New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 15 - STATE
Chapter 21 - STATE LIBRARY AID AND GRANTS
Subchapter 2 - STATE LIBRARY AID
Section 15:21-2.3 - Certification

1. Each municipality or county that supports, in whole or in part, library service from municipal or county tax sources pursuant to 40:33-1 et seq., or 40:54-1 et seq., complies fully with 40:33-1 et seq., or 40:54-1 et seq., except that municipal libraries currently funded below the minimum of 1/3 mill for operating expenditures as per 40:54-8 due to capital outlay expenditures, shall be exempt from meeting the 1/3 mill requirement for the purposes of State library aid until such time as the current debt is retired;

2. A member or members of the board or commission has or have received a minimum of seven total hours of library-related education annually; and

3. Libraries serving populations of 7,500 or above, the statute notwithstanding, will employ in all professional librarian positions counted for State Library Aid purposes librarians holding a New Jersey State Professional Librarian Certificate as required in 45:8A-1 et seq.