Act No. 340

Public Acts of 2000

Approved by the Governor

December 27, 2000

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 27, 2000

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 2000

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

Introduced by Reps. Vander Roest, Middaugh, Jelinek, Gosselin, Voorhees, Kukuk, Birkholz, Scranton, Allen, Spade, Switalski, Koetje and Richner

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4474

AN ACT to amend 1977 PA 89, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of cooperative libraries; to prescribe the powers and duties of the legislative council; to provide state aid for public libraries participating in cooperative libraries; to prescribe the powers and duties of cooperative library boards; to provide an appropriation; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," by amending section 5 (MCL 397.555).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 5. To be eligible for membership in a cooperative library, a local library shall do all of the following:

(a) Maintain a minimum local support of 3/10 of a mill on taxable value, as taxable value is calculated under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.27a, in the fiscal year before October 1 of the year before distribution.

(b) Participate in the development of cooperative library plans.

(c) Loan materials to other libraries participating in the cooperative library.

(d) Maintain an open door policy to the residents of the state, as provided by section 9 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.