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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-507" 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 State Comptroller to withhold State funds from any county that fails:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To appropriate the amount of its share of the minimum program; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To meet the requirements of the law or of the State Library Board for operating the county library.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Comptroller shall withhold all State funds from a county that the State Library Board certifies has failed to operate the county library system consistent with the State standards for libraries.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Comptroller shall continue to withhold funds under paragraph (1) of this subsection until the State Library Board certifies that the county has adopted a written policy for the operation of the county library system consistent with the State standards for libraries.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
