Section 181.065

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Chapter 181

Effective - 01 Jul 1993, see footnote   

  181.065.  State aid to libraries for services for blind and physically handicapped — state librarian to administer services. — 1.  The general assembly may appropriate moneys to any library which is designated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, with the concurrence of the state librarian, as a regional or subregional library to furnish library service to eligible blind and physically handicapped citizens as defined in Public Law 89-522 (1966).

  2.  The  state librarian shall administer the library service for the blind and physically handicapped, and request an annual operating budget for regional or subregional libraries providing services to the blind and physically handicapped as defined in Public Law 89-522 (1966), and shall monitor services and activities from any library in Missouri which may be designated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, with the concurrence of the state librarian, as a subregional library for the blind and physically handicapped.

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(L. 1963 p. 356 §§ 1, 2, 3, A.L. 1972 S.B. 590, A.L. 1974 S.B. 541, A.L. 1991 S.B. 197)

Effective 7-1-93