Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024
Rule 31.
(1) To be
eligible for state aid under section 16(2) of the act, MCL 397.566(2), and in
addition to the state aid eligibility requirements prescribed by the act and by
R
397.41 to
R
397.46, a public library shall meet all of the
following:
(a) A public library shall be
lawfully established under state law and local action or special act of the
legislature.
(b) A public library
shall provide library service to its legal service area population.
(c) A public library shall employ the
requisite number of paid certified persons for every hour the library is
required to be open, subject to the following exceptions:
(i) The personnel requirements do not apply
with respect to personnel with valid certificates who were employed by a public
library as of October 1, 2009. When a person employed as of October 1, 2009
leaves the position, the position shall be filled in compliance with the
minimum requirements for the library to remain eligible for state
aid.
(ii) A public library that
does not comply with personnel requirements due to a change in class level
following the application of a decennial census is eligible for state aid if
the personnel continue to present valid certificates and were employed before
the library received notification of the change in class level. When a person
employed before the change in class level leaves the position, the position
shall be filled in accordance with the personnel requirements in order for the
library to remain eligible for state aid.
(d) The minimum hours of accessibility
requirements prescribed by
R
397.41 to
R
397.46 shall be maintained for not less than 9 months
during the 12-month operating period and as follows:
(i) Accessible hours shall include evening
hours or weekend hours, or both.
(ii) If a public library has more than 1
branch and if the hours for the main library building and each established
branch library are different, the unduplicated hours may be added together to
satisfy the minimum open hours requirement.
(2) A public library that shifts to a higher
class level because of a change in its legal service area population shall meet
the higher level of standard for accessibility and personnel not later than the
beginning of its next reporting year after the library has received notice from
the department of the change of library class.
(3) A public library is eligible for state
aid under section 16(4) of the act, MCL 397.566, if it complies with these
rules and is a participating member of a cooperative library for not less than
30 days prior to September 30 of the reporting year.
(4) A public library is eligible for state
aid under section 16(5) of the act, MCL 397.566, if it meets county
reimbursable salary requirements as required by the act.
