Sec.11-24b-3. Method of payment for public libraries participating in the program of state grants

(a) Payments will be approved for each participating public library by April 15 of each state fiscal year provided they have met requirements set forth in Section 11-24b-2 (a) through (d).

(b) Payment of state grants to public libraries shall be as follows:

(1) principal public libraries, as defined in CGS 11-24a, as amended, including contract libraries, shall receive a base grant of $1,200 for each fiscal year;

(2) non-principal public libraries as defined in CGS 11-24a, as amended, shall receive a base grant of $1,000 for the year ending June 30, 1985; $750 for the year ending June 30, 1986; $500 for the year ending June 30, 1987;

(3) the amount of funds to be distributed for base grants is to be subtracted from the total appropriation. The remaining appropriation shall be divided as follows: sixty (60%) percent to support equalization grants and forty (40%) percent to support incentive grants;

(4) payment for equalization grants shall be as follows: the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita shall be divided into the following four classes: CLASS A, towns ranked from 1-42; CLASS B, towns ranked from 43-84; CLASS C, towns ranked from 85-126 and CLASS D, towns ranked from 127-169. Equalization funds are to be distributed among the four classes so that Class B, C, and D towns shall receive 2 times, 3 times and 4 times as much per capita as towns in Class A. Funds available for equalization shall be multiplied by the percent of funds for each class to determine an appropriation per class: The appropriation per class shall be divided by the total population per class to determine an amount per capita; the grant for each town shall be the town's total population multiplied by the amount per capita.

(5) Payments for incentive grants shall be as follows: The State Library Board shall determine for each fiscal year, a statewide average for per capita library expenditures and an individual library's expenditure based on information obtained from the Public Library Annual Statistical Report. Such average will be determined by adding the total general operating expenditures as reported on the Public Library Annual Statistical Form and dividing by the total population of towns served by reporting libraries.

The per capita library expenditure of each town shall be ranked from highest to lowest and the ranked expenditures shall be divided into the following classes: Class A, towns which meet or exceed the statewide average for per capita library expenditures; Class B, towns which meet seventy-five to ninety-nine per cent, inclusive of the statewide average; Class C, towns which meet fifty to seventy-four percent, inclusive, of the statewide average; and, Class D, towns which fall below fifty percent of the statewide average. Funds available for purposes of this subsection pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall be distributed among the four classes to that Class A and B towns, respectively, shall receive three times and two times as much on a per capita basis as Class C towns. Class D towns will receive no incentive grants.

Grants to each town shall be determined as follows: said funds available for purposes of this subsection shall be multiplied by the percent of funds per class to determine an appropriation per class; the appropriation per class shall be divided by the total population per class to determine an amount per capita; the grant for each town shall be the town's total population multiplied by the amount per capita.

(Effective May 8, 1985)