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                                   2622
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 2019 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.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "New Century
 Libraries: Libraries 2019 act".
   § 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:
   § 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.
              

                                                            LBD04713-01-9

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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.
   § 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:
   § 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 NINETEEN 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  NINETEEN  AND  THEREAFTER,  UP
 THROUGH AND INCLUDING CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, 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 NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER, UP THROUGH
 AND INCLUDING CALENDAR YEAR TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  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
 ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES  TO  CREATE  AND  STRENGTHEN
 LOCAL  PUBLIC  LIBRARY DISTRICTS SO THAT ALL NEW YORKERS LIVE WITHIN THE
 BOUNDARIES 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 NINETEEN 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 NINETEEN 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 EIGHTEEN, 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
 EIGHTEEN, 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  NINETEEN  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
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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, as added
 by chapter 303 of the laws of  2004,  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  available 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] O 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.
   § 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:
   § 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.
   § 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:
   § 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.
   § 7. The education law is amended by adding a new section 286 to  read
 as follows:

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   §  286. STATE AID FOR NEW YORK EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICES PROGRAM.
 1. IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY  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 NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
 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.
   §  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.
   §  9.  This  act shall take effect April 1, 2019; 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, 2019, 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 2019 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, 2019.