Senate Bill 2050 Summary

• Allows state librarian to recalculate and adjust public library grant formulas for libraries that appeal an ineligibility determination, with appeals required within 30 days and adjustments applied to next available grant payment.

• Changes library board annual report requirements to use "library materials" instead of "books and periodicals" to reflect modern collection types.

• Modifies state publication deposit requirements from 8 copies to a flexible minimum of 2 copies per agency, with conversions to digital format instead of microfilm or optical disk storage.

• Renumbers duties of the North Dakota library coordinating council and removes requirement to serve as state advisory council under Public Law 101-254.

• Repeals sections allowing political subdivisions to establish libraries without an election and repeals local maintenance effort requirements for public libraries.

• Effective date of May 15, 2023 for grant calculation, mill levy computation, and local maintenance effort repeal provisions.