Libraries Act Funding Regulations
made under Sections 15 and 16 of the
Libraries Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 254
O.I.C. 1998-458 (effective September 16, 1998), N.S. Reg. 70/98
as amended to O.I.C. 2001-347 (effective July 19, 2001), N.S. Reg. 92/2001
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Citation
Definitions
Operating grants
French language grants
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Libraries Act Funding Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
(a) “approved operating funding level” means the product of the per capita
rate multiplied by the population of the municipalities that are represented
on a regional library board;
(b) “fiscal year” means the year commencing April 1 in each year and ending
March 31 next following;
(c) “Minister” means the Minister of Education;
(d) “municipality” means a town, regional municipality or a municipality of a
county or district;
(e) “per capita rate” means the per capita rate set annually by the Minister for
purposes of calculating the approved operating funding level;
(f) “population of the municipalities” means the population as shown in the
census, or annual projections, last prepared by Statistics Canada of all the
municipalities represented on a regional library board; and
(g) “sharing ratio” means the ratio, determined by the Minister for a regional
library board, that represents the percentage of the approved operating
funding level to be paid by
(i) the Province,
(ii) the municipalities represented on the regional library board, and
(iii) the regional library board.
Operating grants
3 (1) The municipalities represented on a regional library board shall, each fiscal year,
collectively pay to the regional library board on which they are represented a total
operating grant equal to the product of the municipalities’ percentage of the
sharing ratio times the approved operating funding level.
(2) The Minister shall, each fiscal year, pay to each regional library board an
operating grant that is equal to the product of the Province’s percentage of the
sharing ratio times the approved operating funding level.
(3) The Minister shall, during the fiscal years 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and
2001-2002, pay to the Eastern Counties Regional Library Board an operating grant
of $18 000 per year, in addition to the Provincial annual operating grant
prescribed under subsection (2).
(3A) The Minister shall, each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year 2002-2003,
pay to each regional library board the municipalities of which have a total
population density of 5 people or less per square kilometre, an equity grant of 5%
of the Provincial annual operating grant prescribed under subsection (2), in
addition to the Provincial annual operating grant prescribed under subsection (2).
(4) Each regional library board shall, each fiscal year, generate an amount of money
that is the product of the regional library board’s percentage of the sharing ratio
times the approved operating funding level.
(5) The payments required to be made under subsections (1), (2) and (4) shall be
made commencing the 1995-1996 fiscal year.
(6) The grants set out in subsections (1) to (3A) shall be paid in quarterly installments
during the fiscal year, one installment in the first month.
(7) The total municipal contribution set out in subsection (1) shall be apportioned
among each participating municipality calculated by taking the share that its
population is of the total population of all municipalities represented on the
regional library board.
French language grants
4 (1) The Minister shall, each fiscal year, pay to a regional library board, where the
French language speaking population exceeds 10% of the total population of the
area served by the regional library board, a French language operating grant to
assist in the provision of library service in the French language.
(2) The grant specified in subsection (1) shall be
(a) 5% for the fiscal years 1995-1996, 1996-1997 and 1997-1998; and
(b) 10% for the fiscal years 1998-1999 and thereafter,
of the Provincial annual operating grant prescribed in subsection 3(2) and shall be
in addition to the Provincial annual operating grant.
(3) The French language operating grant prescribed in this Section shall be paid as
required under subsection 3(6).
(4) The French language operating grant prescribed under this Section shall be
conditional on the preparation of a separate financial statement, in accordance
with subsection 14(2) of the Act, detailing the expenditures made for the French
language library service provided by the regional library board.