New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter D - Libraries › Part 90 - Public And Free Association Libraries › Section 90.9 - Local library services aid

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
A public, free association or Indian library may be
					 approved for State aid, pursuant to the provisions of section 273 (1)(f)(5)  of the
					 Education Law, provided that it meets the criteria for eligibility set forth in
					 such paragraph of the Education Law and this section.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section and
				  in Education Law, section
				  273(1)(f)(5):
(1) Chartered and registered library means
				  public, free association and Indian libraries, as defined in section 253  of the Education Law, which are
				  chartered by the Regents or incorporated under a general or special act of the
				  Legislature, registered by the department in accordance with the provisions of
				  section 254  of the Education Law and sections
				  90.1,
				  90.2
				  and
				  90.8 
				  of this Part, and members of public library systems. Library also means each
				  public or free association library serving a city with a population of 100,000
				  or more which merged with the public library system on or before January 1,
				  1976. Libraries serving cities with populations over one million are not
				  chartered and registered libraries within the meaning of this
				  section.
(2) Library system means
				  an approved public library system as defined in section 272 (1)  of the Education
				  Law, and does not include library systems serving cities with populations over
				  one million.
(3) Chartered service
				  area means the geographic area served by a library as stated on charter
				  documents approved by the Board of Regents and on file at the department. For
				  the purposes of this section, the phrase "and environs" or its equivalent as
				  contained in any charter document will not be recognized by the commissioner as
				  a valid part of a library's chartered service area. For the purpose of this
				  section, areas served by the library under contract will not be recognized by
				  the commissioner as a valid part of a library's chartered service
				  area.
(4) The population of the
				  chartered service area shall be deemed to be that shown by the latest Federal
				  census for the political subdivisions in the chartered service area. Such
				  population shall be certified in the same manner as provided by section 54  of the State Finance Law except that such
				  population shall include the reservation and school Indian population and
				  inmates of State institutions under the direction, supervision or control of
				  the Department of Correctional Services, the Office of Mental Health, the
				  Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Office of
				  Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, and the Department of Social Services.
				  In the event that any political subdivisions lie within larger political
				  subdivisions in a chartered service area, only the population of the larger
				  subdivision shall be used for the purpose of computing State aid.