California Education Code ARTICLE 2 - California Library Construction and Renovation Program

• Section 19955.
  The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Library Construction and Renovation Fund, which is hereby...
• Section 19956.
  All moneys deposited in the fund shall be available for grants to any city, county, city and county, or district that is empowered at the...
• Section 19957.
  The grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19956 and the matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19962 shall be used by the recipient for any...
• Section 19957.5.
  (a) An applicant for a grant for the acquisition, construction, remodeling, or rehabilitation of public library facilities under this chapter, as opposed to an application for...
• Section 19958.
  No grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19956 or matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19962 shall be used by a recipient for any of...
• Section 19959.
  All construction contracts for projects funded in part through grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be awarded through competitive bidding pursuant to Part 3...
• Section 19960.
  This chapter shall be administered by the State Librarian, who shall adopt rules, regulations, and policies for the implementation of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1988,...
• Section 19961.
  A city, county, city and county, or district may apply to the State Librarian for a grant pursuant to this chapter, as follows:(a) Each application shall...
• Section 19962.
  (a) Each grant recipient shall provide matching funds from any available source in an amount equal to 35 percent of the costs of the project. The...
• Section 19963.
  An amount not to exceed 1 percent of the cost of construction of the project may be used for appropriate works of art to enhance...
• Section 19964.
  (a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.(b) An applicant...
• Section 19965.
  Once an application has been approved by the board and included in the State Librarian’s request to the committee, the amount of funding to be...
• Section 19966.
  In reviewing applications, the board shall consider all of the following factors:(a) Needs of urban and rural areas.(b) Projected population growth.(c) Changing concepts of public library service.(d) Distance of...
• Section 19967.
  (a) A facility, or the part thereof, acquired, constructed, remodeled, or rehabilitated with grants received pursuant to this chapter shall be dedicated to public library direct...

Last modified: October 22, 2018