Bill Text: CA SB331 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

---

Bill Title: California Library Services Act: statewide communications and delivery collaborative network.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB331 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB331-Amended.html

---

BILL NUMBER: SB 331	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2013

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 18745 and
 18766 of  , and to add Section 18766.5 to,  the
Education Code, relating to libraries.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 331, as amended, Liu. California Library Services Act:
statewide communications and delivery  intranet. 
 collaborative network. 
   The California Library Services Act establishes the California
Library Services Board  and provides that its duties include,
among other things, adopting rules, regulations, and general
policies relating to the implementation of the act. The act provides
for the establishment of systems, which are defined as cooperative
library systems. The act requires the California Library Services
Board to establish and administer 2 or more state reference centers
to be responsible for answering reference requests that cannot be met
by systems and libraries participating in the programs authorized by
the act. 
    Existing law   and  requires the
 California Library Services Board   board 
to  , among other things,  establish and maintain a
statewide communications and delivery network between and among 
cooperative library  systems, state reference centers,
independent public libraries, and all other libraries participating
in the programs authorized by the act.
   This bill would instead require the  California Library
Services Board  board  to establish and maintain a
statewide communications and delivery  intranet, rather than
network, which may also be accessed by public elementary, secondary,
and postsecondary schools   collaborative network
between cooperative library systems, independent public libraries,
and all other libraries participating in the programs authorized by
the act  .  The bill would also   authorize 
 the State   Librarian   , with approval of the
board, to enter into a cooperative agreement with a high-bandwidth,
high-capacity Internet   service provider   for the
purpose of providing services to all public libraries in the state,
as provided.  
   Existing law requires each cooperative library system, as defined,
to annually apply for funds for intrasystem communications and
delivery, and requires the proposals to be based upon the most
cost-effective methods of exchanging materials and information among
member libraries.  
   This bill would specify that applications to the board for funds
for intrasystem communications and delivery may include, requests for
grant assistance for broadband capacity upgrades. The bill would
also require that proposals be based on the most cost-effective
methods for information and resource sharing, including electronic or
physical delivery. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 18745 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   18745.  Each system shall annually apply to the state board for
funds for intrasystem communications and delivery  , which 
 may   include, but is not limited to, requests for
grant assistance for broadband capacity upgrades, to the extent funds
are available  . Proposals shall be based upon the most
cost-effective methods  of exchanging materials and
information among the member libraries   for information
and resource sharing,   including   , but not
limited to, electronic or physical delivery  .
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 18766 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
   18766.  The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide
communications and delivery  intranet between and among
systems; public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools;
state reference centers; independent public libraries;  
collaborative network between cooperative library systems,
independent public libraries,  and all other libraries
participating in the programs authorized by this act.
   SEC. 3.    Section 18766.5 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   18766.5.  (a) The State Librarian, with approval of the state
board, may enter into a cooperative agreement with a high-bandwidth,
high-capacity Internet service provider for the purpose of providing
services to all public libraries in the state, including the most
underserved.
   (b) The state board shall develop formulas for the equitable
allocation of reimbursements or grant distributions to systems,
pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 18724, for any dedicated state
funding associated with a system's participation in the statewide
communications and delivery collaborative network and related costs
pertaining to broadband capacity upgrades.