74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 667
 
                         House Bill 2116
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Trustees of the State Library)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Specifies purposes of grants for public library services for
children. Establishes minimum amount of grant.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public library services for children; amending ORS
  357.750 and 357.780; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 357.750 is amended to read:
  357.750. Units of local government and counties may apply
 { + to the Trustees of the State Library + } for annual
establishment and development grants. The grants may be made from
funds specifically appropriated therefor and are to be used to
establish, develop or improve public library  { + early
literacy + } services for children { +  from birth to five years
of age and to provide the statewide summer reading program, as
defined by rule of the Trustees of the State Library, for
children from birth to 14 years of age + }.
  SECTION 2. ORS 357.780 is amended to read:
  357.780. (1)  { + The Trustees of the State Library shall
disburse + } moneys   { - to be disbursed - }  under this section
 { - shall be appropriated - }  based on the estimated total
population of children, from birth to 14 years of age, in the
state. For those areas of the state not served by local public
libraries, the moneys available shall be reallocated to
qualifying  { + public + } libraries. A public library which
begins providing library service to previously unserved
population shall be eligible for grants from the moneys
appropriated for purposes of this section. Upon satisfactory
application therefor, the Trustees of the State Library shall
cause the appropriate amount to be paid to the public library.
  (2) The   { - state - }  { +  Trustees of the State Library + }
shall distribute 80 percent of the funds specifically
appropriated by the Legislative Assembly on a per child basis for
public library services in the following manner to assure the
same population shall not be counted more than once:
  (a) There shall be paid to each consolidated county library
that is the primary provider of public library services to all
persons in a county, or to each library district that is the
primary provider of public library services in a county, a per
capita amount for each child residing in the county.
  (b) Where public library services are provided by a public
library for which the governing authority has jurisdiction in
more than one county, there shall be paid to that library a per
capita amount for each child residing therein.
  (c) Where public library services are not provided as described
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, but by a library of
which the governing authority is the primary provider of public
library services to a jurisdiction less than county wide, there
shall be paid to the library a per capita amount for children
residing therein. In addition, a public library having a valid
contract with a unit of local government to provide library
services to a population beyond its governing authority's
jurisdiction shall be paid a per capita amount for the population
of children served if specified in the contract. The number of
children residing within a jurisdiction that is less than a
county shall be estimated using the percentage of children in the
total population of the county.
  (d) Where public library services are not provided as described
in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subsection, but are provided
by a county or district library that has a valid contract with
one or more libraries to provide persons in their jurisdiction
with library services, there shall be paid to the county or
district library a per capita amount for each child residing
therein, exclusive of the populations served by libraries
eligible for grants under paragraph (c) of this subsection.
  (3) The   { - state - }  { +  Trustees of the State Library + }
shall distribute 20 percent of the funds specifically
appropriated by the Legislative Assembly for public library
services on an area basis.
   { +  (4) The Trustees of the State Library may not make a
grant that is less than $1,000 to a qualifying public library for
public library services for children. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1,
2007. + }
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