| (a) The definition of "local fiscal year" is the fiscal year in which January 1 of that year falls. (b) The following are the minimum requirements for membership in the state library system: (1) A library serving a population of at least 500,001 persons must: (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $13.00 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $13.40 per capita in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $13.82 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015. (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; (C) be open for service not less than 64 hours per week; (D) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and (E) employ twelve full-time professional librarians, with one additional full-time professional librarian for every 50,000 persons above 500,000; an additional professional librarian must be assigned full time to system duties if the library is a major resource center. (2) A library serving a population of 200,001 - 500,000 persons must: (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $11.25 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $11.60 per capita in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $11.95 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; (C) be open for service not less than 64 hours per week; (D) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and (E) employ six full-time professional librarians, with one additional full-time professional librarian for every 50,000 persons above 200,000; an additional professional librarian must be assigned full time to system duties if the library is a major resource center. (3) A library serving a population of 100,001 - 200,000 persons must: (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $9.00 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $9.30 per capita in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $9.60 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; (C) be open for service not less than 54 hours per week; (D) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and (E) employ four full-time professional librarians, with one additional full-time professional librarian for each 50,000 persons above 100,000; an additional professional librarian must be assigned full time to system duties if the library is a major resource center. (4) A library serving a population of 50,001 - 100,000 persons must: (A) have local expenditures amounting to at least $7.50 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $7.75 per capita in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $8.00 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; (C) be open for service not less than 48 hours per week; (D) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and (E) employ at least two full-time professional librarians. (5) A library serving a population of 25,001 - 50,000 persons must: (A) have local expenditures of at least $5.00 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $5.15 in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $5.31 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; (C) be open for service not less than 40 hours per week; (D) employ a library director for at least 40 hours per week in library duties; and (E) employ at least one full-time professional librarian. (6) A library serving a population of 10,001 - 25,000 persons must: (A) have local expenditures of at least $4.00 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $4.12 per capita in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $4.25 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials, provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held; (C) be open for service not less than 30 hours per week; and (D) employ a library director for at least 30 hours per week in library duties. (7) A library serving a population of 5,001 - 10,000 must: (A) have local expenditures of at least $3.75 per capita in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $3.85 per capita in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $3.97 per capita in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials; provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held. (C) be open for service not less than 20 hours per week; and (D) employ a library director for at least 20 hours per week in library duties. (8) A library serving a population of 5,000 or fewer persons must: (A) have local per capita expenditures or minimum total local expenditures, whichever is greater, of $3.50 per capita or $10,000 total in local fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009; $3.60 per capita or $10,300 total in local fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012; $3.70 per capita or $10,650 in local fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015; (B) have at least one item of library materials per capita or expend at least 25% of the local expenditures on the purchase of library materials, provided that in either case a minimum of 7,500 items are held; (C) be open for service not less than 20 hours per week; and (D) employ a library director for at least 20 hours per week in library duties. |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §1.81 adopted to be effective September 1, 1977, 2 TexReg 1925; amended to be effective September 1, 1979, 4 TexReg 2675; amended to be effective May 1, 1981, 6 TexReg 1438; amended to be effective July 22, 1983, 8 TexReg 2607; amended to be effective June 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 4343; amended to be effective March 31, 2005, 30 TexReg 1765; amended to be effective September 2, 2007, 32 TexReg 5365 |
