Florida Senate Bill S0726 Enrolled / Bill

 ENROLLED 2023 Legislature CS for SB 726 2023726er 1 2 An act relating to library cooperative grants; 3 amending s. 257.42, F.S.; deleting the limitation on 4 the funding a library cooperative is eligible to 5 receive; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1.Section 257.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to 10 read: 11 257.42Library cooperative grants.The administrative unit 12 of a library cooperative is eligible to receive an annual grant 13 from the state of not more than $400,000 for the purpose of 14 sharing library resources based upon an annual plan of service 15 and expenditure and an annually updated 5-year, long-range plan 16 of cooperative library resource sharing. Those plans, which must 17 include a component describing how the cooperative will share 18 technology and the use of technology, must be submitted to the 19 division of Library and Information Services of the Department 20 of State for evaluation and possible recommendation for funding 21 in the divisions legislative budget request. Grant funds may 22 not be used to supplant local funds or other funds. A library 23 cooperative must provide from local sources matching cash funds 24 equal to 10 percent of the grant award. 25 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.