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18012
. In adopting this chapter, the Legislature declares that its
policy, and its objective in enacting the specific program prescribed
in Section 18011, is to do all of the following:
(a) Assure the availability to every resident of the state of an
adequate level of public library service regardless of the taxable
wealth of the local jurisdiction providing the service.
(b) Provide permanent, stable, and predictable financing for
public libraries of the state through a combination of state and
local revenues.
(c) Provide state funds for public library service through
application of a simple formula whose variable elements can be
readily predicted and ascertained by both state and local officials,
and which can be administered by the Controller and the State
Librarian as ministerial functions.
(d) Reaffirm the principle of local control of the government and
administration of public libraries under broad state policy
determinations, and subject to the necessity for financial accounting
to the state for the expenditure of state funds and required local
matching funds.