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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE-
  BRIGHT -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Libraries  and
  Education Technology

AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
  to establishing the "New Century Libraries: Libraries 2015 act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature  to
provide  the  people  of  New  York  with  access to the information and
library services they need today and will need tomorrow by  establishing
a New Century Libraries Initiative.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "New Century
Libraries: Libraries 2015 act".
  S 3. Section 271 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 271. Apportionment of state aid  to  Indian  libraries.  Any  Indian
library  chartered  by the regents or in the absence of such library any
tribal government contracting for service from a  chartered  and  regis-
tered  library  or approved library system, shall be entitled to receive
state aid during each calendar year consisting of the following amounts:
  1. [Eighteen] NINETEEN thousand dollars, and
  2. The sum of [eighteen] NINETEEN  dollars  and  [twenty]  TWENTY-FIVE
cents  per  capita for persons residing on the reservation served by the
Indian library or contract as shown by  the  latest  federal  census  or
certified by the New York state director of Indian services, and
  3. The sum of one dollar and [fifty] FIFTY-FIVE cents per acre of area
served by the Indian library or contract.
  Such  sums shall be paid annually to the Indian library board of trus-
tees for the use of the Indian library, or in  the  absence  of  such  a
board,  to  the  tribal  government  for a contract for library service.
Nothing contained in this section shall be  construed  to  diminish  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05705-01-5
              

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funds,  services or supplies provided to any Indian library by a library
system as defined in section two hundred seventy-two of  this  [article]
PART.  Increases  in  appropriations for such purposes during a calendar
year shall be pro rated.
  S 4. Section 273 of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, subdivision 7 as amended by chapter
362  of  the  laws of 2013, subdivision 11 as added by section 3 of part
A-5 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006 and subdivision 12 as  amended  by
section  3  of  part  A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 273. Apportionment of state aid to libraries and library systems. 1.
Any public library system  providing  service  under  an  approved  plan
during a calendar year shall be entitled to receive during that calendar
year state aid consisting of the following amounts:
  a. An annual grant of:
  (1)  Ten thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars where the library system serves
less than one county, or
  (2) [Twenty] TWENTY-ONE thousand  dollars  where  the  library  system
serves one entire county, or
  (3)  Where  the  library system serves more than one county the system
shall be entitled  to  receive  [twenty-five]  TWENTY-SIX  thousand  TWO
HUNDRED  FIFTY dollars for each entire county served and/or ten thousand
FIVE HUNDRED dollars for each county, any part of which is served by the
library system. If an entire county is served by  two  or  more  library
systems,  each  of  which  serves  a  part thereof, each of such library
systems shall be entitled to  receive  a  grant  of  ten  thousand  FIVE
HUNDRED  dollars  and in addition, a pro rata share of an additional sum
of ten thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars,  such  share  to  be  computed  in
accordance with the ratio which the population of the area of the county
served by such library system bears to the total population of the coun-
ty,  as determined under subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-
two of this [article] PART.
  b. In a library system which submits a plan for further development of
its central library, which plan shall be approved by the commissioner in
relation to standards for such central libraries, the amount of  central
library development aid shall be:
  (1) [thirty-two] THIRTY-FOUR cents per capita of the population within
the  chartered  area  of  service  of such library system with a minimum
amount of one hundred [five] TEN thousand TWO HUNDRED FIFTY dollars, and
  (2) an additional [seventy-one] SEVENTY-FIVE thousand  [five  hundred]
TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY  dollars  to  the library system for the purchase of
books and materials including nonprint materials, as  defined  in  regu-
lations  of  the  commissioner,  for  its  central library. Ownership of
library materials and equipment purchased with such central library  aid
provided by this paragraph shall be vested in the public library system.
  c.  The  sum  of [ninety-four] NINETY-EIGHT AND SEVEN-TENTHS cents per
capita of population of the area served.
  d. (1) An amount equal to the amount  by  which  expenditures  by  the
library  system  for  books, periodicals, binding and nonprint materials
during the preceding fiscal year exceeds forty cents per capita of popu-
lation of the area served but the total apportionment pursuant  to  this
subparagraph  shall not exceed [sixty-eight] SEVENTY-ONE AND FOUR-TENTHS
cents per capita of population served. In the first year  in  which  any
library  system changes its reporting from the calendar year to a fiscal
year other than the calendar year, it shall file any additional  report-

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ing  schedules  deemed  necessary by the commissioner for the purpose of
determining state aid for the calendar year.
  (2)  Each  public library system with an automation program to support
bibliographic control and interlibrary sharing of information  resources
of  member  libraries,  and  to  coordinate  and integrate the automated
system or systems of such member libraries consistent  with  regulations
of  the  commissioner,  shall  be eligible to receive an amount equal to
seven percent of the amount earned in subparagraph  one  of  this  para-
graph, or [seventy-six] EIGHTY thousand [five] THREE hundred TWENTY-FIVE
dollars, whichever is more.
  e. The sum of [fifty-two] FIFTY-FIVE dollars AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per
square  mile of area served by the library system in the case of library
systems serving one county or less. Such sum shall be increased by  five
dollars  for  each  additional  entire county served, provided, however,
that no apportionment pursuant to this paragraph shall exceed  [seventy-
two]  SEVENTY-FIVE dollars AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per square mile of area
served. If an entire county is served by two or  more  library  systems,
each  of which serves a part thereof, each of such library systems shall
be entitled to receive, in addition to the aid  computed  in  accordance
with  the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, a pro rata share of an
increase of five dollars to be computed as follows:  the  sum  resulting
from  the  computation of five dollars per square mile of area served by
the one of such library systems which would receive the  largest  amount
of  aid  pursuant to this paragraph shall be pro rated among the library
systems serving such county in accordance with the ratio which the popu-
lation of the area served by each of such library systems bears  to  the
population  of the county as determined under subdivision one of section
two hundred seventy-two of this [article] PART.
  f. (1) Local library services aid. Except in cities with a  population
in  excess  of  one  million  inhabitants, each chartered and registered
public and free association library meeting standards of service promul-
gated by the commissioner, and each public or free  association  library
serving  a  city with a population of one hundred thousand or more which
merged with the public library system on or before January first,  nine-
teen hundred seventy-six and which meets standards of service promulgat-
ed  by  the commissioner, shall be eligible to receive annually [thirty-
one] THIRTY-TWO AND  FIFTY-FIVE  HUNDREDTHS  cents  per  capita  of  the
population  of  the library's chartered service area as on file with the
commissioner on January first of the calendar  year  for  which  aid  is
payable, or, [thirty-one] THIRTY-TWO AND FIFTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS cents per
capita  of  the  population of the city with a population of one hundred
thousand or more whose public or free association  library  merged  with
the  public  library system on or before January first, nineteen hundred
seventy-six, with a minimum amount of one thousand five  hundred  SEVEN-
TY-FIVE  dollars,  except  that  no  library shall receive less than the
amount of local library services aid received in two thousand one. Regu-
lations of the commissioner shall  provide  a  method  for  establishing
changes  in  chartered service areas or determining populations thereof.
Local library services aid shall be paid to the system for  distribution
within thirty days of receipt to its member libraries in accordance with
this  subdivision.  Notwithstanding  any  contrary  provisions  of  this
subparagraph, the commissioner shall establish procedures under which  a
public  or  free  association  library  may  apply  for  a waiver of the
requirements of the standards of service; provided,  however,  that  any
such  waivers  may only be granted in the same year in which the commis-
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  (2) Local services support aid. Except in cities with a population  in
excess  of one million inhabitants, each public library system operating
under an approved plan of service shall be eligible to receive  annually
local  services  support  aid  equal  to  two-thirds of the total dollar
amount paid in local library services aid to the member libraries of the
system  plus [thirty-one] THIRTY-TWO AND FIFTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS cents per
capita of the system's population who do not reside within the chartered
service area of a member library.
  (3) Local consolidated systems aid. In cities  with  a  population  in
excess  of one million inhabitants, each public library system operating
under an approved plan of service shall be eligible to receive  annually
local consolidated system aid equal to the sum of (i) [thirty-one] THIR-
TY-TWO  AND  FIFTY-FIVE  HUNDREDTHS  cents  per capita of the population
served by the system, but not less than  the  amount  of  local  library
incentive aid received in nineteen hundred ninety-one as reported on the
library's  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one annual report INCREASED BY FIVE
PERCENT OF THAT AMOUNT; and (ii) an  additional  amount  equal  to  two-
thirds  of  the  total dollar amount computed for the system pursuant to
clause (i) of this subparagraph.
  g. In addition to the sums otherwise provided in [paragraphs a, b,  c,
d, e, f, h and i of] this subdivision, the New York Public Library shall
receive  an  amount  equal to its actual expenditures for books, period-
icals and binding for its research libraries which expenditures are  not
otherwise  reimbursed  or [seven] EIGHT hundred [sixty-seven] FIVE thou-
sand THREE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars, whichever is less, and the  additional
sum  of five million [six] NINE hundred [forty-nine] THIRTY-TWO thousand
[six hundred] EIGHTY dollars for the general support  of  such  research
libraries.  In  addition to any other sums provided to such library, the
sum of two million dollars shall be payable annually  to  the  New  York
Public  Library  for the general support of library services provided by
the New York Public Library to the students of the  City  University  of
New York and the sum of one million dollars shall be payable annually to
the  New  York  Public  Library  for the general support of its science,
industry and business library.
  h. (1) Coordinated outreach services. Each public library system which
provides coordinated outreach services, as defined by regulations to  be
promulgated by the commissioner, to persons who are educationally disad-
vantaged  or  who  are  members  of ethnic or minority groups in need of
special library services, or who are  unemployed  and  in  need  of  job
placement  assistance, or who live in areas underserved by a library, or
who are blind, physically disabled, have developmental or learning disa-
bilities, or who are aged or confined in institutions, shall be entitled
to receive annually [forty-three] FORTY-FIVE thousand ONE HUNDRED  FIFTY
dollars and [thirteen] FOURTEEN cents per capita of the total population
of the area served.
  (2)  Adult literacy grants. The commissioner shall award annual grants
for approved expenses for library-based  programs  conducted  by  public
library  systems  and  public  and  free association libraries which are
members of a public library system to assist adults  to  increase  their
literacy  skills. The commissioner shall award such grants having deter-
mined that such programs are being operated in direct coordination  with
local public schools, colleges and other organizations which are operat-
ing  similar  adult  literacy  programs.  Annual state aid of [two] FOUR
hundred SIXTY thousand dollars shall be awarded for grants in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Ninety percent of  the
amount  of any such adult literacy grant shall be payable to the library

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or system upon approval by the department. The final ten  percent  shall
be payable upon completion of the project.
  (3) Family literacy grants. The commissioner shall award annual grants
for  approved  expenses  for  library-based family literacy programs for
pre-school and school age children and their parents conducted by public
library systems and public  libraries  and  free  association  libraries
which  are  members  of  a  public  library  system. Annual state aid of
[three] SIX hundred SIXTY-FIVE thousand  dollars  for  grants  shall  be
awarded  in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
Ninety percent of the amount of any such family literacy grant shall  be
payable  to  the  library or system upon approval by the department. The
final ten percent shall be payable upon completion of the project.
  i. In addition to any other sums provided for such purposes,  the  New
York  Public  Library  shall  receive  annually the sum of seven hundred
[thirty-four] SEVENTY thousand SEVEN HUNDRED dollars for the program  of
the  Schomburg  center for research in black culture, and the additional
sum of [nine] ONE MILLION THREE hundred [eighty-four] THIRTY-THREE thou-
sand TWO HUNDRED dollars for the program of the library  for  the  blind
and physically handicapped.
  j.  In addition to any other sums provided to such library, the sum of
two hundred [fifty] SIXTY-TWO thousand FIVE  HUNDRED  dollars  shall  be
paid  annually to the New York Historical Society for making its library
services available to the public.
  k. In addition to any other sums provided to such library the  sum  of
three hundred [fifty] SIXTY-SEVEN thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be
payable annually to the Brooklyn Public Library for its business library
for each calendar year.
  l.  In addition to any other sums provided to such library, the sum of
[fifty] FIFTY-TWO thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be payable annual-
ly to the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library  for  a  continuity  of
service project approved by the commissioner for each calendar year.
  m.  In addition to any other sums provided to such library system, the
sum of [thirty] THIRTY-ONE thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars shall be  paya-
ble  annually  to  the Nassau library system for a continuity of service
project approved by the commissioner for each calendar year.
  n. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER SUM PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  EACH
PUBLIC  LIBRARY SYSTEM WITH AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROGRAM CONSISTENT
WITH REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANNU-
ALLY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO EIGHT AND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE ONE THOU-
SANDTH PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT EARNED UNDER PARAGRAPHS A, C,  E  AND
SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH D AND PARAGRAPH O OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE
MINIMUM GRANT AVAILABLE SHALL BE SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  O.  The minimum annual grant available to a library system under para-
graphs a, c and e and subparagraph one of paragraph d of  this  subdivi-
sion shall be [six] SEVEN hundred [seventy-five] TEN thousand dollars.
  P.  (1)  IN  CALENDAR  YEAR  TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, EACH
CHARTERED AND REGISTERED PUBLIC AND  FREE  ASSOCIATION  LIBRARY  MEETING
STANDARDS  OF SERVICE PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SERVING A CITY
AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL CENSUS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO  RECEIVE  ANNUALLY
URBAN  LIBRARY  SERVICES AID EQUAL TO ONE DOLLAR PER CAPITA OF THE POPU-
LATION OF THE CITY AS DETERMINED BY THE LATEST FEDERAL CENSUS,  PROVIDED
THAT  IN  THE CASE OF A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
SUCH AID SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE POPULATION OF THE  BOROUGH  IN
WHICH  THE LIBRARY IS LOCATED. THIS ANNUAL STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.    URBAN
LIBRARY  SERVICES  AID  SHALL BE PAID TO THE LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR DISTRIB-

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UTION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT TO ITS ELIGIBLE MEMBER LIBRARIES  IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY
LOCAL  TAXATION  EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OR
DEBT SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, IS LESS  THAN  NINETY-FIVE  PER
CENTUM  OF  THE AVERAGE OF THE AMOUNTS RAISED FOR SUCH PURPOSES BY LOCAL
TAXATION FOR THE TWO PRECEDING TWELVE MONTH PERIODS, THE  URBAN  LIBRARY
SERVICES  AID TO WHICH SUCH LIBRARY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED SHALL BE
REDUCED BY THE SAME RATIO.
  (3) THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE  APPLICATION  OF
SUCH  SUBPARAGRAPH  WOULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC OR
FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE  IN  A
LOCAL SPONSOR'S ECONOMIC CONDITION, LOSS BY A LOCAL SPONSOR OF STATE AID
TO  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS  PROVIDED  UNDER  SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SUCH A
WAIVER ANNUALLY.
  (4) A "LOCAL SPONSOR" SHALL MEAN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
OR  A  DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, OR ANY COMBINA-
TION THEREOF.
  Q. (1) IN CALENDAR  YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  AND  THEREAFTER,  UP
THROUGH  AND  INCLUDING  CALENDAR  YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, EXCEPT IN
CITIES WITH A POPULATION IN  EXCESS  OF  ONE  MILLION  INHABITANTS,  THE
COMMISSIONER  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  TO  EXPEND  EACH  YEAR UP TO SEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS OPERATING UNDER  AN
APPROVED  PLAN  OF  SERVICE  AND  WITH AN APPROVED PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING
LOCAL  COMMUNITIES  TO  CREATE  AND  STRENGTHEN  LOCAL  PUBLIC   LIBRARY
DISTRICTS  SO  THAT  ALL NEW YORKERS MAY LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A
LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED FOR A PERIOD
OF THREE YEARS, SHALL BE DETERMINED ON  THE  BASIS  OF  CRITERIA  TO  BE
DEVELOPED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER AND SHALL ASSIST MEMBER PUBLIC AND FREE
ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING STANDARDS ESTABLISHED  BY
THE  REGENTS  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS
PART. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
PORTION  OF  A GRANT AWARD THAT REMAINS UNEXPENDED AT THE END OF A STATE
FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE  NEXT  FISCAL  YEAR  AND  SHALL
REMAIN  AVAILABLE  TO  THE LIBRARY OR LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR EXPENDITURE FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH TO  THE  EXTENT  THERE  IS  AN  APPROPRIATION
AVAILABLE,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  TERM OF THE GRANT HAS NOT EXPIRED. THIS
STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY
THE COMMISSIONER.
  (2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY
SYSTEMS WITH A PROGRAM FOR ASSISTING LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITIES IN CREAT-
ING AND STRENGTHENING PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
  (A)  AN  AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EACH ELIGIBLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,
AND
  (B)  AN  AMOUNT  UP  TO  ONE DOLLAR PER CAPITA OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM'S
POPULATION WHO DO NOT RESIDE WITHIN THE  CHARTERED  SERVICE  AREA  OF  A
MEMBER  LIBRARY TO EACH ELIGIBLE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM IN FURTHERANCE OF
THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND
  (C) THE REMAINDER FOR INCENTIVE AND ENABLING GRANTS TO PUBLIC  LIBRARY
DISTRICTS  ESTABLISHED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN OR
TO THOSE PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS
WITH A PLAN TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES TO CREATE, RECONFIGURE OR STRENGTHEN A
LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT.

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  (3) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER,  UP  THROUGH
AND  INCLUDING  CALENDAR  YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, THE NEW YORK STATE
LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE EACH YEAR THE SUM OF  FOUR  HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE
PROGRAM  FOR  ASSISTING  PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCI-
ATION LIBRARIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO  CREATE  AND  STRENGTHEN  LOCAL
PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICTS SO THAT ALL NEW YORKERS LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDA-
RIES  OF  A  LOCAL  PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT. SUCH STATEWIDE SERVICES MAY
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  AND  TRAINING  FOR
LIBRARIES  AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAM
PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.
  R. (1) IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, EXCEPT IN
CITIES AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL  CENSUS,  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  HEREBY
AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  GRANTS  TO  STRENGTHEN CHARTERED AND REGISTERED
PUBLIC AND FREE  ASSOCIATION  LIBRARIES  MEETING  STANDARDS  OF  SERVICE
PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.  EACH ELIGIBLE LIBRARY SHALL RECEIVE
THIRTY-FIVE AND SEVENTY-SEVEN ONE HUNDREDTHS CENTS  PER  CAPITA  OF  THE
POPULATION  OF  THE LIBRARY'S CHARTERED SERVICE AREA AS ON FILE WITH THE
COMMISSIONER ON JANUARY FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH AID IS PAYA-
BLE. THIS ANNUAL STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGU-
LATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY THE COMMISSIONER. NONURBAN LIBRARY SERVICES AID
SHALL BE PAID TO THE SYSTEM  FOR  DISTRIBUTION  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF
RECEIPT  TO ITS ELIGIBLE MEMBER LIBRARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDI-
VISION.
  (2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY
LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN A
TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, IS LESS THAN NINETY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE  AVERAGE
OF  THE  AMOUNTS  RAISED FOR SUCH PURPOSES BY LOCAL TAXATION FOR THE TWO
PRECEDING TWELVE MONTH PERIODS, THE NONURBAN  LIBRARY  SERVICES  AID  TO
WHICH  SUCH  LIBRARY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE
SAME RATIO.
  (3) THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE  APPLICATION  OF
SUCH  SUBPARAGRAPH  WOULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC OR
FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE  IN  A
LOCAL SPONSOR'S ECONOMIC CONDITION, LOSS BY A LOCAL SPONSOR OF STATE AID
TO  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS  PROVIDED  UNDER  SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY  GRANT  SUCH
WAIVER ANNUALLY.
  (4)  A  "LOCAL SPONSOR" SHALL MEAN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT
OR A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, OR  ANY  COMBINA-
TION THEREOF.
  S.  (1)  IN  CALENDAR  YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE
COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS  ANNUALLY
TO  PROVIDE  LOCAL LIBRARY NEED-BASED AID GRANTS TO CHARTERED AND REGIS-
TERED PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES MEETING STANDARDS OF SERVICE
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND LOCATED  IN  ECONOMICALLY  DISADVAN-
TAGED  COMMUNITIES.  LOCAL LIBRARY NEED-BASED AID WOULD PROVIDE MATCHING
GRANTS TO RAISE THE TOTAL LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY LOCAL TAXATION
EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND DEBT SERVICE TO
A TOTAL OF TWENTY DOLLARS PER CAPITA OF THE POPULATION OF THE  LIBRARY'S
CHARTERED SERVICE AREA AS ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON JANUARY FIRST
OF  THE  YEAR IN WHICH THE AID IS PAYABLE. SUCH MATCHING GRANTS SHALL BE
DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF NEED CRITERIA TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE  COMMIS-
SIONER  AND  SHALL  ASSIST  THOSE  MEMBER  PUBLIC  AND  FREE ASSOCIATION
LIBRARIES DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS SERVING ECONOMICALLY  DISAD-

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VANTAGED  COMMUNITIES  IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY
THE REGENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR  OF  THIS
PART.  THIS  ANNUAL  STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGU-
LATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY THE COMMISSIONER.  THIS STATE AID SHALL BE PAID
TO THE SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THIRTY  DAYS  OF  RECEIPT  TO  ITS
ELIGIBLE MEMBER LIBRARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (2) IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL OF LOCAL SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY
LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN A
TWELVE  MONTH PERIOD, IS LESS THAN THAT PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY IN
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN  TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN,  THE  LOCAL  LIBRARY
NEED-BASED  AID  TO WHICH SUCH LIBRARY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED SHALL
BE REDUCED BY THE SAME RATIO. IN THE EVENT THAT THE SUM TOTAL  OF  LOCAL
SPONSOR SUPPORT RAISED BY LOCAL TAXATION EXCLUSIVE OF THE SUM RAISED FOR
CAPITAL  EXPENDITURES  IN  A  TWELVE  MONTH  PERIOD,  IS  MORE THAN THAT
PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL LIBRARY IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN TWO  THOUSAND
FOURTEEN,  THE  LOCAL LIBRARY NEED-BASED STATE AID TO WHICH SUCH LIBRARY
WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED WOULD REMAIN CONSTANT.
  (3) THE COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE  APPLICATION  OF
SUCH  SUBPARAGRAPH  WOULD RESULT IN EXCESSIVE HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC OR
FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE  IN  A
LOCAL SPONSOR'S ECONOMIC CONDITION, LOSS BY A LOCAL SPONSOR OF STATE AID
TO  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS  PROVIDED  UNDER  SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW, OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY  GRANT  SUCH
WAIVER ANNUALLY.
  (4)  A "LOCAL SPONSOR" SHALL MEAN ANY MUNICIPALITY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT,
OR A DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, OR  ANY  COMBINA-
TION THEREOF.
  T.  (1)  IN  CALENDAR  YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER, THE
COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND UP TO FOUR HUNDRED  THOUSAND
DOLLARS  ANNUALLY  FOR STATEWIDE READING PROGRAMS COORDINATED BY THE NEW
YORK STATE LIBRARY AND CONDUCTED  BY  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  SYSTEMS  AND
PUBLIC AND FREE ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES.
  (2)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
PROVIDE GRANTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN STATEWIDE READING PROGRAMS TO PUBLIC
LIBRARY SYSTEMS OPERATING UNDER AN APPROVED PLAN OF SERVICE. SUCH GRANTS
SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA  TO  BE  DEVELOPED  BY  THE
COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:
  (A)  AN  ANNUAL  BASE  GRANT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EACH ELIGIBLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, PLUS THE SUM OF FIVE CENTS PER SCHOOL  AGE  CHILD
BASED  ON  THE  TOTAL  PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERVED BY THE SYSTEM; AND
  (B) THE REMAINDER SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY  FOR
ESTABLISHING  AND  COORDINATING  STATEWIDE  READING  PROGRAMS, WHICH MAY
INCLUDE CONTRACTING WITH LIBRARY SYSTEMS OR OTHER LIBRARIES  TO  DELIVER
STATEWIDE  SERVICES  FOR  THIS  PURPOSE.  SUCH  STATEWIDE  SERVICES  MAY
INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  TO
LIBRARIES  AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAM
PLANNING AND EVALUATION.
  2. Within the amounts appropriated therefor moneys paid  out  pursuant
to  this  section  shall  be  paid out of the state treasury on vouchers
certified by the commissioner after audit by and upon the warrant of the
comptroller.
  3. The commissioner may waive the requirement that  a  public  library
system  serve  an  entire  county to earn the maximum annual grant under
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section  and paragraphs b, c, e and h of subdivision one of this section
where the commissioner deems reasonable effort  has  been  made  by  the
system to encourage membership by all libraries in the county.
  4.  Reference  and research library resources system. a. Any reference
and  research  library  resources  system  providing  service  under  an
approved plan during a calendar year shall be entitled to receive annual
state  aid consisting of an annual grant of [two] FOUR hundred [seventy]
THIRTY-FIVE thousand dollars plus the  sum  of  [one  dollar  and  fifty
cents]  THREE  DOLLARS  per  square  mile of area served plus the sum of
[six] ELEVEN AND SEVEN HUNDREDTHS cents per capita of the population  of
the  area  served.  Each  system may annually appropriate funds received
under this provision to obtain matching funds from the  National  Endow-
ment  for  the  Humanities  in  the United States Newspaper Program. The
annual amount payable to each approved system under this paragraph shall
be payable on or before July first, provided that, upon receipt of annu-
al system activity reports satisfactory to the commissioner, the commis-
sioner shall determine the amount of  any  under-  or  overpayments  and
shall apply such adjustment to the next annual payment due such system.
  b. [The commissioner is hereby authorized to expend up to five hundred
six  thousand  dollars  annually  in  each  state fiscal year to provide
formula grants to approved  reference  and  research  library  resources
systems  for  provision  of  consumer  health  and  medical  information
services for all types of libraries and  library  systems.  Such  grants
shall  assist  libraries  in  providing  access  to  timely and accurate
medical and health information for medical personnel and for the general
public. In addition to any other sum provided in this subdivision,  each
reference  and research library resources system providing service under
an approved plan with a consumer health and medical library  information
services program for all types of libraries and library systems shall be
eligible  to  receive an annual formula grant. Such formula grants shall
be determined on the basis of criteria to be prescribed by  the  commis-
sioner.] IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER SUM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, EACH
REFERENCE  AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM PROVIDING SERVICE UNDER
AN APPROVED PLAN WITH AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROGRAM CONSISTENT  WITH
REGULATIONS  OF  THE COMMISSIONER, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY
AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THIRTY-TWO AND  FIVE-TENTHS  PERCENT  OF  THE  AMOUNT
EARNED IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  C.  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY OTHER SUM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, EACH
REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM PROVIDING SERVICE  UNDER
AN  APPROVED PLAN WITH A CONSUMER HEALTH AND MEDICAL LIBRARY INFORMATION
SERVICES PROGRAM FOR ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS SHALL BE
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL BASE GRANT OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
PLUS THE SUM OF ONE AND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE THOUSANDTHS CENTS PER CAPITA
OF THE POPULATION OF THE AREA SERVED. The commissioner shall provide the
annual amount payable to each approved system under  this  paragraph  in
the following manner:
  (1)  Funds  shall  be available to each reference and research library
resources system in such manner as to  insure  that  the  ratio  of  the
amount  each  system is eligible to receive equals the weighted ratio of
the total number of institutions as defined in subparagraph two of  this
paragraph in the region served by the system to the total number of such
institutions in the state.
  (2)  For  the purposes of determining the amount of funds available to
each system, institutions and their weightings are as follows:
  (i) not-for-profit hospitals licensed by the  New  York  state  health
department, with a weighting of two;

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  (ii)  for-profit  teaching  hospitals  licensed  by the New York state
health department, with an additional weighting of one; and
  (iii)   member  institutions  of  a  reference  and  research  library
resources system,  excluding  public  and  hospital  libraries,  with  a
weighting of one.
  [c.]  D.  (1)  The  commissioner  is hereby authorized to expend up to
[one] TWO million [three] FOUR hundred [ninety-six]  SIXTY-SIX  thousand
dollars  in each state fiscal year to provide formula grants to approved
reference and  research  library  resources  systems  for  provision  of
services  to  member  hospital  libraries  in  not-for-profit  hospitals
licensed by the New York state health department, or to member libraries
serving such hospitals. Such formula grants shall be determined  on  the
basis  of  criteria to be developed by the commissioner and shall assist
member hospital libraries or member libraries serving hospitals in meet-
ing the standards established by the regents in accordance with  section
two  hundred  fifty-four  of  this [article] PART.   Such formula grants
shall  support  integration  of  member  hospital  libraries  or  member
libraries serving hospitals into existing networks.
  (2)  The  commissioner  shall  provide  grants  to  the  reference and
research library resources systems in the following manner:
  (a) an amount equal to [seventy-five cents]  TWO  DOLLARS  per  square
mile  of  area  served  by  the  reference and research library resource
system in furtherance of the purposes of this paragraph, and
  (b) the remainder for library services to hospitals in accordance with
regulations of the commissioner adopted for such purpose.
  5. Coordinated collection development program for public and nonprofit
independent colleges and universities.
  a. Libraries of public and nonprofit independent colleges and  univer-
sities  are  entitled  to  receive  annual  funding  for  a  coordinated
collection development grant if they meet the following conditions:
  (1) Membership in a reference and research library resources system,
  (2) Their resources are made available to  the  public,  through  full
participation  in  the  interlibrary  loan  and  other  resource sharing
programs of the reference and research library resources system of which
they are members, and
  (3) They meet the requirements set forth in regulations adopted by the
commissioner including but not confined to
  (a) maintenance of effort,
  (b) relationships between reference  and  research  library  resources
systems' programs and the regional higher education master plan,
  (c) submission of interlibrary loan statistics, and such other reports
as may be required by the commissioner.
  b.  Public  and  nonprofit  independent colleges and universities with
libraries which meet the criteria of paragraph a of this subdivision are
eligible for annual grants as follows:
  (1) Four thousand [four] SIX hundred TWENTY dollars for each  institu-
tion, and
  (2) One dollar and [four] NINE AND TWO-TENTHS cents for each full-time
equivalent  student  enrolled  in  each  qualifying  institution, in the
academic year completed prior to the state fiscal year. For purposes  of
this section, a full-time equivalent shall be calculated as follows:
  (i)  one full-time undergraduate student shall be considered one full-
time equivalent student;
  (ii) one part-time undergraduate student shall be considered one-third
of a full-time equivalent student;

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  (iii) one part-time graduate student shall be considered one full-time
equivalent student; and
  (iv)  one  full-time graduate student shall be considered one and one-
half of a full-time equivalent student.
  c. Funds for the support of this program shall be appropriated to  the
department, except that funds for the state-operated institutions of the
state university of New York and the senior colleges of the city univer-
sity  of  New York, shall be appropriated to the state university of New
York out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to  the
credit  of the state purposes fund not otherwise appropriated, and funds
shall be appropriated to the city university of  New  York  out  of  any
moneys  in  the  state treasury in the general fund to the credit of the
local assistance fund not otherwise appropriated, and shall  be  subject
to  the  same  distribution  formula  as provided in paragraph b of this
subdivision.
  D. THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  ANNUALLY
THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLE-
MENTATION  OF A PROGRAM OF STATEWIDE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BY
PUBLIC  AND  NONPROFIT  INDEPENDENT  COLLEGES  AND   UNIVERSITIES   WITH
LIBRARIES WHICH MEET THE CRITERIA OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  6.  Regional bibliographic data bases and interlibrary resources shar-
ing.  a. The commissioner shall award annually to each of  the  approved
nine reference and research library resources systems, from funds appro-
priated by the legislature for an annual grant for an automation program
(i)  to support bibliographic control and interlibrary sharing of infor-
mation resources among all types of libraries and library systems in  an
area  not  less  than that of a reference and research library resources
system, and (ii) to coordinate and integrate the  automated  systems  of
the  component  member  public library system or systems, school library
system or systems and other automated systems within  the  area  of  the
reference  and  research  library  resources  system. Each reference and
research library resources system of such region shall be entitled to an
annual grant of two hundred TEN thousand dollars plus the sum of two AND
ONE-TENTH cents per capita of the population served.
  b. To be eligible for a grant, each  reference  and  research  library
resources  system  shall  meet the requirements set forth in regulations
adopted by the commissioner which shall include  standards  relating  to
library  automation, continuous development of the data base, and updat-
ing, access and linking of the data base programs.  Each  reference  and
research  library resources system shall include in its approved plan of
service a description of a regional library  automation  program,  which
shall  include all library systems in the region that are members of the
reference and research library resources system.
  7. Conservation and preservation of library research materials. a. The
commissioner shall award in any state fiscal  year,  an  annual  formula
grant  of  one  hundred  [fifty-eight] SIXTY-FIVE thousand SEVEN HUNDRED
dollars for a program of conservation  and/or  preservation  of  library
research  materials  to  each  of  the  following comprehensive research
libraries: Columbia university libraries, Cornell university  libraries,
New  York  state  library,  New York university libraries, university of
Rochester  libraries,  Syracuse  university  libraries,   the   research
libraries  of  the New York public library, state university of New York
at Albany library, state university of New York at  Binghamton  library,
state university of New York at Buffalo library, and state university of
New York at Stony Brook library.

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  b.  To  be  eligible  for such formula grants, each such comprehensive
research library must submit both a five-year plan and an annual program
budget. The plan must satisfy criteria to be established by the  commis-
sioner in regulations relating to the identification of library research
materials,  the  need  for  their  preservation,  and the means of their
conservation.
  c. Other agencies and libraries, as defined in regulations promulgated
by the commissioner, which are not eligible for funding under  paragraph
a  of  this  subdivision,  may  receive separate grants the sum of which
shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars in any state fiscal  year
to  support  the  preservation  and/or  conservation  of  unique library
research materials. Such agencies and  libraries  shall  submit  project
proposals.  Approval  of  such  project  proposals, and determination of
funding level, shall be based upon, but not limited to, factors such as:
the research value of materials to be preserved and/or conserved; appro-
priateness of conservation and  preservation  techniques  in  accordance
with  statewide  planning and national standards; institutional capacity
for successful completion of the project, including facilities,  experi-
ence,  and  technical  expertise; availability of staff with appropriate
training and expertise; contribution of the institution to  the  project
in  matching  funds  and staff resources; and the volume of interlibrary
lending and access to holdings by the public.  Ninety  percent  of  each
such  grant  shall  be  payable  upon approval by the department and the
remaining ten percent shall be payable upon project completion.
  d. Funds made available under the provisions of this  section  may  be
used by comprehensive research libraries and other agencies eligible for
funding  to  obtain  matching  funds from the national endowment for the
humanities preservation program and other federal programs.
  e. The commissioner shall establish  an  office  for  coordination  of
conservation  and/or preservation of library research materials to iden-
tify the conservation and/or preservation needs of libraries within  the
state,  to  assess  the  technology  available for such conservation and
preservation,  and  to  coordinate  the  conservation  and  preservation
efforts  resulting  from  this  legislation.  THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND  DOLLARS
FOR  COORDINATION  OF CONSERVATION AND/OR PRESERVATION EFFORTS RESULTING
FROM THIS LEGISLATION.
  8. New York state talking book and braille library. The New York state
talking book and braille library shall be entitled to  receive  annually
an  amount  equal  to  the  product of the aid ceiling multiplied by the
number of registered borrowers of such materials of such library  as  of
the  November  report  for  the November immediately preceding the state
fiscal year for which the payment will be made.  Such  amount  shall  be
used  to improve the quality of services provided to such borrowers. For
aid payable in each state fiscal year, the aid  ceiling  per  registered
borrower  shall  be [nineteen] TWENTY-SEVEN dollars. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the New York  state  talking  book  and  braille
library shall be the successor in interest to the New York state library
for  the blind and visually handicapped for all purposes, or the library
for the blind and physically handicapped, and the change in  name  shall
not  affect  the  rights  or  interests  of  any party. Except where the
context indicates a contrary intent, any reference in any other  general
or  special law to the New York state library for the blind and visually
handicapped or the library for  the  blind  and  physically  handicapped
shall  be  deemed  a  reference  to  the New York state talking book and
braille library.

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  9. NEW YORK ONLINE VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC  LIBRARY.  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
LIBRARY  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ANNUALLY THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE NEW YORK
ONLINE VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE.  OF  SUCH
AMOUNT AT LEAST FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR STATEWIDE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BY NEW YORKERS,
WHICH MAY INCLUDE CONTRACTING WITH LIBRARY SYSTEMS OR OTHER LIBRARIES TO
DELIVER  STATEWIDE  SERVICES FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS SHALL   BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR  STRENGTHENING  STATEWIDE  LIBRARY
SERVICES  THAT  SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STATEWIDE
DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION.    SUCH  STATEWIDE
SERVICES  MAY  INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING, HELP DESK
SUPPORT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS, PUBLICA-
TIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION.
  10. DIGITIZATION OF LIBRARY RESEARCH MATERIALS.  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
OTHER  SUMS  PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ANNUALLY
AWARD GRANTS  FOR  COMPETITIVE  DIGITIZATION  PROJECTS  CONDUCTED  BY  A
LIBRARY  SYSTEM  OR    LIBRARY,  WHICH  IS A MEMBER OF A LIBRARY SYSTEM.
GRANTS SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING JULY FIRST AND ENDING
ON THE FOLLOWING JUNE THIRTIETH. ANNUAL STATE AID OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS
FOR GRANT AWARDS, INCLUDING UP TO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE NEW YORK
STATE LIBRARY FOR THE REVIEW OF PROJECT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY LIBRARIES
OR LIBRARY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING PEER REVIEW, SHALL BE ALLOCATED  FOR  THIS
PURPOSE. APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS BY MEMBER LIBRARIES MUST BE ENDORSED BY
THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED ON THE BASIS OF PROJECT
PROPOSALS  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH PROJECT PROPOSAL GUIDELINES. CRITERIA FOR
APPROVAL OF SUCH PROPOSALS AND DETERMINATION OF FUNDING LEVELS SHALL  BE
BASED UPON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SUCH FACTORS AS:
  A.  THE  PROJECT  IS BEING OPERATED BY THE APPLICANT IN DIRECT COORDI-
NATION WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: ANOTHER  LIBRARY,
A  LIBRARY  SYSTEM,  LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING EDUCATION,
CULTURAL AND INFORMATION SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO THE  PEOPLE  OF
THE STATE;
  B. INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE APPLICANT TO THE DEVEL-
OPMENT  OF A COORDINATED APPROACH TO DIGITIZATION OF MATERIALS IMPORTANT
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE;
  C. APPROPRIATENESS OF PLANNING IN RELATION TO  NATIONAL  STANDARDS  OR
BEST PRACTICES AND STATEWIDE PLANNING; THE PROJECT'S IMPACT ON ACCESS TO
HOLDINGS AND INFORMATION BY THE PUBLIC;
  D.  CONTRIBUTION OF THE APPLICANT INSTITUTION TO THE PROJECT IN MATCH-
ING FUNDS AND STAFF RESOURCES; AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING  FACILITIES,  EXPERIENCE,  TECHNICAL
CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE.
  11.  NEW  YORK  STATE LIBRARY RESEARCH COLLECTIONS. IN ADDITION TO ANY
OTHER SUMS PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY  SHALL
RECEIVE  ANNUALLY  FOR  STRENGTHENING ITS RESEARCH COLLECTIONS AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  12. State aid for  a  coordinated  program  of  library  and  archival
services  at  The  Center for Jewish History, Inc. a. In addition to any
other sums provided to The Center for Jewish History, Inc., the  commis-
sioner  shall  award  in  any  state  fiscal year an annual grant of two
hundred thousand dollars  for  a  coordinated  program  of  library  and
archival  services  that  will increase public access to the library and
archival collections of The Center for  Jewish  History,  Inc.  and  its
member institutions.

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  b.  The  Center  for  Jewish  History,  Inc. is hereby admitted to the
University of the State of New York and shall, as a condition of contin-
ued receipt of aid, maintain such status in accordance with  regulations
of  the commissioner. Such regulations may include submission of a five-
year plan and annual program budget.
  [10.]  13.  State aid for summer reading programs. The commissioner is
hereby authorized to expend the funds of the  love  your  library  fund,
established  in  section  ninety-nine-l  of the state finance law, which
shall provide grants  for  participation  in  statewide  summer  reading
programs  as  coordinated by the state library to public library systems
on the basis of criteria to be developed by  the  commissioner.  Upon  a
determination  by the commissioner that there is adequate revenue avail-
able for a grant program in the upcoming fiscal year,  grants  shall  be
awarded as follows:
  a.  sixty  percent  of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
shall be made available to public library  systems  for  use  by  member
libraries by the commissioner in such manner as to insure that the ratio
of  the  amount received within each system to the whole of the aid made
available pursuant to this paragraph is no greater than the ratio of the
population served by such system to the population of the state; and
  b. forty percent of the funds appropriated pursuant  to  this  section
shall  be  made  available  to  library  systems for use by their member
libraries within each system by the commissioner in such  manner  as  to
insure that an equal amount is received within each system in the state.
  [11.]  14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
each year commencing with the two thousand six calendar year, no library
or library system shall receive less aid pursuant  to  this  section  or
section  two hundred seventy-one or two hundred seventy-two of this part
than it would have been eligible to receive for  the  two  thousand  one
calendar  year  solely  by reason of a decrease in the population of the
area served as a result of the latest approved federal census.
  [12.] 15. The commissioner is hereby authorized to expend funds  annu-
ally  for  formula  grants  to  public  library  systems,  reference and
research library resources systems, and school library systems operating
under an approved plan of service. Such formula grants shall be provided
for the period commencing July first and ending on June  thirtieth  next
following.  Such  formula  grants  will  be distributed in the following
manner:
  a. Each public library system established  pursuant  to  sections  two
hundred  fifty-five and two hundred seventy-two of this part and operat-
ing under a plan approved by the commissioner  is  entitled  to  receive
annually  thirty-nine  thousand  dollars  and an amount equal to ten and
ninety-four hundredths percent of the amount of state aid  received  for
the  current  year  by  such system under paragraphs a, c, d, e and n of
subdivision one of this section;
  b. Each reference and research library  resources  system  established
pursuant  to  section two hundred seventy-two of this part and operating
under a plan approved by the commissioner is entitled to receive annual-
ly thirty-nine thousand dollars and an amount equal to ten  and  ninety-
four  hundredths  percent  of  the  amount of state aid received for the
current year under paragraph a of subdivision four of this section; and
  c. Each school library system  established  pursuant  to  section  two
hundred  eighty-two  of this part and operating under a plan approved by
the commissioner is entitled to receive  annually  thirty-nine  thousand
dollars and an amount equal to ten and ninety-four hundredths percent of
the  amount  of  state  aid received for the current year by such system

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under paragraphs a, b, c[, d, e] and [f] D of subdivision one of section
two hundred eighty-four of this part.
  S 5. Section 284 of the education law, as amended by section 5 of part
O  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph f of subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 654 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 284. State  aid  for  school library systems. 1. Each school library
system established pursuant to section two hundred  eighty-two  of  this
part  and  operating  under a plan approved by the commissioner shall be
eligible to receive funding under this section consisting of the follow-
ing amounts:
  a. Each school library system  with  a  public  and  nonpublic  school
enrollment  of  less  than  [one]  FIVE  hundred thousand students shall
receive a base grant of [eighty-three] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE  thousand
dollars;
  b.  [Each  school  library  system  with a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of one hundred thousand students but less  than  two  hundred
thousand students shall receive a base grant of ninety thousand dollars;
  c.  Each  school  library  system  with  a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of two hundred thousand students but less than  five  hundred
thousand students shall receive a base grant of one hundred twenty-three
thousand dollars; and
  d.]  Each  school  library  system  with a public and nonpublic school
enrollment of more than five hundred thousand students shall  receive  a
base grant of eight hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars[.];
  [e.]  C.  In  addition to the base grant provided in paragraph a[,] OR
b[, c or d] of  this  subdivision,  each  school  library  system  shall
receive annually:
  (1)  [twenty-nine]  SEVENTY-FIVE  cents  per  student  enrolled in the
public and nonpublic schools located within such system, and
  (2) [five] SIX hundred dollars  per  public  school  district  located
within  such  system,  and  a  minimum  of  [four]  FIVE thousand [three
hundred] dollars per system located within a board of cooperative educa-
tional services area, or [five] SIX thousand  dollars  per  city  school
district of a city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand
inhabitants or more, and
  (3)  [two]  FIVE dollars [and forty-five cents] per square mile of the
school library system[.];
  [f.] D. In addition to any other sum provided in this subdivision, any
school library system formed through an  act  of  merger  since  January
first, nineteen hundred eighty-four shall receive fifty thousand dollars
annually  for  each  approved act of merger, provided, however, that any
school library system formed through an act of merger on or after  April
first, two thousand eight shall receive ninety thousand dollars annually
for each approved act of merger[.]; AND
  [g.]  E.  In  addition  to any other sum provided in this subdivision,
each school  library  system  WITH  AN  ELECTRONIC  INFORMATION  PROGRAM
CONSISTENT WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER shall be eligible to
receive  annually  an [automation grant amounting] AMOUNT EQUAL to [ten]
THIRTY-EIGHT percent of the total aid produced for that system by adding
the base grant provided by paragraph a[,] OR b[, c or d] of this  subdi-
vision to the additional aid provided by paragraphs [e and f] C AND D of
this subdivision.
  2. Before a school library system shall be entitled to receive operat-
ing  funds,  such  system  shall submit a plan of library service to the
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service for school library systems by regulation. Such regulations shall
contain standards relating to: system staffing; union catalog and  data-
base development; interlibrary loan; communications and delivery; gover-
nance  and  advisory  committees;  membership  criteria and the means of
relating district library resources and programs to those of the system;
non-public school  participation;  and  procedures  for  submission  and
approval of plans and certification of membership.
  3.  The  moneys  made  available  pursuant  to  this  section shall be
distributed to each school library system whose plan of service has been
approved under the provisions of subdivision two of this section.
  4. Each school library system receiving state  aid  pursuant  to  this
section  shall furnish such information regarding its library service as
the commissioner may from time to time require to determine  whether  it
is  operating  in  accordance with its plan and the standards of service
the commissioner has established. The commissioner may at any time after
affording notice and an opportunity to be heard, revoke  approval  of  a
plan  of  library  service  if  the  commissioner  finds that the school
library system no longer conforms to its approved plan,  the  provisions
of this section or the regulations promulgated by the commissioner here-
under;  or,  in the case of provisional approval, if such school library
system no longer conforms to the agreement,  plans  or  conditions  upon
which such provisional approval was based. In such case a school library
system  shall  not  thereafter be entitled to state aid pursuant to this
section unless and until its plan of library service is  again  approved
by the commissioner.
  S 6. Section 285 of the education law, as amended by section 6 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 285. State aid for cooperation with correctional facilities. 1. Each
public  library system operating under an approved plan of service which
has a state correctional facility  or  facilities  within  its  area  of
service  shall  be awarded an annual grant of nine dollars [twenty-five]
SEVENTY cents per capita for the inmate population of such  facility  or
facilities  to  make available to the inmate population of such facility
or facilities, in direct coordination with the  correctional  facilities
libraries,  the library resources of such system. The commissioner shall
adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions
of this subdivision.
  2. The commissioner is authorized to expend up to one hundred  [seven-
ty-five  thousand]  EIGHTY-THREE  THOUSAND  SEVEN  HUNDRED FIFTY dollars
annually to provide grants to public library systems operating under  an
approved plan of service for provision of services to county jail facil-
ities.  Such  formula  grants  shall assist the library system in making
available to the inmate population of such facility  or  facilities  the
library resources of such system. Such grants shall be available to each
public  library system in such manner as to insure that the ratio of the
amount each system is eligible to receive equals the ratio of the number
of inmates served by the county jail facility to  the  total  number  of
inmates  served  by county jail facilities in the state as of July first
of the year preceding the calendar year in which the state aid to public
library systems is to be paid. Inmate populations shall be certified  by
the  New  York  state  commission  of correction. The commissioner shall
adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions
of this subdivision.
  S 7. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to  read
as follows:

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  S  286. STATE AID FOR NEW YORK EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICES PROGRAM.
1. IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  AND
THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND EACH YEAR UP
TO  TWO  MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS, REFERENCE
AND  RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS AND SCHOOL LIBRARY SYSTEMS OPER-
ATING UNDER AN APPROVED PLAN OF SERVICE AND WITH AN APPROVED PROGRAM  OF
EXCELLENCE  IN  LIBRARY  SERVICES,  IN  ORDER  TO ACHIEVE HIGHER QUALITY
LIBRARY SERVICE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE DETERMINED  ON
THE  BASIS  OF  CRITERIA  TO  BE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL
ASSIST MEMBER LIBRARIES AND DISTRICTS IN MEETING AND EXCEEDING STANDARDS
OF EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED BY THE REGENTS. GRANTS SHALL BE  PROVIDED  FOR
THE  PERIOD  COMMENCING  JULY  FIRST  AND  ENDING ON JUNE THIRTIETH NEXT
FOLLOWING. THE STATE AID SHALL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO  ELIGIBLE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY
SYSTEMS,  REFERENCE  AND  RESEARCH  LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS AND SCHOOL
LIBRARY SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
  A. AN AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC  LIBRARY
SYSTEMS  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE AND TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART AND OPERATING UNDER A PLAN APPROVED  BY
THE COMMISSIONER. FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO EACH SYSTEM IN SUCH MANNER
AS  TO INSURE THAT THE RATIO OF THE STATE AID FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RATIO OF STATE AID RECEIVED BY  EACH  SYSTEM  UNDER
PARAGRAPHS  A,  C,  D, E AND O OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY-THREE OF THIS PART;
  B. AN AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR REFERENCE  AND
RESEARCH  LIBRARY  RESOURCES SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART AND OPERATING UNDER A PLAN APPROVED  BY
THE COMMISSIONER. FUNDS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO EACH SYSTEM IN SUCH MANNER
AS  TO INSURE THAT THE RATIO OF THE STATE AID FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RATIO OF STATE AID RECEIVED BY  SUCH  SYSTEM  UNDER
PARAGRAPH  A OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF
THIS PART; AND
  C. AN AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SCHOOL  LIBRARY
SYSTEMS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THIS
PART AND OPERATING UNDER A PLAN APPROVED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.    FUNDS
SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE TO EACH SYSTEM IN SUCH MANNER AS TO INSURE THAT THE
RATIO OF THE STATE AID FOR PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE SHALL NOT  EXCEED  THE
RATIO  OF STATE AID RECEIVED BY EACH SYSTEM UNDER PARAGRAPHS A, B, C AND
D OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF THIS PART.
  3. IN THE STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN--TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
AND THEREAFTER, THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO  RECEIVE
EACH  YEAR  THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A  STATEWIDE  PROGRAM  OF  EXCELLENCE  IN
LIBRARY  SERVICES  FOR  LIBRARY  SYSTEMS  AND  THE  MEMBER LIBRARIES AND
DISTRICTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS. SUCH STATEWIDE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE, BUT  ARE
NOT  LIMITED  TO  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE  AND  TRAINING FOR LIBRARIES AND
LIBRARY SYSTEMS,  PUBLICATIONS,  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  PROGRAM  PLANNING,
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.
  S  8. Subdivision 3 of section 99-l of the state finance law, as added
by chapter 303 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Moneys of the fund,  following  appropriation  by  the  legislature
shall  be  expended  only  for the purposes of providing funding for the
statewide summer reading program set forth in subdivision [ten] THIRTEEN
of section two hundred seventy-three of the education law. Moneys  shall
be  paid  out  of  the  fund on the audit and warrant of the state comp-

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troller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of educa-
tion. Any interest received by the comptroller on moneys on  deposit  in
the  love your library fund shall be retained in and become part of such
fund.
  S  9.  This  act shall take effect April 1, 2015; provided that in the
event this act shall have become a law after such date, this  act  shall
take  effect  immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force
and effect on and after April 1, 2015, and provided further that for the
purposes of computing the apportionments of  calendar  year  state  aid,
grants  or  other  financial assistance to libraries and library systems
for the 2015 calendar year, this act shall take effect  immediately  and
shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after Janu-
ary 1, 2015.