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Board of Library Commissioners
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018

FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT		FY2019 Conference	FY2019 Vetoes	FY2019 Overrides	FY2019 GAA
7000-9101	Board of Library Commissioners	1,275	0	0	1,275
7000-9401	Regional Libraries Local Aid	10,282	0	0	10,282
7000-9402	Talking Book Program Worcester	455	0	0	455
7000-9406	Talking Book Program Watertown	2,588	0	0	2,588
7000-9501	Public Libraries Local Aid	9,613	-250	250	9,613
7000-9506	Library Technology and Automated Resource-Sharing Networks	2,816	0	0	2,816
7000-9508	Center for the Book	200	0	0	200
TOTAL		27,229	-250	250	27,229

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account	description	amount
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS		30,672,705
7000-9101	Board of Library Commissioners For the operation of the board of library commissioners	1,275,000
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	10,282,140
7000-9402	Talking Book Program Worcester For the talking book library at the Worcester public library	454,966
7000-9406	Talking Book Program Watertown For the Perkins Braille and talking book library in the city known as the town of Watertown, including the operation of the machine lending agency	2,588,155
7000-9501	Public Libraries Local Aid For state aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive funds from this item in any year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library service is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library services for the 3 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 for fiscal year 2019 for 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 under chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant program, the library incentive grant program and the non-resident circulation offset program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Stoneham Public Library; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Hispanic American Library in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for internal repairs of the Salem Public Library in the city of Salem; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any payment made under 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 that city or town without appropriation	9,612,700
7000-9506	Library Technology and Automated Resource-Sharing Networks For the technology and automated resource sharing networks	2,815,928
7000-9508	Center for the Book For the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc., chartered as the Commonwealth Affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress; provided, that the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc. shall continue its work as a public-private partnership	200,000

account	description	amount
Federal Grant Spending		3,443,816
7000-9700	Federal Reserve - Title I For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Reserve Title I	157,544
7000-9702	Library Services Technology Act For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Library Service Technology Act	3,196,237
7000-9703	Collaborative Training Cultural Heritage Emergency Response For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Endowment for the Humanities - Finding Common Ground: Collaborative Training for the Cultural Heritage and Emergency Response Communities	90,035

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