# Title 54 — State Government

## Chapter 54-24.2 — State Aid to Public Libraries

### § 54-24.2-01. Eligibility.

Public libraries eligible to receive financial aid under this chapter are limited to those public
libraries that:
1. Apply to the state library for such financial aid.
2. Are established and operated in accordance with chapter 40-38.
3. Participate in the North Dakota network for knowledge interlibrary loan and information
network.
4. Complete and submit the annual report required under section 54-24.2-06 for the
previous calendar year.
### § 54-24.2-02. Grant formula.

Grants to eligible public libraries must be in accordance with the following formula:
1. One dollar, or a percentage thereof, for each person residing in the city or county
operating or providing financial support for the public library, as determined by the
latest official federal census; and
2. Five dollars per square mile [259.00 hectares], or a percentage thereof, of land within
the geographical boundaries of each county operating or providing financial support for
a public library.
### § 54-24.2-02.1. Other public funds defined.

"Other public funds", as used in sections 54-24.2-03 and 54-24.2-05, means moneys
appropriated for public library services by the governing body of the political subdivision
providing public library services under chapter 40-38 in addition to the mill levy made for public
library services.
### § 54-24.2-02.2. Maintenance of local effort.

Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 477, § 7.
### § 54-24.2-02.3. Calculation of payment - Expenditures.

The state librarian may recalculate and adjust each eligible public library grant formula
based on a successful appeal by a public library determined to be ineligible. Within thirty days
after notification from the state librarian of a public library's ineligibility to receive grant funds, the
ineligible public library shall submit the appeal. The state librarian shall apply the difference
between the initial calculated grant formula and the recalculated grant formula to the next
available grant formula payment.
### § 54-24.2-03. Incentive for local funding.

To provide for increased local funding, public libraries eligible to receive funds under section
formula:
Cities levying
8.00 or more mills 150 percent of allocation
6.00 - 7.99 mills 125 percent of allocation
4.00 - 5.99 mills 100 percent of allocation
3.00 - 3.99 mills 75 percent of allocation
2.00 - 2.99 mills 50 percent of allocation
1.00 - 1.99 mills 33 percent of allocation
0.01 - 0.99 mills 25 percent of allocation
0.00 - mills 0 percent of allocation
Counties levying
4.00 or more mills 150 percent of allocation
3.00 - 3.99 mills 125 percent of allocation

2.00 - 2.99 mills 100 percent of allocation
1.50 - 1.99 mills 75 percent of allocation
1.00 - 1.49 mills 50 percent of allocation
0.50 - 0.99 mills 33 percent of allocation
0.01 - 0.49 mills 25 percent of allocation
0.00 - mills 0 percent of allocation
The computation of mills must be based upon:
1. The levy on the taxable valuation as certified by the county auditor to the tax
commissioner. By May fifteenth of each year the tax commissioner shall provide the
state library the certified taxable valuations;
2. The other public funds received and deposited in the library fund for the operation of
the library by the governing body during the preceding fiscal year; and
3. Computation of the mill levy equivalent of other public funds as computed by the state
library.
### § 54-24.2-04. Maintenance of local effort.

Repealed by S.L. 2007, ch. 466, § 2.
### § 54-24.2-05. Limitations.

For public libraries operated by cities, funds granted under this chapter may not exceed
thirty-three percent of the total expenditure of mill levy moneys and other public funds during the
preceding year. For public libraries operated by counties, funds granted under this chapter may
not exceed the following percent of the total expenditure of mill levy moneys and other public
funds during the preceding year:
less than $10,000 100 percent
$10,000 - $19,999 75 percent
$20,000 - $29,999 67 percent
$30,000 - $50,000 50 percent
over $50,000 33 percent
### § 54-24.2-06. Use of funds - Reporting.

Funds appropriated under this chapter may be expended by public libraries for the purchase
of library materials, supplies and equipment, salaries of library staff, and services. No funds may
be used for land acquisition, construction, or investment.
Each public library receiving funds under the chapter shall submit to the state library an
annual report detailing the expenditures of these funds and all other funds expended by the
library within the calendar year. Such report is due within ninety days after the close of the
calendar year.
### § 54-24.2-07. State aid to libraries - Reimbursement.

Expired under S.L. 2007, ch. 467, § 2.
