Ch. 298                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              691

CREDIT IN SUPPORT OF SUCH A LIBRARY, OR CONTRIBUTE TO
THE CAPITAL FINANCING THEREOF, EXCEPT AFTER COMPLIANCE
WITH ANY LAWS APPLICABLE TO SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
RELATING TO OR GOVERNING CAPITAL OUTLAYS AND THE
PLEDGING OF CREDIT.

(B)  AS USED IN THE COMPACT, "STATE LIBRARY AGENCY," WITH
REFERENCE TO THIS STATE, MEANS THE DIVISION OF LIBRARY
DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.

(C)  AN INTERSTATE LIBRARY DISTRICT LYING PARTLY WITHIN
THIS STATE MAY CLAIM AND BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE STATE AID
IN SUPPORT OF ANY OF ITS FUNCTIONS TO THE SAME EXTENT
AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS SUCH FUNCTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR SUPPORT WHEN CARRIED ON BY ENTITIES WHOLLY WITHIN
THIS STATE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPUTING AND
APPORTIONING STATE AID TO AN INTERSTATE LIBRARY
DISTRICT, THIS STATE WILL CONSIDER THAT PORTION OF THE
AREA WHICH LIES WITHIN THIS STATE AS AN INDEPENDENT
ENTITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AIDED FUNCTION OR
FUNCTIONS AND COMPUTE AND APPORTION THE AID
ACCORDINGLY. SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THIS
STATE, SUCH A DISTRICT ALSO MAY APPLY FOR AND BE ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE ANY FEDERAL AID FOR WHICH IT MAY BE ELIGIBLE.

(D)  THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR LIBRARIES SHALL BE
THE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X OF THE
COMPACT. THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ON THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
MAY APPOINT ONE OR MORE DEPUTY COMPACT
ADMINISTRATORS PURSUANT TO SAID ARTICLE.

(E)  IN THE EVENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM THE COMPACT THE
GOVERNOR SHALL SEND AND RECEIVE ANY NOTICES REQUIRED
BY ARTICLE XI(B) OF THE COMPACT.

166B.

INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT

ARTICLE I. POLICY AND PURPOSE

BECAUSE THE DESIRE FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY
LIBRARIES TRANSCENDS GOVERNMENTAL BOUNDARIES AND CAN
MOST EFFECTIVELY BE SATISFIED BY GIVING SUCH SERVICES TO
COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF JURISDICTIONAL
LINES, IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATES PARTY TO THIS COMPACT
TO COOPERATE AND SHARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES; TO
AUTHORIZE COOPERATION AND SHARING WITH RESPECT TO
THOSE TYPES OF LIBRARY FACILITIES AND SERVICES WHICH CAN
BE MORE ECONOMICALLY OR EFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED AND
MAINTAINED ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS, AND TO AUTHORIZE
COOPERATION AND SHARING AMONG LOCALITIES, STATES AND
OTHERS IN PROVIDING JOINT OR COOPERATIVE LIBRARY
SERVICES IN AREAS WHERE THE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION
OR OF EXISTING AND POTENTIAL LIBRARY RESOURCES MAKE THE
PROVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICE ON AN INTERSTATE BASIS THE
MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT