Amended in Senate April 1, 2013

Senate Bill No. 331

Introduced by Senator Liu

February 19, 2013

An act to amend begin delete Section end delete begin insert Sections 18745 and end insert 18766 of begin insert , and to add Section 18766.5 to, end insert the Education Code, relating to libraries.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 331, as amended, Liu. California Library Services Act: statewide communications and delivery begin delete intranet. end delete begin insert collaborative network. end insert

The California Library Services Act establishes the California Library Services Board begin delete and provides that its duties include, among other things, adopting rules, regulations, and general policies relating to the implementation of the act. The act provides for the establishment of systems, which are defined as cooperative library systems. The act requires the California Library Services Board to establish and administer 2 or more state reference centers to be responsible for answering reference requests that cannot be met by systems and libraries participating in the programs authorized by the act. end delete

begin delete Existing law end delete begin insert and end insert requires the begin delete California Library Services Board end delete begin insert board end insert to begin insert , among other things, end insert establish and maintain a statewide communications and delivery network between and among begin insert cooperative library end insert systems, state reference centers, independent public libraries, and all other libraries participating in the programs authorized by the act.

This bill would instead require the begin delete California Library Services Board end delete begin insert board end insert to establish and maintain a statewide communications and delivery begin delete intranet, rather than network, which may also be accessed by public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools end delete begin insert collaborative network between cooperative library systems, independent public libraries, and all other libraries participating in the programs authorized by the act end insert . begin insert The bill would also end insert begin insert authorize end insert begin insert the State end insert begin insert Librarian end insert begin insert , with approval of the board, to enter into a cooperative agreement with a high-bandwidth, high-capacity Internet end insert begin insert service provider end insert begin insert for the purpose of providing services to all public libraries in the state, as provided. end insert

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Existing law requires each cooperative library system, as defined, to annually apply for funds for intrasystem communications and delivery, and requires the proposals to be based upon the most cost-effective methods of exchanging materials and information among member libraries.

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This bill would specify that applications to the board for funds for intrasystem communications and delivery may include, requests for grant assistance for broadband capacity upgrades. The bill would also require that proposals be based on the most cost-effective methods for information and resource sharing, including electronic or physical delivery.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 18745 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended
to read: end insert

18745.  

Each system shall annually apply to the state board for
funds for intrasystem communications and delivery begin insert , which end insert begin insert may end insert
begin insert include, but is not limited to, requests for grant assistance for
broadband capacity upgrades, to the extent funds are available end insert .
Proposals shall be based upon the most cost-effective methods begin delete of
exchanging materials and information among the member libraries end delete
begin insert for information and resource sharing, end insert begin insert including end insert begin insert , but not limited
to, electronic or physical delivery end insert .

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Section 18766 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

18766.  

The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide
communications and delivery begin delete intranet between and among systems;
public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools; state
reference centers; independent public libraries; end delete begin insert collaborative
network between cooperative library systems, independent public
libraries, end insert and all other libraries participating in the programs
authorized by this act.

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begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

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begin insert Section 18766.5 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert , to
read: end insert

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begin insert 18766.5. end insert   

(a) The State Librarian, with approval of the state
board, may enter into a cooperative agreement with a
high-bandwidth, high-capacity Internet service provider for the
purpose of providing services to all public libraries in the state,
including the most underserved.

(b) The state board shall develop formulas for the equitable
allocation of reimbursements or grant distributions to systems,
pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 18724, for any dedicated
state funding associated with a system’s participation in the
statewide communications and delivery collaborative network and
related costs pertaining to broadband capacity upgrades.

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