11/9/2004 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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r ' _C o mm onw ealth-o f.Ma s-sach u setts *4rma 0 fair Board o `Library Commissioners 648 Beacon Street• Boston, Massachusetts assachusetts 0221 -20' 0 (800)952-7403 in state)• 1 267-9400* 1 421-9833 fax STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES FY2005 J fi LAW BU G T LANGUAG M.G.L.c. 78,s. 19A Chapter 149 of the.Acts of2004 The state treasurer shall annuatly, on or before July first, pay 7000-9501 from monies appropriated from the Local Aid Fund for that For state aid to public libraries;provided,that notwithstanding purpose, to each city or town certified by the board of library any general or special laver to the contrary, no city or torn shall commissioners to have met certain minimum standards of free receive any money under this item in any year when the publictbraq sci-vi is e,a tabIkhed by said board,an amount to be appropriation ofthe city or town for ftee public Iibrar used for the free public library or Ii braries of said city or town, services'is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cert of the to be determined as follows: average of the appropriations for free public library service for the three years immediately preceding; provided further,that 1. to each town having a population of less than two thousand notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,the five hundred,a sum equivalent to the amount appropriated by it board of library commissioners may grant no more than 55 for free public library service during the preceding year,but in no additional waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the event more than one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws in fiscal year 2005 for a period of not more than one to each city and to each town having a population of two year; provided further,that notwithstanding any general or thousand five-'hundred or more,a sum not exceeding fifty cents special law to.the contrary, o f the amount by which this item for each resident therein; provided, however, that such' city or exceeds the amount appropriated in chapter 194 of the acts of town appropriates during the preceding year for its free-public 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the library service at least one thousand two hundred and fifty, municipal equalization grant program and under the;uidelines dollars- for the library incentive grant program;and provided further, that any payment made under this item shall be deposited with to each city and town, in addition to the amount specified in -the treasurer of the city or town and held as a separate account paragraph 1 or , a sura determined by allocating the and shall be expended by the public library of such city or remaining available amount among the cities and towns. town without appropriation,notwithstanding any general or according t the provisions of section eighteen C of chapter special law to the contrary................... S8,53%9,844 fifty-eight. ( in addition to the amounts specified in paragraphs(1), and _� zic city-or to ri whose library is a ignated a rnaj r nonresident lender by said board,an amount for the purpose of offsetting the costs of extending said service to nonresidents. Said amount shall be determined by said board by allocating the sura appropriated for this purpose according-to criteria and formulae developed by said board in consultation.with the regional public Iibrary systems established.undersect ion nineteen C. No city or town shall receive any money under this section in any y ar when the appropriation of said city r-town for fine public library services is below an amount equal to the average of its appropriation for free public library service for the three years immediately preceding, increased by two and one-half per cent ofsaid average. Said board may,upon petition ofa-communit , waive aforesaid requirement upon demonstration of fiscal hardship. Said waiver may only be granted by said board in a given fiscal year to not more than ten cities and towns in the 01111TIorwep,Ith.