TITLE 22. LIBRARIES, ARTS, AND ANTIQUITIES

CHAPTER 1. LIBRARIES

Part 3. Free Public Libraries

State Aid -- Per Capita -- Per Square Mile

22-1-327. (Temporary) State aid -- per capita -- per square mile. (1) The commission shall distribute grants to public libraries and public library districts on a per capita and per square mile basis.

(2) The total amount of annual per capita and per square mile funding to public libraries for each fiscal year is the base amount of 40 cents multiplied by the total number of residents of the state as determined by the most recent decennial census of the population produced by the U.S. bureau of the census.

(3) The amount determined under subsection (2) is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, from the general fund to the commission for distribution as state aid to public libraries. (Terminates July 1, 2017--sec. 5, Ch. 244, L. 2013.)

22-1-327. (Effective July 2, 2017) State aid -- per capita -- per square mile. The commission shall distribute grants to public libraries and public library districts on a per capita and per square mile basis.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 670, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 203, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 244, L. 2013.