A public library must demonstrate local effort on an annual basis by maintaining or increasing local operating expenditures or per capita local operating expenditures. Expenditures for the current reporting year shall be compared to the average of local operating expenditures or to the average of per capita expenditures for the three preceding years. Libraries that expend at least $l0 per capita and at least $50,000 are exempt from this membership criterion. A public library shall have minimum local expenditures of $5,000.

Source Note:The provisions of this §1.74 adopted to be effective September 1, 1977, 2 TexReg 1925; amended to be effective September 1, 1979, 4 TexReg 2675; amended to be effective December 9, 1980, 5 TexReg 4766; amended to be effective July 20, 1987, 12 TexReg 2178.