NAC378.150. Application.

     1. To receive a grant for the purchase or acquisition of books, library materials and computer databases pursuant to NRS 378.087, a public library must apply annually to the State Library and Archives Administrator on a form provided by the State Library and Archives Administrator.

     2. Each application submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include:

     (a) A brief description of the manner in which the requesting library will use the money from the grant.

     (b) A statement from the requesting library certifying the amount of money that the library expended for books, library materials and computer databases during the fiscal year which began 2 years before the date on which the fiscal year in which the money for the grant will be allocated began.

     (c) A statement from the requesting library certifying that the library:

          (1) Meets or exceeds the standards for public libraries established by the State Library and Archives Administrator pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 378.083; or

          (2) Has filed a plan with the State Library and Archives Administrator for meeting the standards for public libraries established by the State Library and Archives Administrator pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 378.083 within 5 years after the date on which the plan was filed.

     (d) Statements from the library certifying that the library:

          (1) Has not included any nonmonetary gifts or donations or money from the State or the Federal Government that it received during the fiscal year which began 2 years before the date on which the fiscal year in which the money for the grant will be allocated began in calculating its request for a matching grant;

          (2) Will use the money from the grant exclusively for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring books, library materials and computer databases; and

          (3) Will not use the money from the grant to:

               (I) Supplant any other source of money for the library; or

               (II) Cause the reduction of any other source of money for the library.

     (Added to NAC by Library & Archives Admin’r by R152-97, eff. 3-6-98)