Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) is grateful for and supportive of all the recent amendments filed by legislators on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) budget. MLA has chosen to focus on certain amendments and urge you to contact your legislators before next week's vote on the state budget.
If
your legislators have signed onto the amendments, please thank them. If they have not, please let your legislators
know that you want their support on these line items and amendments. The 4
amendments in 3 line items with their lists of legislators signing on are at
the end of this email.
Item
7000-9501 Amendment 181 State Aid to Libraries increase
Item
7000-9506 Amendment 468 Restoration of funds for Library Technology and Automated
Resources
Item
7000-9401 Amendment 506 Boston Digitization project funding
Amendment 535 Restoration of at least $100,000 to MA Library System
From
the Western Massachusetts Library Advocates on behalf of Beverly Shank and
Susan McAlister, Co-chairs of the MLA Legislative Committee.
Amendment
#181 to H.3400
State
Aid to Public LibrariesRepresentatives Humason of Westfield, Hogan of Stow, Galvin of Canton, Pignatelli of Lenox, Durant of Spencer, Vega of Holyoke, Scibak of South Hadley, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Cutler of Duxbury, Vieira of Falmouth, Smizik of Brookline, Campbell of Methuen, Boldyga of Southwick, Smola of Palmer, Gifford of Wareham, Roy of Franklin, Dwyer of Woburn, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Jones of North Reading and Mannal of Barnstable move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7000-9501, by striking out the figures "$6,823,657" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$9,989,844."
Amendment
#468 to H.3400
Library
Technology and Automated Resources Representatives Atkins of Concord, Andrews
of Orange, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Fresolo of Worcester, McMurtry of Dedham,
Dykema of Holliston, Kocot of Northampton, Kaufman of Lexington, Puppolo of
Springfield, Ashe of Longmeadow, Calter of Kingston, Farley-Bouvier of
Pittsfield, Fox of Boston, Gordon of Bedford, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of
Newton, Madden of Nantucket, Scibak of South Hadley, Turner of Dennis, Peake of
Provincetown, Finn of West Springfield, Mannal of Barnstable, Mark of Peru,
Rosa of Leominster, Walsh of Framingham, Walsh of Boston, Garry of Dracut,
Devers of Lawrence, Rogers of Cambridge, Schmid of Westport, O'Day of West
Boylston and Timilty of Milton move to amend the bill in section 2, in item
7000-9506, by striking out the figures “1,929,238” and inserting in place
thereof the figures “3,788,000”.
Amendment
#506 to H.3400
For
Free Digitization for Public Libraries in the Commonwealth Representatives
Rushing of Boston, Moran of Boston, Hogan of Stow, Malia of Boston, Forry of
Boston, Henriquez of Boston, Collins of Boston, Honan of Boston, Fox of Boston
and Basile of Boston move to amend the bill in section 2, by striking out item
7000-9401 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-
7000-9401
For state aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library
commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds for purposes authorized
by clauses (1) and (2) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws, as it
considers proper, to regional public library systems throughout each fiscal
year, in compliance with the office of the comptroller‘s regulations on state
grants, 815 CMR 2.00; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or
special law to the contrary, in calculating the fiscal year 2012 distribution
of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall
employ population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2010 distribution;
and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the
contrary, the library of the commonwealth shall receive not less than 38.3
cents for each resident of the commonwealth ...............................
$9,279,475
Amendment
#535 to H.3400
Regional
Libraries and the Library of the Commonwealth Representatives Atkins of
Concord, Andrews of Orange, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Dykema of Holliston, Kaufman
of Lexington, Fresolo of Worcester, McMurtry of Dedham, Puppolo of Springfield,
Kocot of Northampton, Ashe of Longmeadow, Calter of Kingston, Fox of Boston,
Gordon of Bedford, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Farley-Bouvier of
Pittsfield, Madden of Nantucket, Peake of Provincetown, Scibak of South Hadley,
Turner of Dennis, Finn of West Springfield, Mannal of Barnstable, Mark of Peru,
Walsh of Boston, Rosa of Leominster, Walsh of Framingham, Devers of Lawrence,
Forry of Boston, Garry of Dracut, Rogers of Cambridge and Schmid of Westport
move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 7000-9401, by striking out the
figures “9,131,475” and inserting in place thereof the figures “10,940,475”.
