Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB613: Revise laws related to state aid to public libraries
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to state aid to public libraries; requiring public libraries to provide matching funds; providing for certification of matching funds; amending section 22-1-327, mca; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES; REQUIRING PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATION OF MATCHING FUNDS; AMENDING SECTION 22-1-327, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 22-1-327, MCA, is amended to read: "22-1-327. State aid -- per capita -- per square mile. (1) The commission shall distribute grants to public libraries and public library districts on a per capita and per square mile basis. (2) The total amount of annual per capita and per square mile funding to public libraries for each fiscal year is the base amount of 50 cents multiplied by the total number of residents of the state as determined by the most recent decennial census of the population produced by the U.S. bureau of the census. (3) The amount determined under subsection (2) is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7502, from the general fund to the commission for distribution as state aid to public libraries. (4) (a) A recipient of money pursuant to this section shall provide matching funds in cash, not inkind contributions. The match must represent $1 in value for each $1 of the grant. (b) The match may not be met by utilizing other money made …
Sponsors
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
Subjects: State Finance, Libraries
Common questions
- What is HB613?
- HB613 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to state aid to public libraries.
- What does HB613 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to state aid to public libraries; requiring public libraries to provide matching funds; providing for certification of matching funds; amending section 22-1-327, mca; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB613?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB613?
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52).
- Where is the official record for HB613?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3456
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