HB-5618, As Passed House, March 14, 2018

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5618

     A bill to amend 1977 PA 89, entitled

"State aid to public libraries act,"

by amending sections 13 and 16 (MCL 397.563 and 397.566), section

16 as amended by 2001 PA 65.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 13. A cooperative library shall be granted continuing

state aid at the rate of 50 cents per capita for its served

population of in-state residents served.

     Sec. 16. (1) A public library shall receive 35 cents per

capita from state aid during the fiscal year 1977-78 if in the

prior year the public library received local support equal to that

required by this act.

     (2) A public library shall receive 50 cents per capita for its

population of in-state residents served from state aid during the

fiscal year 1978-79 if in the prior year the public library

received local support equal to that required by this act, the

library has not reduced its local support by an amount equal to or

larger than the state aid from the previous year without the

approval of the department, and the library meets the minimum

standards established by the department and this act.

     (3) A public library belonging to a cooperative library shall

receive from state aid for the fiscal year 1977-78 an additional 15

cents per capita, all or a part of which must be used to pay for

cooperative services from the cooperative board as provided by

section 15 and the cooperative plan.

     (4) A public library belonging to a cooperative library shall

receive from state aid each year after fiscal year 1977-78 an

additional 50 cents per capita for its population of in-state

residents served, all or part of which shall be used to pay for

cooperative services from the cooperative board as provided by

section 15 and the cooperative plan. When the cost of the

cooperative library services has been paid, any remaining portion

of the grant may be applied to local services under subsection (2).

Each public library cooperative that qualifies under this act

during fiscal year 1977-78 and following years shall receive an

amount of $10.00 per square mile for the area that it serves within

this state if the area served has fewer than 75 people per square

mile.

     (5) A public library that is a county library serving a

population of 50,000 or fewer in-state residents that appoints to

the office of head librarian a person with either a bachelor of

arts or a bachelor of science degree from a college or university

approved by an accrediting association of more than statewide

standing, including or supplemented by 1 full year of training in a

library school accredited by the American library association

Library Association and with at least 4 years' experience in an

administrative capacity in an approved library, shall be reimbursed

for that portion of the salary not exceeding $400.00 for any 1

month or $4,800.00 in any 1 year, if the county library received

during the last completed fiscal year before the year in which

distribution is to be made, from the county or counties not less

than $3,600.00 exclusive of money received from federal or state

grants in aid to the library. Wage increases to present employees

shall be paid equally by the state and local governments. Before

September 6, December 6, March 6, and June 6 of the year of

distribution, the county library board or the board's authorized

agent shall certify to the department the actual amount of the

salary paid the head librarian during the 3-month period

immediately preceding those months.