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                                   7021
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- (at request of the State Education
   Department)  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Libraries
   and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state aid  eligibility
   for  library  construction,  and  to  streamline and modernize certain
   library aid formulas and program requirements
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 273-a of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 120 of the laws  of  2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  State  aid  shall be provided for up to fifty percent of the total
 project approved costs, excluding feasibility studies, plans or  similar
 activities,  for  projects  for  the  installation and infrastructure of
 broadband services, and for the  acquisition  of  vacant  land  and  the
 acquisition,   construction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation,  including
 leasehold improvements, of buildings of  public  libraries  and  library
 systems chartered by the regents of the state of New York or established
 by  act of the legislature subject to the limitations provided in subdi-
 vision six of this section and upon approval by the commissioner, except
 that state aid may be provided for up to  seventy-five  percent  of  the
 total  project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are
 located in an economically disadvantaged community and  that  state  aid
 may  be  provided for up to ninety percent of the total project approved
 costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in  an  econom-
 ically  distressed  community. Provided however that the state liability
 for aid paid pursuant to this section shall be limited to  funds  appro-
 priated  for  such  purpose.  Aid shall be provided on approved expenses
 incurred during the period commencing July first and ending June thirti-
 eth for up to [three] FOUR years, or until  the  project  is  completed,
 whichever  occurs  first.  Provided, however, that public libraries that
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 received aid for projects  pursuant  to  this  section  commencing  July
 first,  two thousand seventeen through July first, two thousand nineteen
 and are unable to complete such projects due to the state disaster emer-
 gency declared pursuant to executive order number two hundred two of two
 thousand  twenty,  as  amended,  shall  be provided an additional twelve
 months from the statutory project end date to  complete  such  projects.
 Fifty  percent  of  such  aid shall be payable to each system or library
 upon approval of the application by the  department.  Forty  percent  of
 such  aid  shall be payable in the next state fiscal year. The remaining
 ten percent shall be payable upon project completion.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 273-a of the education law, as separate-
 ly amended by chapters 381 and 389 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  State  aid  shall be provided for up to fifty percent of the total
 project approved costs, excluding feasibility studies, plans or  similar
 activities,  for  projects  for  the  installation and infrastructure of
 broadband services, and for the  acquisition  of  vacant  land  and  the
 acquisition,   construction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation,  including
 leasehold improvements, of buildings of  public  libraries  and  library
 systems chartered by the regents of the state of New York or established
 by  act of the legislature subject to the limitations provided in subdi-
 vision six of this section and upon approval by the commissioner, except
 that state aid may be provided for up to  seventy-five  percent  of  the
 total  project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are
 located in an economically disadvantaged community and  that  state  aid
 may  be  provided for up to ninety percent of the total project approved
 costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in  an  econom-
 ically  distressed  community. Provided however that the state liability
 for aid paid pursuant to this section shall be limited to  funds  appro-
 priated  for  such  purpose.  Aid shall be provided on approved expenses
 incurred during the period commencing July first and ending June thirti-
 eth for up to [three] FOUR years, or until  the  project  is  completed,
 whichever  occurs first.   Fifty percent of such aid shall be payable to
 each system or library upon approval of the application by  the  depart-
 ment.  Forty  percent  of  such  aid  shall be payable in the next state
 fiscal year. The remaining ten percent shall  be  payable  upon  project
 completion.
   § 3. 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 A5
 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:
   § 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 dollars where the library system serves less than one
 county, or
   (2) Twenty 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  thousand dollars for each
 entire county served and/or ten thousand dollars for  each  county,  any
 part  of  which  is served by the library system. If an entire county is

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 served by two or more library systems, each of which serves a part ther-
 eof, each of such library systems shall be entitled to receive  a  grant
 of  ten  thousand  dollars and in addition, a pro rata share of an addi-
 tional sum of ten thousand dollars, such share to be computed in accord-
 ance  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.
   b. In a library system which submits a plan for further development of
 [its central library] AND ACCESS TO CENTRAL LIBRARY SERVICES, which plan
 shall be approved by the commissioner [in relation to standards for such
 central  libraries]  PURSUANT  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER'S  REGULATIONS, the
 amount of central library [development] SERVICES aid shall be:
   (1) thirty-two cents per capita of the population within the chartered
 area of service of such library system with  a  minimum  amount  of  one
 hundred five thousand dollars, and
   (2)  an  additional  seventy-one thousand five hundred dollars [to the
 library system  for  the  purchase  of  books  and  materials  including
 nonprint  materials,  as defined in regulations of the commissioner, for
 its central library].
   (3) Ownership of library materials and equipment purchased  with  such
 central  library SERVICES aid provided by this paragraph shall be vested
 in the public library system.
   c. The sum of [ninety-four] ONE DOLLAR AND SIXTY-TWO 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 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 calen-
 dar year, it shall file any additional reporting schedules deemed neces-
 sary 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] TWO AND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT  THOUSANDTHS  percent  of  the
 amount earned in [subparagraph one of this] paragraph (C) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, or seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is more.
   e.  The sum of fifty-two dollars 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 dollars 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 larg-
 est amount of aid pursuant to this paragraph shall be  pro  rated  among

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 the  library  systems  serving  such county in accordance with the ratio
 which the population 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.
   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
 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 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 dollars, except that no
 library shall receive less than the amount of local library services aid
 received in two thousand one.  Regulations  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 commissioner has apportioned a reduction adjustment.
   (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 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 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 nine-
 ty-one as reported on the library's nineteen hundred  ninety-one  annual
 report;  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  hundred  sixty-seven thousand dollars,
 whichever is less, and the additional sum of five  million  six  hundred
 forty-nine  thousand]  SIX  MILLION  FOUR  HUNDRED  SIXTEEN THOUSAND six
 hundred  dollars  for  the  general  support  of  [such]  ITS   research
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 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,  OR  WHO  ARE
 AT-RISK YOUTH FROM BIRTH TO AGE TWENTY-ONE, shall be entitled to receive
 annually  forty-three  thousand dollars and thirteen 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 hundred
 thousand dollars shall be awarded for grants in  accordance  with  regu-
 lations promulgated by the commissioner. Ninety percent of the amount of
 any  such adult 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.
   (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
 hundred 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.] IN ADDITION, EACH SYSTEM
 SERVING A POPULATION OF TWO MILLION INHABITANTS OR MORE SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ADDITIONAL AMOUNT  OF  FORTY-SIX  THOUSAND  THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-THREE
 DOLLARS  AND  EACH  SYSTEM SERVING A POPULATION OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
 INHABITANTS AND LESS THAN TWO MILLION INHABITANTS SHALL RECEIVE AN ADDI-
 TIONAL AMOUNT OF TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND EACH SYSTEM SERVING A
 POPULATION OF LESS THAN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS SHALL  RECEIVE
 AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   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 thousand dollars for the program of the Schomburg center for
 research in black culture, and the additional sum of nine hundred eight-
 y-four thousand 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
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 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 thousand 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 thousand dollars shall be payable annually 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 thousand dollars shall be payable annually to  the  Nassau
 library  system  for  a  continuity  of  service project approved by the
 commissioner for each calendar year.
   n. 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 hundred seventy-five thousand dollars.
   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
 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.  (1) Any refer-
 ence 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]  (I)  TWO  hundred  seventy thousand dollars plus the sum of one
 dollar and fifty cents per square mile of area served plus  the  sum  of
 six cents per capita of the population of the area served[.]; AND
   (II) TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS THE SUM OF TWO CENTS PER CAPITA
 OF THE POPULATION OF THE AREA SERVED.
   (2)  Each  system  may  annually appropriate funds received under this
 [provision] SUBDIVISION to  obtain  matching  funds  from  the  National
 Endowment  for  the  Humanities [in the United States Newspaper Program]
 AND OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
   (3) The annual amount payable to each approved system under this para-
 graph shall be payable on or before  July  first,  provided  that,  upon
 receipt  of  annual  system activity reports satisfactory to the commis-
 sioner, the commissioner 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
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 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. 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;
   (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. (1) The commissioner is hereby  authorized  to  expend  up  to  one
 million  three  hundred ninety-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 devel-
 oped by the commissioner and shall assist member hospital  libraries  or
 member  libraries serving hospitals in meeting the standards established
 by the regents in accordance with section two hundred fifty-four of this
 article. Such formula grants shall support integration of member  hospi-
 tal  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 per square mile of area
 served by the reference and research library resource system in further-
 ance 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.

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   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 hundred dollars for each institution, and
   (2)  One  dollar  and four 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;
   (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.
   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 thousand dollars plus the sum of  two  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  thousand  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

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 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 universi-
 ty  of  New  York at Binghamton library, state university of New York at
 Buffalo library, and  state  university  of  New  York  at  Stony  Brook
 library.
   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.
   [8.]  7. 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 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
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 library for the blind and  physically  handicapped  shall  be  deemed  a
 reference to the New York state talking book and braille library.
   [9.]  8.  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.
   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.]  9.  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.]  10. 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.] 11. 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
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   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 CLAUSE (I) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  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
 under  paragraphs  a, b, c, d, e and f of subdivision one of section two
 hundred eighty-four of this part.
   § 4. This act shall take effect April 1, 2021; provided,  however,  if
 this  act  shall become a law after such date it shall take effect imme-
 diately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and
 after April 1, 2021; provided, that the amendments to subdivision  1  of
 section 273-a of the education law made by section one of this act shall
 be  subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivision pursuant
 to section 2 of chapter 498 of the laws of 2011, as amended,  when  upon
 such  date  the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect;
 and provided, further, that sections one and two of this  act  shall  be
 deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2020.