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FISCAL YEAR 2008 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT	FY 2008 Budgetary Recommendations	FY 2008 Federal, Trust, and ISF	FY 2008 Total Spending	FY 2008 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue
Board of Library Commissioners	31,410	3,649	35,059	2
TOTAL	31,410	3,649	35,059	2

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account	description	amount
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS		35,059,230
Budgetary Direct Appropriations		31,410,427
7000-9101	Board of Library Commissioners For the operation of the board of library commissioners	1,010,739
7000-9401	Regional Public Libraries Local Aid For aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds for purposes authorized by clauses (1) and (2) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws, as it deems proper to regional public library systems throughout the fiscal year, in compliance with the office of the comptroller's regulations on state grants, 815 CMR 2.00; provided further, that notwithstanding said section 19C of said chapter 78 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Boston public library shall, as the library of last recourse for reference and research services for the commonwealth, be paid from this item an amount equal to $1.06 per resident in the commonwealth; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in calculating the fiscal year 2008 distribution of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall employ the same population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2007 distribution	15,730,361
7000-9402	Talking Book Program - Worcester For the operation of the talking book program at the Worcester public library	372,020
7000-9406	Talking Book Program - Watertown For the operation of a statewide Braille and talking book program in Watertown, including the operation of the machine-lending agency	2,081,565
7000-9501	Public Libraries Local Aid For aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive any funds from this item in any fiscal year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library services is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library service for the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of library commissioners may grant no more than 25 additional waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws in fiscal year 2008 for a period of not more than 1 year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, of the amount by which this item exceeds the amount appropriated in chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant program and under the guidelines for the library incentive grant program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any payment made to a city or town from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city or town and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the public library of the city or town without further appropriation	9,382,742
7000-9506	Technology and Automated Resource-Sharing Networks For statewide library technology and resource-sharing programs	2,833,000

account	description	amount
Federal Grant Spending		3,617,603
7000-9700	Federal Reserve - Title I For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Reserve - Title I	168,208
7000-9702	Library Services Technology Act For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Library Services Technology Act	3,449,395

account	description	amount
Trust and Other Spending		31,200
7000-9407	Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Trust	29,782
7070-6610	Elizabeth P. Sohier Library Fund	1,418