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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $10,991,049 TO FUND LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY | |
SERVICES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Acosta, Picard, Zurier, Cano, Pearson, DiPalma, Seveney, | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
1 | WHEREAS, Section 29-6-2 of the Rhode Island General Laws directs the General |
2 | Assembly to appropriate such sums as appropriate to fund and support local public libraries; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Section 29-6-2 states "For each city or town, the state's share to support |
4 | local public library services shall be equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%)" of the prior |
5 | year's local appropriation except as limited by the size of the endowment; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The General Assembly appropriated twenty-five percent for several years |
7 | but has failed to do so in recent years; and |
8 | WHEREAS, A full appropriation is beneficial to support local library services; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Many of the affected cities and towns face ongoing fiscal difficulties; now, |
10 | therefore be it |
11 | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not |
12 | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of ten million nine hundred ninety- |
13 | nine thousand and forty-nine dollars ($10,991,049) to fund local library services; and the state |
14 | controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the |
15 | payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of |
16 | properly authenticated vouchers. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $10,991,049 TO FUND LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY | |
SERVICES | |
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1 | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $10,991,049 to support |
2 | local public library services. |
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