22-1-326. State aid to public libraries. (1) As used in 22-1-326 through 22-1-331, "public library" means a library created under Title 7 or under 22-1-301 through 22-1-317.
     (2) As provided in 22-1-325 through 22-1-329, the commission shall administer state aid to public libraries. The purposes of state aid are to:
     (a) broaden access to existing information by strengthening public libraries;
     (b) augment and extend services provided by public libraries; and
     (c) permit new types of library services based on local need.
     (3) Money appropriated for the purposes of this section may not be used to supplant general operating funds of recipient public libraries. The commission may withhold a distribution to a library that receives less support from a mill levy or local government appropriation than its average for the preceding 3 fiscal years if such a decrease may reasonably be linked to money received or expected to be received under 22-1-325 through 22-1-329.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 670, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 356, L. 1991.