Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter C - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF LIBRARIES IN THE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM › Section 1.71 - Definition of Population Served

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
For a city, nonprofit corporation, and/or
					 county-established library receiving public monies for public library service,
					 the population served by a public library is the population in the most recent
					 decennial census or official population estimate of the United States
					 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, if available. If a library does
					 not report receiving public monies for public library service, that library
					 will be assigned no population. Calculations will be based upon the
					 following.
(1) In counties with one or
				  more public libraries that receive only city and private funds, each library is
				  credited with serving the population of the city or cities from which it
				  receives funds or with which it has a contract.
(2) In counties with only one public library
				  and that library receives county funds, the library is credited with serving
				  the entire county population.
(3)
				  In counties with more than one public library that receives both city and
				  county funds, the libraries that receive city and county funds are credited
				  with serving their city population plus a percentage of the population living
				  outside the cities. This percentage is the ratio of each city's population to
				  the total of all the populations of cities with public libraries within the
				  county.
(4) In counties with a
				  library established by the county commissioners court and that receives no city
				  funds or an incorporated library that receives no city funds, and one or more
				  city libraries that receive county funds, the city libraries that receive
				  county and city funds are credited with serving their city populations plus a
				  percentage of the county population living outside the cities. The percentage
				  is the ratio of each city's population to the county population. The county
				  library or incorporated library that receives county funds and no city funds
				  serves all county residents not served by a city library.
(5) In counties with one library that
				  receives county funds and one or more public libraries that do not receive
				  county funds, the library that receives county funds is credited with serving
				  the county population less the populations of cities with public
				  libraries.
(6) In counties with
				  more than one library that receives county funds and no city funds, the county
				  population living outside cities with public libraries will be prorated among
				  the libraries in the same ratio as the county funds are allocated.
(7) When school districts contract with one
				  or more nonprofit corporations, cities, or counties for public library services
				  as part of their students' educational program, the State Library will estimate
				  the total population living within the school district.
(8) Libraries that enter into agreements or
				  contracts with counties, cities, or school districts to provide public library
				  services will be assigned population under this section whether or not there is
				  an exchange of funds.
(9) In
				  libraries where the population of a federal or state eleemosynary or
				  correctional institution or military installation exceeds 10% of the entire
				  population of the area served by a public library, the residential or base
				  population may be subtracted from the population served by that library if
				  these persons are served by an institutional or base library. If the
				  institution or military installation does not have a library that provides
				  general library services, the population will not be subtracted.
(10) When a library believes that the
				  acceptance of county funding would result in the assignment of an unrealistic
				  population figure, it may request in writing that the Library Systems Act
				  Advisory Board approve an exception to the population served methodology. The
				  board will use its discretion to devise a method by which data from the Bureau
				  of the Census will be used to calculate the assignment of population
				  served.