Minnesota § 134.32 - GRANT AUTHORIZATION; TYPES OF GRANTS AND AID
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§ 134.32. GRANT AUTHORIZATION; TYPES OF GRANTS AND AID
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[Repealed, 1995 c 186 s 39]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 section 134.34, 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 sections 134.32 to 134.355 governing:
(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.
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
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 134.32 ("GRANT AUTHORIZATION; TYPES OF GRANTS AND AID") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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