24 Pa.C.S. § 9334 Quality Libraries Aid

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 24 Pa.C.S. § 9334

(a) Regular financial effort required.--To qualify for quality libraries aid, a local library or library system shall make a minimum financial effort of $5 per capita for each person residing in the municipalities that will be part of the direct service area in which the library is applying for aid.

(b) Exception for economically distressed municipalities.--A local library or library system which applies for State aid on behalf of an economically distressed municipality, as defined in section 9340(b) (relating to equalization aid), shall expend a minimum of $2 per capita for each person residing in the municipality.

(c) Standards.--To receive aid under this section, a local library or library system shall meet the following basic standards:

(1) The local library or library system shall participate in the Access Pennsylvania Statewide Library Card Program, as provided by rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.

(2) The local library or library system shall lend materials free of charge on a reciprocal basis to all types of libraries in this Commonwealth.

(3) The local library or library system shall provide interlibrary loans free of charge to residents of the library's direct service area.

(4) Unless the State Librarian promulgates rules and regulations after the effective date of this section that require different hours of operation, the local library or library system shall be open for service for the following minimum number of hours:

(i) At least 26 hours per week during those times best suited to the needs of residents of its service area, including at least six hours during the weekend period beginning on Saturday and ending on Sunday.