54-24.2 State Aid to Public Libraries - North Dakota Statutes

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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
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
operating or providing financial support for the public library, as determined by the
latest official federal census; and2.Five dollars per square mile [259.00 hectares], or a percentage thereof, of land
within the geographical boundaries of each county operating or providing financial
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
governing body of the political subdivision providing public library services under chapter 40-38 in
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
if the governing body has diminished, from the average of the three preceding fiscal
years, the appropriation, in dollars, derived from the mill levy for public library
services under section 40-38-02.2.If the governing body is levying the maximum number of mills it can levy without
having an election to increase the mill levy and the appropriation is diminished below
the average of the three preceding fiscal years solely because of a reduction in the
taxable valuation, then the public library is eligible to receive funds under this
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
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
equivalent of other public funds received and deposited in the library fund for the operation of the
library by the governing body during the preceding fiscal year as certified by the auditor of the city
or county operating the library.54-24.2-04. Maintenance of local effort. Repealed by S.L. 2007, ch. 466,