Minnesota § 134.32 GRANT AUTHORIZATION; TYPES OF GRANTS AND AID

Minnesota Statutes

§ 134.32 — GRANT AUTHORIZATION; TYPES OF GRANTS AND AID

Minnesota § 134.32

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Ch. 134PUBLIC AND MULTITYPE LIBRARIES

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Minn. Stat. § 134.32 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Provision of grants. The department shall provide the grants and aid specified in this section from any available state, federal, or other funds. Subd.

2.[Repealed,1995 c 186 s 39] Subd. 3.Regional library basic system support aid. It shall provide regional library basic system support aid to regional public library systems which meet the requirements of section134.34, to assist those systems in providing basic system services. Subd. 4.Special project grants. It may provide special project grants to assist innovative and experimental library programs including, but not limited to, special services for American Indians and multilingual learners, delivery of library materials to homebound persons, other extensions of library services to persons without access to libraries

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Subdivision 1.Provision of grants.
The department shall provide the grants and aid specified in this section from any available state, federal, or other funds.

Subd. 2.
[Repealed,1995 c 186 s 39]

Subd. 3.Regional library basic system support aid.
It shall provide regional library basic system support aid to regional public library systems which meet the requirements of section134.34, to assist those systems in providing basic system services.

Subd. 4.Special project grants.
It may provide special project grants to assist innovative and experimental library programs including, but not limited to, special services for American Indians and multilingual learners, delivery of library materials to homebound persons, other extensions of library services to persons without access to libraries and projects to strengthen and improve library services.

Subd. 5.Interlibrary exchange grants.
It may provide grants for interlibrary exchange of books, periodicals, resource material, reference information and the expenses incident to the sharing of library resources and materials, including planning, development and operating grants to multicounty, multitype library systems.

Subd. 6.Library service grants.
It may provide grants for the improvement of library services at welfare and corrections institutions and for library service for the blind and physically disabled.

Subd. 7.Construction or remodeling grants.
It may provide grants for construction or remodeling of library facilities from any state and federal funds specifically appropriated for this purpose.

Subd. 8.Rulemaking.
The commissioner shall promulgate rules consistent with sections134.32to134.355governing:
(1) applications for these grants and aid;
(2) computation formulas for determining the amounts of establishment grants and regional library basic system support aid; and
(3) eligibility criteria for grants and aid.

Legislative History

1978 c 546 s 3;1979 c 334 art 9 s 3;1983 c 314 art 11 s 11,12;1993 c 224 art 5 s 39;1998 c 398 art 5 s 55;1Sp2003 c 9 art 6 s 5;2005 c 56 s 1;2013 c 116 art 7 s 6;2016 c 158 art 1 s 50;2023 c 55 art 9 s 9