54-24.2 State Aid to Public Libraries
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 54-24.2STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES54-24.2-01. Eligibility. Public libraries eligible to receive financial aid under this chapterare limited to those public libraries that:1.Apply to the state library for such financial aid.2.Are established and operated in accordance with chapter 40-38.3.Participate in the North Dakota network for knowledge interlibrary loan and<br>information network.54-24.2-02. Grant formula. Grants to eligible public libraries must be in accordancewith the following formula:1.One dollar, or a percentage thereof, for each person residing in the city or county<br>operating or providing financial support for the public library, as determined by the<br>latest official federal census; and2.Five dollars per square mile [259.00 hectares], or a percentage thereof, of land<br>within the geographical boundaries of each county operating or providing financial<br>support for a public library.54-24.2-02.1. Other public funds defined. "Other public funds", as used in sections54-24.2-03 and 54-24.2-05, means moneys appropriated for public library services by the<br>governing body of the political subdivision providing public library services under chapter 40-38 in<br>addition to the mill levy made for public library services.54-24.2-02.2. Maintenance of local effort.1.A public library is not eligible to receive funds under this chapter during a fiscal year<br>if the governing body has diminished, from the average of the three preceding fiscal<br>years, the appropriation, in dollars, derived from the mill levy for public library<br>services under section 40-38-02.2.If the governing body is levying the maximum number of mills it can levy without<br>having an election to increase the mill levy and the appropriation is diminished below<br>the average of the three preceding fiscal years solely because of a reduction in the<br>taxable valuation, then the public library is eligible to receive funds under this<br>chapter.54-24.2-03. Incentive for local funding. To provide for increased local funding, publiclibraries eligible to receive funds under section 54-24.2-02 shall have the funds allocated to them<br>modified in accordance with the following formula:Cities levying8.00 or more mills150 percent of allocation6.00 - 7.99 mills125 percent of allocation4.00 - 5.99 mills100 percent of allocation3.00 - 3.99 mills75 percent of allocation2.00 - 2.99 mills50 percent of allocation1.00 - 1.99 mills33 percent of allocation0.01 - 0.99 mills25 percent of allocation0.00 - mills0 percent of allocationCounties levying4.00 or more mills150 percent of allocation3.00 - 3.99 mills125 percent of allocation2.00 - 2.99 mills100 percent of allocationPage No. 11.50 - 1.99 mills75 percent of allocation1.00 - 1.49 mills50 percent of allocation0.50 - 0.99 mills33 percent of allocation0.01 - 0.49 mills25 percent of allocation0.00 - mills0 percent of allocationThe computation of mills must be based upon the levy on the taxable valuation and the mill levy<br>equivalent of other public funds received and deposited in the library fund for the operation of the<br>library by the governing body during the preceding fiscal year as certified by the auditor of the city<br>or county operating the library.54-24.2-04. Maintenance of local effort. Repealed by S.L. 2007, ch. 466, </p>
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