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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

     

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

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2022

     Referred To: Senate Finance

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     WHEREAS, Section 29-6-2 of the Rhode Island General Laws directs the General

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Assembly to appropriate such sums as appropriate to fund and support local public libraries; and

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     WHEREAS, Section 29-6-2 states "For each city or town, the state's share to support

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local public library services shall be equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%)" of the prior

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year's local appropriation except as limited by the size of the endowment; and

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     WHEREAS, The General Assembly appropriated twenty-five percent for several years

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but has failed to do so in recent years; and

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     WHEREAS, A full appropriation is beneficial to support local library services; and

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     WHEREAS, Many of the affected cities and towns face ongoing fiscal difficulties; now,

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therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of ten million nine hundred ninety-

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nine thousand and forty-nine dollars ($10,991,049) to fund local library services; and the state

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controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the

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payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of

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properly authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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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     This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $10,991,049 to support

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local public library services.

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