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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1282 | PRINTER'S NO. 1333 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, PILEGGI, BAKER, EICHELBERGER, ALLOWAY, GREENLEAF, BRUBAKER, M. WHITE AND MENSCH, JUNE 6, 2011 |
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| SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE 14, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 14, 1961 (P.L.324, No.188), entitled |
2 | "An act relating to the establishment, operation and |
3 | maintenance of the State Library and public libraries in the |
4 | Commonwealth; amending, revising, consolidating and changing |
5 | the laws relating thereto; imposing duties upon public |
6 | officers; providing for State and local cooperation and |
7 | assistance in the establishment and maintenance of libraries; |
8 | prescribing penalties; and repealing existing laws," |
9 | providing for State-aid for 2011-2012. |
10 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
11 | hereby enacts as follows: |
12 | Section 1. The act of June 14, 1961 (P.L.324, No.188), known |
13 | as The Library Code, is amended by adding a section to read: |
14 | Section 303.17. State-aid for 2011-2012.--Notwithstanding |
15 | any other provision of law to the contrary, each library shall |
16 | be eligible for State-aid for fiscal year 2011-2012 which shall |
17 | consist of the following: |
18 | (1) Funds appropriated for libraries shall be distributed to |
19 | each library under the following formula: |
20 | (i) Divide the sum of the amount of funding that the library |
21 | received in fiscal year 2010-2011 under section 1722-L(12) of |
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1 | the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.364, No.176), known as "The Fiscal |
2 | Code," by the total State-aid subsidy for fiscal year 2010-2011. |
3 | (ii) Multiply the quotient under subclause (i) by the total |
4 | State-aid subsidy for 2011-2012. |
5 | (2) Following distribution of funds appropriated for |
6 | State-aid to libraries, any remaining funds may be distributed |
7 | at the discretion of the State Librarian. |
8 | (3) If funds appropriated for State-aid to libraries in |
9 | fiscal year 2011-2012 are less than funds appropriated in fiscal |
10 | year 2002-2003, the State Librarian may waive standards as |
11 | prescribed in section 103, relating to hours of operation, |
12 | continuing professional development, collections, expenditures |
13 | and other aspects of library operation. |
14 | (4) (i) Each library system receiving State-aid under this |
15 | section may distribute the local library share of that aid in a |
16 | manner as determined by the board of directors of the library |
17 | system. |
18 | (ii) Subclause (i) shall not apply to a library system |
19 | operating in a county of the second class. |
20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days July 1, | <-- |
21 | 2011, or immediately, whichever is later. |
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