Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 2 Fiscal Year 2013

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY 2013

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7000-9501 - Public Libraries Local Aid




Account Description FY 2012
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FY 2013
House 2
7000-9501 Public Libraries Local Aid
For aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive any funds from this item in any fiscal year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library services is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library service for the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of library commissioners may grant waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws in fiscal year 2013 for a period of not more than 1 year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, of the amount by which this item exceeds the amount appropriated in chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant program and under the guidelines for the library incentive grant program and under the guidelines for the nonresident circulation offset program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any payment made to a city or town from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city or town and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the public library of the city or town without further appropriation
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