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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-506" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Financing for County Public Libraries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Librarian shall authorize the payment of funds under this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To the board of library trustees of each county that has a board of trustees; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In each county that does not have a board of library trustees, to the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Current operating funds shall be administered by the county board of library trustees.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Capital expense funds shall be administered by the county council, board of county commissioners, or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The funds provided under this subtitle may be used only for library purposes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Librarian shall require that these funds be used subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The adoption of a written policy for operation of the county library system consistent with the State standards for libraries by each board of library trustees or, if the county does not have a board of library trustees, the county government; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any other conditions specified by the appropriating agency or imposed under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
