CHAPTER 24
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.
Approved March 11, 1998