HOUSE BILL No. 2512

      An Act concerning the state library; relating to the state grants-in-aid to libraries act;
      amending K.S.A. 75-2534, 75-2556, 75-2557, 75-2558 and 75-2559 and repealing the
      existing sections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

    Section 1. K.S.A. 75-2534 is hereby amended to read as follows:
75-2534. (a) There shall be a state library which shall be designated as
the Kansas state library which shall be located in Topeka. The state library
shall consist of books, pamphlets, papers, pictures, maps, charts and doc-
uments of every description now belonging thereto, together with such
others as may be acquired by gift, purchase, exchange or otherwise.

    (b) The state library shall provide library and informational services
to the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the state government
and said the state library shall also provide extension services to all of the
residents of the state.

    (c) For the benefit of blind readers of Kansas, the state library may
make available books and other reading matter in Braille, talking books
or any other medium of reading used by the blind. To this end, the state
library is authorized to provide library services for the blind and other
handicapped persons through contract, agreement or otherwise with the
library of congress or any regional library thereof.

    (d) The chief officer of the state library shall be the state librarian.

    (e) The state librarian may apply for and receive public or private
grants, gifts and donations of money for the state library. All moneys
received for grants, gifts and donations shall be deposited in the state
treasury and credited to the state library fund.

    Sec. 2. K.S.A. 75-2556 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
2556. (a) Annually, on or before December 1, each local public library
shall report to the state library the total population residing within its
district as determined from The state librarian shall determine the amount
of the grant-in-aid each eligible local public library is to receive based on
the latest population census figures as certified by the division of the
budget. Such report also shall state:

    (1) The amount produced by the local ad valorem tax levies for the
current year expenses for such library;

    (2) the amount of moneys received from the local ad valorem tax
reduction fund for current year expenses for such library;

    (3) the amount of moneys received from taxes levied upon motor
vehicles under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-5101 et seq., and amendments
thereto, for current year expenses for such library;

    (4) the amount of moneys received in the current year from collec-
tions of unpaid local ad valorem tax levies for prior year expenses for such
library;

    (5) the mill rate levied within the district during the previous year;

    (6) the assessed taxable tangible property valuation within the district;
and

    (7) such other information as the state librarian shall require.

    (b) Based upon such census figures, the state librarian shall deter-
mine the amount each eligible local public library is to receive.

    (c) (b) Except as provided by subsection (e) (d), no local public library
shall be eligible for any state grants-in-aid if the total amount of the fol-
lowing paragraphs is less than the total amount produced from such
sources for the same library for the previous year, based on the infor-
mation contained in the official annual budgets of municipalities that are
filed with the division of accounts and reports in accordance with K.S.A.
79-2930, and amendments thereto:

    (1) The amount produced by the local ad valorem tax levies for the
current year expenses for such library;

    (2) the amount of moneys received from the local ad valorem tax
reduction fund for current year expenses for such library;

    (3) the amount of moneys received from taxes levied upon motor
vehicles under the provisions of K.S.A. 79-5101 et seq., and amendments
thereto, for current year expenses for such library; and

    (4) the amount of moneys received in the current year from collec-
tions of unpaid local ad valorem tax levies for prior year expenses for such
library.

    (d) (c) Local public library districts in which the assessed valuation
decreases shall remain eligible for state grants-in-aid so long as the ad
valorem tax mill rate for the support of such library has not been reduced
below the mill rate imposed for such purpose for the previous year.

    (e) (d) If a local public library fails to qualify for eligibility for any
state grants-in-aid under subsection (c) (b), the state librarian shall have
the power to continue the eligibility of a local public library for any state
grants-in-aid if the state librarian, after evaluation of all the circumstances,
determines that the legislative intent for maintenance of local tax levy
support for the on-going operations of the library is being met by the
library district.

    (f) (e) The distribution so determined shall be apportioned and paid
on February 1 15 of each year.

    Sec. 3. K.S.A. 75-2557 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
2557. Annually, on or before January 15 February 15, the state librarian
shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amounts payable
for the current calendar year to each of the libraries in the state as com-
puted under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-2555, and amendments thereto.
It shall be the duty of The director to of accounts and reports shall draw
warrants on such fund the moneys available for grants-in-aid for local
public libraries and regional libraries as specified by the state librarian
upon claims properly submitted therefor pursuant to vouchers approved
by the state librarian or the state librarian's designee. The director of
accounts and reports shall notify the state treasurer and the state librarian
of such action.

    Sec. 4. K.S.A. 75-2558 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
2558. State funds distributed to a local public library or a regional library
as grants-in-aid shall not be expended for construction, repair, or debt
reduction or utilities, but state funds so received by a local public library
or a regional library shall be expended or encumbered as authorized dur-
ing the calendar year received even though not included in any budget
of expenditures for such year. Funds expended in violation of this section
may thereafter be withheld from later state grants-in-aid to the local pub-
lic library or the regional library even though such withholding be made
in a different fiscal year.

    Sec. 5. K.S.A. 75-2559 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
2559. Annually, each local public library and each regional library receiv-
ing grants-in-aid under this act shall annually report to the state librarian
the manner in which state grants-in-aid received were expended or are
encumbered. Such The report shall cover the period from January 1 to
December 31 October 1 of the previous calendar year through September
30 and shall be filed with the state librarian on or before February No-
vember 1 of each year.

    Sec. 6. K.S.A. 75-2534, 75-2556, 75-2557, 75-2558 and 75-2559 are
hereby repealed.

    Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in the House,
and passed that body

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Speaker of the House.

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Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate __________________________

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President of the Senate

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Secretary of the Senate.

Aproved __________________________________

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Governor.