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70009401 - Regional Libraries Local Aid
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018

Account	Description	FY2018 Spending	FY2019 GAA
7000-9401	Regional Libraries Local Aid For state aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds as it deems appropriate for the purposes of for clauses (1) and (3) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws to regional public library systems throughout each fiscal year, in compliance with the office of the comptroller's regulations on state grants, 815 C.M.R. 2.00; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in calculating the fiscal year 2019 distribution of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall employ the population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2018 distribution; provided further, that the board shall provide funds for the continued operation of a single regional library system to serve the different geographic regions of the commonwealth in both eastern and western Massachusetts and their residents; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the library of the commonwealth shall receive not less than 42.4 cents for each resident of the commonwealth	9,982,317	10,282,140

Budget Summary FY2019