SECTION 1.96. System Operation Grant: Formula

(a) System operation grant funding shall be allocated to meet commission or federal goals. Allocation formula:

(1) 34% of the total amount specified for system operation grants shall be apportioned equally to the major resource and regional library systems;

(2) 33% of the total shall be apportioned on the number of member libraries in a system as compared to the total number of member libraries; the number of member libraries shall be the number of member libraries on the March 1 preceding the beginning of the state fiscal year; and,

(3) 33% of the total shall be apportioned on a per capita basis by the last decennial census or the most recent population estimate of the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The population base for distribution of these funds is the total population residing within the library system boundaries.

(b) In state fiscal year 2009 and later, all library system grants shall be at least $300,000. The grant amounts awarded to library systems by this section may be adjusted by the commission to achieve this minimum grant.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.96 adopted to be effective July 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 3983