Chapter 191
AN ACT
HB 2116
Relating to public library services for
children; amending ORS 357.750 and 357.780; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. ORS 357.750 is amended to read:
357.750. Units of local
government and counties may apply to the Trustees of the State Library
for annual establishment and development grants. The grants may be made from
funds specifically appropriated therefor and are to be used to establish,
develop or improve public library early literacy services for children
from birth to five years of age and to provide the statewide summer reading
program, as defined by rule of the Trustees of the State Library, for children
from birth to 14 years of age.
SECTION 2. ORS 357.780 is amended to read:
357.780. (1) The
Trustees of the State Library shall disburse moneys [to be disbursed] under this section [shall be appropriated] based on the estimated total population of
children, from birth to 14 years of age, in the state. For those areas of the
state not served by local public libraries, the moneys available shall be
reallocated to qualifying public libraries. A public library which
begins providing library service to previously unserved population shall be
eligible for grants from the moneys appropriated for purposes of this section.
Upon satisfactory application therefor, the Trustees of the State Library shall
cause the appropriate amount to be paid to the public library.
(2) The [state] Trustees of the State Library
shall distribute 80 percent of the funds specifically appropriated by the
Legislative Assembly on a per child basis for public library services in the
following manner to assure the same population shall not be counted more than
once:
(a) There shall be paid
to each consolidated county library that is the primary provider of public
library services to all persons in a county, or to each library district that
is the primary provider of public library services in a county, a per capita
amount for each child residing in the county.
(b) Where public library
services are provided by a public library for which the governing authority has
jurisdiction in more than one county, there shall be paid to that library a per
capita amount for each child residing therein.
(c) Where public library
services are not provided as described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
subsection, but by a library of which the governing authority is the primary
provider of public library services to a jurisdiction less than county wide,
there shall be paid to the library a per capita amount for children residing
therein. In addition, a public library having a valid contract with a unit of
local government to provide library services to a population beyond its
governing authority’s jurisdiction shall be paid a per capita amount for the
population of children served if specified in the contract. The number of
children residing within a jurisdiction that is less
than a county shall be estimated using the percentage of children in the total
population of the county.
(d) Where public library
services are not provided as described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this
subsection, but are provided by a county or district library that has a valid
contract with one or more libraries to provide persons in their jurisdiction
with library services, there shall be paid to the county or district library a
per capita amount for each child residing therein, exclusive of the populations
served by libraries eligible for grants under paragraph (c) of this subsection.
(3) The [state] Trustees of the State Library
shall distribute 20 percent of the funds specifically appropriated by the
Legislative Assembly for public library services on an area basis.
(4) The Trustees of
the State Library may not make a grant that is less than $1,000 to a qualifying
public library for public library services for children.
SECTION 3. This 2007 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor May 30, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 31, 2007
Effective date July 1, 2007
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