Section 23-2327 - State aid for fiscal year 2023-2024Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, from money appropriated for a subsidy to public libraries, funds shall be distributed in fiscal year 2023-2024 as follows:
(1) The State Librarian shall distribute $6,717 to each district library center that received less than the amount specified under 24 Pa.C.S. § 9338(b)(2) (relating to district library center aid) in fiscal year 2022-2023 from funds allocated under section 2326(1).(2) All funds remaining after the distribution under paragraph (1) shall be distributed to each library under the following formula:(i) Divide the sum of the amount of funding the library received in fiscal year 2022-2023 under section 2326(1) and paragraph (1) by the sum of the total amount of State aid provided under section 2326(1) and paragraph (1).(ii) Multiply the quotient under subparagraph (i) by $70,422,981.(3) Following distribution of funds appropriated for State aid to libraries under paragraphs (1) and (2), any remaining funds may be distributed at the discretion of the State Librarian.(4) If funds appropriated for State aid to libraries in fiscal year 2023-2024 are less than funds appropriated in fiscal year 2002-2003, the State Librarian may waive standards as prescribed in 24 Pa.C.S. Ch. 93 (relating to Public Library Code).(5) Each library system receiving State aid under this subsection may distribute the local library share of that aid in a manner as determined by the board of directors of the library system.(6) In the case of a library system that contains a library operating in a city of the second class, changes to the distribution of State aid to the library shall be made by mutual agreement between the library and the library system.(7) In the event of a change in district library center population prior to the effective date of this section as a result of: (i) A city, borough, town, township, school district or county moving from one library center to another; or(ii) A transfer of district library center status to a county library system; funding of district library center aid shall be paid based on the population of the newly established or reconfigured district library center.(8) In the event of a change in direct service area from one library to another, the State Librarian, upon agreement of the affected libraries, may redistribute the local library share of aid to the library currently servicing the area.Added by P.L. TBD 2023 No. 33,§ 29, eff. 12/13/2023.