall be considered one and one-
half of a full-time equivalent student.
c. Funds for the support of this program shall be appropriated to the
department, except that funds for the state-operated institutions of the
state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city univer-
sity of New York, shall be appropriated to the state university of New
York out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the
credit of the state purposes fund not otherwise appropriated, and funds
shall be appropriated to the city university of New York out of any
moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the credit of the
local assistance fund not otherwise appropriated, and shall be subject
to the same distribution formula as provided in paragraph b of this
subdivision.
D. THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY
THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLE-
MENTATION OF A PROGRAM OF STATEWIDE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BY
PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH
LIBRARIES WHICH MEET THE CRITERIA OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
6. Regional bibliographic data bases and interlibrary resources shar-
ing. a. The commissioner shall award annually to each of the approved
nine reference and research library resources systems, from funds appro-
priated by the legislature for an annual grant for an automation program
(i) to support bibliographic control and interlibrary sharing of infor-
mation resources among all types of libraries and library systems in an
area not less than that of a reference and research library resources
system, and (ii) to coordinate and integrate the automated systems of
the component member public library system or systems, school library
system or systems and other automated systems within the area of the
reference and research library resources system. Each reference and
research library resources system of such region shall be entitled to an
annual grant of two hundred TEN thousand dollars plus the sum of two AND
ONE-TENTH cents per capita of the population served.
b. To be eligible for a grant, each reference and research library
resources system shall meet the requirements set forth in regulations
adopted by the commissioner which shall include standards relating to
library automation, continuous development of the data base, and updat-
ing, access and linking of the data base programs. Each reference and
research library resources system shall include in its approved plan of
service a description of a regional library automation program, which
shall include all library systems in the region that are members of the
reference and research library resources system.
7. Conservation and preservation of library research materials. a. The
commissioner shall award in any state fiscal year, an annual formula
grant of one hundred [fifty-eight] SIXTY-FIVE thousand SEVEN HUNDRED
dollars for a program of conservation and/or preservation of library
research materials to each of the following comprehensive research
libraries: Columbia university libraries, Cornell university libraries,
New York state library, New York university libraries, university of
Rochester libraries, Syracuse university libraries, the research
libraries of the New York public library, state university of New York
at Albany library, state university of New York at Binghamton library,
state university of New York at Buffalo library, and state university of
New York at Stony Brook library.
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b. To be eligible for such formula grants, each such comprehensive
research library must submit both a five-year plan and an annual program
budget. The plan must satisfy criteria to be established by the commis-
sioner in regulations relating to the identification of library research
materials, the need for their preservation, and the means of their
conservation.
c. Other agencies and libraries, as defined in regulations promulgated
by the commissioner, which are not eligible for funding under paragraph
a of this subdivision, may receive separate grants the sum of which
shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars in any state fiscal year
to support the preservation and/or conservation of unique library
research materials. Such agencies and libraries shall submit project
proposals. Approval of such project proposals, and determination of
funding level, shall be based upon, but not limited to, factors such as:
the research value of materials to be preserved and/or conserved; appro-
priateness of conservation and preservation techniques in accordance
with statewide planning and national standards; institutional capacity
for successful completion of the project, including facilities, experi-
ence, and technical expertise; availability of staff with appropriate
training and expertise; contribution of the institution to the project
in matching funds and staff resources; and the volume of interlibrary
lending and access to holdings by the public. Ninety percent of each
such grant shall be payable upon approval by the department and the
remaining ten percent shall be payable upon project completion.
d. Funds made available under the provisions of this section may be
used by comprehensive research libraries and other agencies eligible for
funding to obtain matching funds from the national endowment for the
humanities preservation program and other federal programs.
e. The commissioner shall establish an office for coordination of
conservation and/or preservation of library research materials to iden-
tify the conservation and/or preservation needs of libraries within the
state, to assess the technology available for such conservation and
preservation, and to coordinate the conservation and preservation
efforts resulting from this legislation. THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR COORDINATION OF CONSERVATION AND/OR PRESERVATION EFFORTS RESULTING
FROM THIS LEGISLATION.
8. New York state talking book and braille library. The New York state
talking book and braille library shall be entitled to receive annually
an amount equal to the product of the aid ceiling multiplied by the
number of registered borrowers of such materials of such library as of
the November report for the November immediately preceding the state
fiscal year for which the payment will be made. Such amount shall be
used to improve the quality of services provided to such borrowers. For
aid payable in each state fiscal year, the aid ceiling per registered
borrower shall be [nineteen] TWENTY-SEVEN dollars. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the New York state talking book and braille
library shall be the successor in interest to the New York state library
for the blind and visually handicapped for all purposes, or the library
for the blind and physically handicapped, and the change in name shall
not affect the rights or interests of any party. Except where the
context indicates a contrary intent, any reference in any other general
or special law to the New York state library for the blind and visually
handicapped or the library for the blind and physically handicapped
shall be deemed a reference to the New York state talking book and
braille library.
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9. NEW YORK ONLINE VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY. THE NEW YORK STATE
LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE NEW YORK
ONLINE VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE. OF SUCH
AMOUNT AT LEAST FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR STATEWIDE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BY NEW YORKERS,
WHICH MAY INCLUDE CONTRACTING WITH LIBRARY SYSTEMS OR OTHER LIBRARIES TO
DELIVER STATEWIDE SERVICES FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STRENGTHENING STATEWIDE LIBRARY
SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STATEWIDE
DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION. SUCH STATEWIDE
SERVICES MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING, HELP DESK
SUPPORT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICA-
TIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION.
10. DIGITIZATION OF LIBRARY RESEARCH MATERIALS. IN ADDITION TO ANY
OTHER SUMS PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY
AWARD GRANTS FOR COMPETITIVE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY A
LIBRARY SYSTEM OR LIBRARY, WHICH IS A MEMBER OF A LIBRARY SYSTEM.
GRANTS SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING JULY FIRST AND ENDING
ON THE FOLLOWING JUNE THIRTIETH. ANNUAL STATE AID OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS
FOR GRANT AWARDS, INCLUDING UP TO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE NEW YORK
STATE LIBRARY FOR THE REVIEW OF PROJECT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY LIBRARIES
OR LIBRARY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING PEER REVIEW, SHALL BE ALLOCATED FOR THIS
PURPOSE. APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS BY MEMBER LIBRARIES MUST BE ENDORSED BY
THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED ON THE BASIS OF PROJECT
PROPOSALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROJECT PROPOSAL GUIDELINES. CRITERIA FOR
APPROVAL OF SUCH PROPOSALS AND DETERMINATION OF FUNDING LEVELS SHALL BE
BASED UPON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUCH FACTORS AS:
A. THE PROJECT IS BEING OPERATED BY THE APPLICANT IN DIRECT COORDI-
NATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: ANOTHER LIBRARY,
A LIBRARY SYSTEM, LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING EDUCATION,
CULTURAL AND INFORMATION SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE;
B. INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE APPLICANT TO THE DEVEL-
OPMENT OF A COORDINATED APPROACH TO DIGITIZATION OF MATERIALS IMPORTANT
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE;
C. APPROPRIATENESS OF PLANNING IN RELATION TO NATIONAL STANDARDS OR
BEST PRACTICES AND STATEWIDE PLANNING; THE PROJECT'S IMPACT ON ACCESS TO
HOLDINGS AND INFORMATION BY THE PUBLIC;
D. CONTRIBUTION OF THE APPLICANT INSTITUTION TO THE PROJECT IN MATCH-
ING FUNDS AND STAFF RESOURCES; AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING FACILITIES, EXPERIENCE, TECHNICAL
CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE.
11. NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY RESEARCH COLLECTIONS. IN ADDITION TO ANY
OTHER SUMS PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY SHALL
RECEIVE ANNUALLY FOR STRENGTHENING ITS RESEARCH COLLECTIONS AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
12. State aid for a coordinated program of library and archival
services at The Center for Jewish History, Inc. a. In addition to any
other sums provided to The Center for Jewish History, Inc., the commis-
sioner shall award in any state fiscal year an annual grant of two
hundred thousand dollars for a coordinated program of library and
archival services that will increase public access to the library and
archival collections of The Center for Jewish History, Inc. and its
member institutions.
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b. The Center for Jewish History, Inc. is hereby admitted to the
University of the State of New York and shall, as a condition of contin-
ued receipt of aid, maintain such status in accordance with regulations
of the commissioner. Such regulations may include submission of a five-
year plan and annual program budget.
[10.] 13. State aid for summer reading programs. The commissioner is
hereby authorized to expend the funds of the love your library fund,
established in section ninety-nine-l of the state finance law, which
shall provide grants for participation in statewide summer reading
programs as coordinated by the state library to public library systems
on the basis of criteria to be developed by the commissioner. Upon a
determination by the commissioner that there is adequate revenue avail-
able for a grant program in the upcoming fiscal year, grants shall be
awarded as follows:
a. sixty percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
shall be made available to public library systems for use by member
libraries by the commissioner in such manner as to insure that the ratio
of the amount received within each system to the whole of the aid made
available pursuant to this paragraph is no greater than the ratio of the
population served by such system to the population of the state; and
b. forty percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
shall be made available to library systems for use by their member
libraries within each system by the commissioner in such manner as to
insure that an equal amount is received within each system in the state.
[11.] 14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
each year commencing with the two thousand six calendar year, no library
or library system shall receive less aid pursuant to this section or
section two hundred seventy-one or two hundred seventy-two of this part
than it would have been eligible to receive for the two thousand one
calendar year solely by reason of a decrease in the population of the
area served as a result of the latest approved federal census.
[12.] 15. The commissioner is hereby authorized to expend funds annu-
ally for formula grants to public library systems, reference and
research library resources systems, and school library systems operating
under an approved plan of service. Such formula grants shall be provided
for the period commencing July first and ending on June thirtieth next
following. Such formula grants will be distributed in the following
manner:
a. Each public library system established pursuant to sections two
hundred fifty-five and two hundred seventy-two of this part and operat-
ing under a plan approved by the commissioner is entitled to receive
annually thirty-nine thousand dollars and an amount equal to ten and
ninety-four hundredths percent of the amount of state aid received for
the current year by such system under paragraphs a, c, d, e and n of
subdivision one of this section;
b. Each reference and research library resources system established
pursuant to section two hundred seventy-two of this part and operating
under a plan approved by the commissioner is entitled to receive annual-
ly thirty-nine thousand dollars and an amount equal to ten and ninety-
four hundredths percent of the amount of state aid received for the
current year under paragraph a of subdivision four of this section; and
c. Each school library system established pursuant to section two
hundred eighty-two of this part and operating under a plan approved by
the commissioner is entitled to receive annually thirty-nine thousand
dollars and an amount equal to ten and ninety-four hundredths percent of
the amount of state aid received for the current year by such system
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under paragraphs a, b, c[, d, e] and [f] D of subdivision one of section
two hundred eighty-four of this part.
S 5. Section 284 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph f of subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 654 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
S 284. State aid for school library systems. 1. Each school library
system established pursuant to section two hundred eighty-two of this
part and operating under a plan approved by the commissioner shall be
eligible to receive funding under this section consisting of the follow-
ing amounts:
a. Each school library system with a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of less than [one] FIVE hundred thousand students shall
receive a base grant of [eighty-three] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE thousand
dollars;
b. [Each school library system with a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of one hundred thousand students but less than two hundred
thousand students shall receive a base grant of ninety thousand dollars;
c. Each school library system with a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of two hundred thousand students but less than five hundred
thousand students shall receive a base grant of one hundred twenty-three
thousand dollars; and
d.] Each school library system with a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of more than five hundred thousand students shall receive a
base grant of eight hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars[.];
[e.] C. In addition to the base grant provided in paragraph a[,] OR
b[, c or d] of this subdivision, each school library system shall
receive annually:
(1) [twenty-nine] SEVENTY-FIVE cents per student enrolled in the
public and nonpublic schools located within such system, and
(2) [five] SIX hundred dollars per public school district located
within such system, and a minimum of [four] FIVE thousand [three
hundred] dollars per system located within a board of cooperative educa-
tional services area, or [five] SIX thousand dollars per city school
district of a city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand
inhabitants or more, and
(3) [two] FIVE dollars [and forty-five cents] per square mile of the
school library system[.];
[f.] D. In addition to any other sum provided in this subdivision, any
school library system formed through an act of merger since January
first, nineteen hundred eighty-four shall receive fifty thousand dollars
annually for each approved act of merger, provided, however, that any
school library system formed through an act of merger on or after April
first, two thousand eight shall receive ninety thousand dollars annually
for each approved act of merger[.]; AND
[g.] E. In addition to any other sum provided in this subdivision,
each school library system WITH AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROGRAM
CONSISTENT WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER shall be eligible to
receive annually an [automation grant amounting] AMOUNT EQUAL to [ten]
THIRTY-EIGHT percent of the total aid produced for that system by adding
the base grant provided by paragraph a[,] OR b[, c or d] of this subdi-
vision to the additional aid provided by paragraphs [e and f] C AND D of
this subdivision.
2. Before a school library system shall be entitled to receive operat-
ing funds, such system shall submit a plan of library service to the
commissioner for approval. The commissioner shall establish standards of
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service for school library systems by regulation. Such regulations shall
contain standards relating to: system staffing; union catalog and data-
base development; interlibrary loan; communications and delivery; gover-
nance and advisory committees; membership criteria and the means of
relating district library resources and programs to those of the system;
non-public school participation; and procedures for submission and
approval of plans and certification of membership.
3. The moneys made available pursuant to this section shall be
distributed to each school library system whose plan of service has been
approved under the provisions of subdivision two of this section.
4. Each school library system receiving state aid pursuant to this
section shall furnish such information regarding its library service as
the commissioner may from time to time require to determine whether it
is operating in accordance with its plan and the standards of service
the commissioner has established. The commissioner may at any time after
affording notice and an opportunity to be heard, revoke approval of a
plan of library service if the commissioner finds that the school
library system no longer conforms to its approved plan, the provisions
of this section or the regulations promulgated by the commissioner here-
under; or, in the case of provisional approval, if such school library
system no longer conforms to the agreement, plans or conditions upon
which such provisional approval was based. In such case a school library
system shall not thereafter be entitled to state aid pursuant to this
section unless and until its plan of library service is again approved
by the commissioner.
S 6. Section 285 of the education law, as amended by section 6 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 285. State aid for cooperation with correctional facilities. 1. Each
public library system operating under an approved plan of service which
has a state correctional facility or facilities within its area of
service shall be awarded an annual grant of nine dollars [twenty-five]
SEVENTY cents per capita for the inmate population of such facility or
facilities to make available to the inmate population of such facility
or facilities, in direct coordination with the correctional facilities
libraries, the library resources of such system. The commissioner shall
adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions
of this subdivision.
2. The commissioner is authorized to expend up to one hundred [seven-
ty-five thousand] EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars
annually to provide grants to public library systems operating under an
approved plan of service for provision of services to county jail facil-
ities. Such formula grants shall assist the library system in making
available to the inmate population of such facility or facilities the
library resources of such system. Such grants shall be available to each
public library system in such manner as to insure that the ratio of the
amount each system is eligible to receive equals the ratio of the number
of inmates served by the county jail facility to the total number of
inmates served by county jail facilities in the state as of July first
of the year preceding the calendar year in which the state aid to public
library systems is to be paid. Inmate populations shall be certified by
the New York state commission of correction. The commissioner shall
adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions
of this subdivision.
S 7. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to read
as follows:
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S 286. STATE AID FOR NEW YORK EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICES PROGRAM.
1. IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND
THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND EACH YEAR UP
TO TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS, REFERENCE
AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS AND SCHOOL LIBRARY SYSTEMS OPER-
ATING UNDER AN APPROVED PLAN OF SERVICE AND WITH AN APPROVED PROGRAM OF
EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICES, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE HIGHER QUALITY
LIBRARY SERVICE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE DETERMINED ON
THE BASIS OF CRITERIA TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL
ASSIST MEMBER LIBRARIES AND DISTRICTS IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING STANDARDS
OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED BY THE REGENTS. GRANTS SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
THE PERIOD COMMENCING JULY FIRST AND ENDING ON JUNE THIRTIETH NEXT
FOLLOWING. THE STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SYSTEMS, REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS AND SCHOOL
LIBRARY SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
A. AN AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY
SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE AND TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART AND OPERATING UNDER A PLAN APPROVED BY
THE COMMISSIONER. FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO EACH SYSTEM IN SUCH MANNER
AS TO INSURE THAT THE RATIO OF THE STATE AID FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RATIO OF STATE AID RECEIVED BY EACH SYSTEM UNDER
PARAGRAPHS A, C, D, E AND O OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY-THREE OF THIS PART;
B. AN AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR REFERENCE AND
RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART AND OPERATING UNDER A PLAN APPROVED BY
THE COMMISSIONER. FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO EACH SYSTEM IN SUCH MANNER
AS TO INSURE THAT THE RATIO OF THE STATE AID FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RATIO OF STATE AID RECEIVED BY SUCH SYSTEM UNDER
PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF
THIS PART; AND
C. AN AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY
SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THIS
PART AND OPERATING UNDER A PLAN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER. FUNDS
SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO EACH SYSTEM IN SUCH MANNER AS TO INSURE THAT THE
RATIO OF THE STATE AID FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
RATIO OF STATE AID RECEIVED BY EACH SYSTEM UNDER PARAGRAPHS A, B, C AND
D OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF THIS PART.
3. IN THE STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
AND THEREAFTER, THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
EACH YEAR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE IN
LIBRARY SERVICES FOR LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND THE MEMBER LIBRARIES AND
DISTRICTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS. SUCH STATEWIDE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR LIBRARIES AND
LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAM PLANNING,
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.
S 8. Subdivision 3 of section 99-l of the state finance law, as added
by chapter 303 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
3. Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature
shall be expended only for the purposes of providing funding for the
statewide summer reading program set forth in subdivision [ten] THIRTEEN
of section two hundred seventy-three of the education law. Moneys shall
be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of the state comp-
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troller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of educa-
tion. Any interest received by the comptroller on moneys on deposit in
the love your library fund shall be retained in and become part of such
fund.
S 9. This act shall take effect April 1, 2015; provided that in the
event this act shall have become a law after such date, this act shall
take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force
and effect on and after April 1, 2015, and provided further that for the
purposes of computing the apportionments of calendar year state aid,
grants or other financial assistance to libraries and library systems
for the 2015 calendar year, this act shall take effect immediately and
shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after Janu-
ary 1, 2015.