22-1-327. State aid -- per capita -- per square mile. (1) The commission shall distribute grants to public libraries and public library districts on a per capita and per square mile basis.
(2) The total amount of annual per capita and per square mile funding to public libraries for each fiscal year is the base amount of 40 cents multiplied by the total number of residents of the state as determined by the most recent decennial census of the population produced by the U.S. bureau of the census.
(3) The amount determined under subsection (2) is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, from the general fund to the commission for distribution as state aid to public libraries. (Subsections (2) and (3) terminate July 1, 2023--sec. 1, Ch. 340, L. 2017.)
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 670, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 203, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 244, L. 2013.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 22. Libraries, Arts, and Antiquities
22-1-303. Creation of public library
22-1-304. Tax levy -- special library fund -- bonds
22-1-305. Library depreciation reserve fund authorized
22-1-306. Moneys for library depreciation reserve fund
22-1-308. Public library -- board of trustees
22-1-309. Trustees -- powers and duties
22-1-310. Chief librarian -- personnel -- compensation
22-1-311. Use of library -- privileges
22-1-312. Cooperation and merger
22-1-313. Existing tax-supported libraries -- notification -- exemption from county taxes
22-1-314. Continued existence of all public libraries
22-1-315. City library may assume functions of county library
22-1-316. Joint city-county library
22-1-317. City-county library -- board of trustees
22-1-318. through 22-1-324 reserved
22-1-326. State aid to public libraries
22-1-327. State aid -- per capita -- per square mile
22-1-328. Statewide interlibrary resource-sharing program
22-1-329. Statewide library access program