Senate Bill sb0966

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 966

    By Senator Smith





    14-552-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public libraries; amending

  3         s. 257.191, F.S.; revising provisions relating

  4         to public library construction grants;

  5         authorizing the Division of Library and

  6         Information Services to administer certain

  7         funds for a small-county public library

  8         construction program; providing eligibility

  9         requirements for grant funding; providing for

10         the adoption of rules; providing for the

11         program to take effect contingent upon certain

12         appropriations; providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Section 257.191, Florida Statutes, is

17  amended to read:

18         257.191  Public library construction grants.--

19         (1)  The Division of Library and Information Services

20  may accept and administer library construction moneys

21  appropriated to it and shall allocate such appropriation to

22  municipal, county, and regional libraries in the form of

23  public library construction grants on a matching basis. The

24  local matching portion shall be no less than the grant amount,

25  on a dollar-for-dollar basis, up to the maximum grant amount,

26  unless the matching requirement is waived by s. 288.06561.

27  Initiation of a library construction project 12 months or less

28  prior to the grant award under this section shall not affect

29  the eligibility of an applicant to receive a public library

30  construction grant.

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 1         (2)(a)  The Division of Library and Information

 2  Services may accept and administer moneys appropriated to it

 3  for small-county public library construction grants. The

 4  purpose of the grants is to assist counties and municipalities

 5  that have been designated rural communities in accordance with

 6  ss. 288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561 to construct, expand, or

 7  renovate public library facilities to meet the requirement of

 8  0.6 square feet per capita of total library floor space.

 9         (b)  To be eligible to compete for funds under this

10  subsection, a county or municipality:

11         1.  Must comply with the definition of rural community

12  as provided in s. 288.0656(2)(b).

13         2.  Must have less than 0.6 square feet per capita of

14  total library floor space.

15         3.  Must certify that the county or municipality will

16  appropriate and expend sufficient funds to operate the

17  completed library facility.

18         4.  May not have been awarded a grant under the public

19  library construction grant program provided in subsection (1)

20  for the same fiscal year.

21         (c)  The implementation of the small-county public

22  library construction grant program under this subsection is

23  contingent upon specific appropriations provided to the

24  Department of State for the funding of these grants.

25         (3)  A public library may not receive grant funding

26  from the public library construction grant program provided in

27  subsection (1) and the small-county public library

28  construction grant program provided in subsection (2) during

29  the same fiscal year.

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 1         (4)  The division shall adopt rules for the

 2  administration of library construction grants. For the

 3  purposes of this section, s. 257.21 does not apply.

 4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 5  law.

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 8                          SENATE SUMMARY

 9    Revises provisions relating to public library
      construction grants. Authorizes the Division of Library
10    and Information Services of the Department of State to
      administer funds for small-county public library
11    construction grants. Provides eligibility requirements
      for funding such grants. Provides for the adoption of
12    rules. Provides that implementing the program is
      contingent upon specific appropriations being made by the
13    Legislature to the department.

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