§ 271 — Apportionment of state aid to Indian libraries

§ 271. Apportionment of state aid to Indian libraries. Any Indian\nlibrary chartered by the regents or in the absence of such library any\ntribal government contracting for service from a chartered and\nregistered library or approved library system, shall be entitled to\nreceive state aid during each calendar year consisting of the following\namounts:\n 1. Eighteen thousand dollars, and\n 2. The sum of eighteen dollars and twenty cents per capita for persons\nresiding on the reservation served by the Indian library or contract as\nshown by the latest federal census or certified by the New York state\ndirector of Indian services, and\n 3. The sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre of area served by\nthe Indian library or contract.\n Such sums shall be paid annually to the Indian library board of\ntrustees for the use of the Indian library, or in the absence of such a\nboard, to the tribal government for a contract for library service.\nNothing contained in this section shall be construed to diminish the\nfunds, services or supplies provided to any Indian library by a library\nsystem as defined in section two hundred seventy-two of this article.\nIncreases in appropriations for such purposes during a calendar year\nshall be pro rated.\n