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SENATE BILL 410
F5 (6lr2306)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation/Appropriations and Ways and Means —
Introduced by Senator King Senators King, Augustine, Bailey, Corderman,
Guzzone, Hettleman, Jennings, Lewis Young, McCray, Rosapepe, Salling,
and Zucker
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Libraries – State Library Resource Center – Funding 2
FOR the purpose of altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library 3
Resource Center for certain fiscal years; and generally relating to the State Library 4
Resource Center. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 23–201 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
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Article – Education 1
Section 23–205(c) and (d) 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 4
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6
Article – Education 7
23–201. 8
(a) The Central Library of the Enoch Pratt Free Library System is the State 9
Library Resource Center. 10
(b) The State Library Resource Center shall provide and expand access to 11
specialized library materials and services that are necessary for coordinated, efficient, and 12
economical library services in this State. 13
23–205. 14
(c) (1) Subject to subsection (g) of this section, each year each participating 15
regional resource center shall receive a minimum amount of funding for each resident of 16
the area served, to be used for operating and capital expenses. 17
(2) The allocation shall be calculated as follows: 18
(i) [For each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015... $6.75 per each 19
resident of the area served; 20
(ii) For fiscal year 2016............................................ $6.95 per each 21
resident of the area served; 22
(iii) For fiscal year 2017............................................ $7.15 per each 23
resident of the area served; 24
(iv) For fiscal year 2018............................................ $7.55 per each 25
resident of the area served; 26
(v) For fiscal year 2019............................................ $7.95 per each 27
resident of the area served; 28
(vi)] For fiscal year 2020............................................ $8.35 per each 29
resident of the area served; 30
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[(vii)] (II) For fiscal year 2021.................................. $8.55 per each 1
resident of the area served; 2
[(viii)] (III) For fiscal year 2022.................................... $8.75 per each 3
resident of the area served; 4
[(ix)] (IV) For fiscal year 2023..... .............................. $9.19 per each 5
resident of the area served; 6
[(x)] (V) For fiscal year 2024....................................... $9.39 per each 7
resident of the area served; 8
[(xi)] (VI) For fiscal year 2025....................................... $9.59 per each 9
resident of the area served; 10
[(xii)] (VII) For fiscal year 2026....................................... $9.79 per each 11
resident of the area served; and 12
[(xiii)] (VIII) For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year 13
thereafter............................................................................................................ $9.99 per each 14
resident of the area served. 15
(d) (1) Subject to subsection (g) of this section, each year the State Library 16
Resource Center shall receive a minimum amount of funding for each State resident in the 17
previous fiscal year, to be used for operating and capital expenses. 18
(2) The allocation shall be calculated as follows: 19
(i) [For each of fiscal years 2010 through 20
2016..................................................................................................... $1.67 per State resident; 21
(ii) For fiscal year 2017 ............................... $1.69 per State resident; 22
(iii) For fiscal year 2018 ............................... $1.73 per State resident; 23
(iv) For fiscal year 2019 ............................... $1.77 per State resident; 24
(v) For fiscal year 2020 ............................... $1.81 per State resident; 25
(vi) For fiscal year 2021 ............................... $1.85 per State resident; 26
(vii) For fiscal year 2022 ............................... $1.89 per State resident; 27
(viii) For fiscal year 2023 ............................... $1.93 per State resident; 28
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(ix)] For fiscal year 2024 ………….................. $1.97 per State resident; 1
[and 2
(x)] (II) For fiscal [year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter ] 3
YEARS 2025 THROUGH 2027.....................................................................$2.07 pe r State 4
resident; 5
(III) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028…….. $2.17 $2.11 $2.17 PER STATE 6
RESIDENT; 7
(IV) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2029……. $2.28 $2.15 $2.28 PER STATE 8
RESIDENT; 9
(V) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2030….... $2.39 $2.19 $2.39 PER STATE 10
RESIDENT; 11
(VI) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2031……… $2.51 $2.26 $2.51 PER STATE 12
RESIDENT; AND 13
(VII) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2032 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR 14
THEREAFTER………………………………….. $2.64 $2.30 $2.64 PER STATE RESIDENT. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 16
1, 2026. 17
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.