Bill > S1385

This bill appropriates additional funds and reappropriates existing balances to the Idaho Commission for Libraries for fiscal year 2025, totaling $842,500 in new appropriations and up to $3,650,000 in reappropriations. * **New Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025:** The Idaho Commission for Libraries receives $842,500 for trustee and personnel benefit costs, operating expenditures, and payments. This amount is funded by $78,000 from the General Fund and $764,500 from the Federal Grant Fund. * **Reappropriation for Library Capital Projects:** Up to $1,900,000 from the ARPA Capital Projects Fund, which was appropriated for fiscal year 2024, is reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to library capital projects. This funding is available from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. * **Reappropriation for Digital Access Capacity:** Up to $1,750,000 from the Federal Grant Fund, which was appropriated for fiscal year 2024, is reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to digital access capacity. This funding is available from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. * **Conditions on Telehealth Facilities:** Funds reappropriated for library capital projects from the ARPA Capital Projects Fund cannot be used for facility and technology projects that do not comply with Idaho Code Sections 18-608 and 18-617.