§ 272. Conditions under which library systems are entitled to state\naid. 1. Public library systems. a. The term "public library system" as\nused in this article means:\n (1) A library established by one or more counties.\n (2) A group of libraries serving an area including one or more\ncounties in whole or in part.\n (3) A library of a city containing one or more counties.\n (4) A cooperative library system established pursuant to section two\nhundred fifty-five of this chapter, the plan of library service of any\nof which shall have been approved by the commissioner.\n b. The "area served" by a public library system for the purposes of\nthis article shall mean the area which the public library system\nproposes to serve in its approved plan of service. In determining the\npopulation of the area served by the public library system the\npopulation shall be deemed to be that shown by the latest federal census\nfor the political subdivisions in the area served. Such population shall\nbe certified in the same manner as provided by section fifty-four of the\nstate finance law except that such population shall include the\nreservation and school Indian population and incarcerated individuals of\nstate institutions under the direction, supervision or control of the\nstate department of corrections and community supervision, the state\ndepartment of mental hygiene and the state department of social welfare.\nIn the event that any of the political subdivisions receiving library\nservice are included within a larger political subdivision which is a\npart of the public library system the population used for the purposes\nof computing state aid shall be the population of the larger political\nsubdivision, provided however, that where any political subdivision\nwithin a larger political subdivision shall have taken an interim census\nsince the last census taken of the larger political subdivision, the\npopulation of the larger political subdivision may be adjusted to\nreflect such interim census and, as so adjusted, may be used until the\nnext census of such larger political subdivision. In the event that the\narea served is not coterminous with a political subdivision, the\npopulation of which is shown on such census, or the area in square miles\nof which is available from official sources, such population and area\nshall be determined, for the purpose of computation of state aid\npursuant to section two hundred seventy-three of this part by applying\nto the population and area in square miles of such political\nsubdivision, the ratio which exists between the assessed valuation of\nthe portion of such political subdivision included within the area\nserved and the total assessed valuation of such political subdivision.\n c. Members of a public library system shall be those public, free\nassociation, and Indian libraries located within the service area which\nhave been admitted to membership prior to July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-eight, or which apply for and are granted membership subsequent\nto that date with the approval of the commissioner. No public library\nsystem shall be subject to any loss of benefits under these provisions\nwhere such system has made reasonable effort to prevent the unapproved\nwithdrawal of such library from the system and the system demonstrates,\nin a manner satisfactory to the commissioner, that the residents of the\narea encompassed by the withdrawing library will continue to benefit\nfrom the library services provided by the public library system.\n d. "Approved plan" as used in this article means a plan of library\nservice by a public library system approved by the commissioner\nsubsequent to May first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight.\n e. Approval shall not be given to a public library system unless it\nwill serve at least two hundred thousand people or four thousand square\nmiles of area, provided, however, that provisional approval may be given\nto a public library system which will serve
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