H. B. 2179
(By Delegates Trump, Michael,
Stalnaker and Evans)
[Introduced February 14, 2001
; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty, article one, chapter
ten of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to the giving of aid to
libraries by the library commission; and providing for the
manner of distribution of funds appropriated to the library
commission for aid to libraries.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty, article one, chapter ten of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
§10-1-20. Aid to libraries by library commission.
The West Virginia library commission is hereby authorized and empowered to render such that aid and assistance, financial,
advisory and/or otherwise, to public, school, county or regional
libraries, whether established or maintained by said the library
commission or not, under such conditions and rules and regulations
as the said commission deems necessary as provided in this section,
to further the interests of the state and best increase the
efficiency of the service it is expected to render the public.
Having determined that the development and support of such
libraries will further the education of the people of the state as
a whole and will thereby aid in the discharge of the responsibility
of the state to encourage and foster education, the West Virginia
library commission is authorized and empowered to pay over and
contribute to county commissions and to any board of library
directors created and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this
article or any special act of the Legislature such the sum or sums
of money as may be available from funds included in appropriations
made for the West Virginia library commission for such that
purpose. The amount of any such payment or contribution by the
commission to any such local library board of directors shall be
determined in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by
the commission and consistent with the requirements of this section. The library commission shall have authority to promulgate
rules and regulations governing the manner of accounting for
expenditures of the moneys appropriated and distributed in
accordance with this section. in which such amount or amounts of
money shall be accounted for and expended
One third of the moneys appropriated shall be divided and
distributed equally among the fifty-five counties of the state and
shall be paid over to the county commissions of each of the
fifty-five counties. Each county commission shall distribute all
of the moneys to all of the libraries situate in the county in that
manner and in that proportion among the libraries in the county as
the county commission considers appropriate.
The remaining two-thirds of the moneys appropriated shall be
distributed by the library commission to all of the boards of
library directors created and maintained pursuant to the provisions
of this article or any special act of the Legislature on a per
capita basis of the number of persons who are served by each
library.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the manner
of distribution of moneys appropriated to the library commission
for aid to libraries. One third is to be distributed equally
between the fifty-five county commissions who shall distribute the moneys to libraries in their county at their discretion, and the
remaining two-thirds is to be distributed by the library commission
among all libraries on a per capita basis.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.