ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1272

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JANUARY 29, 1996

      The Assembly Education Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 1272.

      This bill provides that failure to meet the regulations promulgated under the "state library aid law" regarding employment of a certified full-time library director will not result in the loss of any per capita library aid, provided the library has employed a certified part-time library director for a minimum of one year as of the bill's effective date. The bill applies only to libraries serving a municipality, group of municipalities, or a county, having a population of 10,000 or more inhabitants, and the exception will terminate when the part-time

librarian leaves the employ of the library.

      This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 1996 session pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.