Bill Text: MI HB5201 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Libraries; policies and practices; criteria for state funding of a volunteer public library; provide for. Amends sec. 17 of 1977 PA 89 (MCL 397.567).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-07 - Printed Bill Filed 12/07/2011 [HB5201 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5201-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5201

 

December 6, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Forlini and referred to the Committee on Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1977 PA 89, entitled

 

"State aid to public libraries act,"

 

by amending section 17 (MCL 397.567), as amended by 2001 PA 65.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17. (1) A Except as otherwise provided in this section, a

 

cooperative library and public library shall conform to

 

certification requirements for personnel as established by the

 

department in order to qualify for state aid.

 

     (2) A volunteer public library may receive state aid without

 

meeting the operational standards otherwise required of a public

 

library to receive state aid. However, annual state aid to a

 

volunteer public library shall not exceed an amount equal to the

 

sum of all of the following in the immediately preceding year:

 

     (a) Appropriations received from the local unit of government.

 

     (b) The monetary donations the public library received through

 

gifts and fund-raising.

 

     (c) The value of in-kind contributions such as services,

 

goods, and supplies. For purposes of this subdivision, in-kind

 

volunteer staffing services shall be valued at the minimum wage

 

rate established in section 4 of the minimum wage law of 1964, 1964

 

PA 154, MCL 408.384.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "volunteer public library" means

 

a public library that meets all of the following criteria:

 

     (a) Is established under section 13a of the charter township

 

act, 1947 PA 359, MCL 42.13a.

 

     (b) Has unpaid volunteers as a majority of the library staff.

 

     (c) Has a certified librarian on its library advisory board or

 

on the library staff.

 

     (d) Is open to the public for an average of 20 or more hours

 

each week.