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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES

     Introduced By: Senators Acosta, Picard, Zurier, Cano, Pearson, DiPalma, Seveney,
Murray, and Quezada

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2022

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 29-6-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 29-6 entitled "State Aid to

Libraries" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     29-6-2. Public library services.

     For each city or town, the state's share to support local public library services shall be equal

to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of both the amount appropriated and expended in the second

preceding fiscal year by the city or town from local tax revenues and funds from the public library's

private endowment that supplement the municipal appropriation; provided, however, the state in

any year shall not be obligated to match any amount from the endowment that exceeds six percent

(6%) of the three-year (3) average market value, calculated at the end of the calendar year, of the

investments in the endowment. The amount of the grant payable to each municipality in any year

in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of those

grants in any year exceeds the amount appropriated that year for the purposes of this section.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE AID TO LIBRARIES

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     This act would require the state to contribute twenty-five percent (25%) of the municipal

funding level for public library services.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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