(a) The Public Records Administrator shall establish and administer a historic documents preservation grant program to help municipalities to enhance or improve the preservation and management of historic documents. Each application shall include a description of the purpose, objective and budget of the activities to be funded by the grant. The chief executive officer of a municipality applying for a grant under this section may designate the town clerk of that municipality as the agent to make such application.
(b) The Public Records Administrator shall establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, relative priorities for the approval of grants under this section. Such priorities may take into account the differing needs of municipalities, the need for consistency and equity in the distribution of grant awards and the extent to which particular projects may advance the purposes of this section. The Public Records Administrator may establish further criteria for the approval of grants under this section. Not later than February 1, 2001, the Public Records Administrator shall develop and disseminate a pamphlet that describes the evaluation process for grant applications under this section. In awarding grants under this section, the Public Records Administrator shall consult with the State Archivist and any other person the Public Records Administrator deems necessary.
(c) The Public Records Administrator shall authorize grant awards under this section on or before July thirty-first and December thirty-first of each fiscal year in which payment of a grant is to be made.
(d) The Public Records Administrator shall allocate seventy per cent of the moneys in the historic documents preservation account in any fiscal year to fund applications submitted under this section.
(P.A. 00-146, S. 5, 8.)
History: P.A. 00-146 effective July 1, 2000.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 11 - Libraries and Museums
Section 11-1. - Appointment and duties of board.
Section 11-1a. - Programs of state-wide library service.
Section 11-1b. - Regulations re state-wide library service.
Section 11-1c. - Official state archives. Appointment of State Archivist.
Section 11-2. - Powers and duties of State Librarian.
Section 11-2a. - Receipt of federal funds.
Section 11-2b. - Connecticut Parent Technology Academy.
Section 11-3. - Transfer of books to college libraries.
Section 11-4. - Preservation of official documents in State Library.
Section 11-4a. - Submission of reports to the General Assembly and State Librarian.
Section 11-4c. - Preservation of official documents in State Library.
Section 11-5. - Preservation and reproduction of land and probate records.
Section 11-6. - War records collection.
Section 11-7. - Purchase of copies of town records.
Section 11-8. - Records management program. Public Records Administrator.
Section 11-8b. - Transfer or disposal of public records. State Library Board to adopt regulations.
Section 11-8c. - Recovery of public records by State Librarian.
Section 11-8i. - Historic documents preservation account.
Section 11-8j. - Preservation and management of historic documents: Definitions.
Section 11-8l. - Historic documents preservation grant program. Regulations.
Section 11-9. - Appropriations to the Connecticut Historical Society.
Section 11-9a. - Appointment and duties of Cooperating Library Service Unit Review Board.
Section 11-9c. - Tangible and intangible state publications and depository library system.