State Act

THE KARNATAKA PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1965

31. Government grant to District Library Authority of a portion of land revenue.- (1) The State Government shall make annually a grant to every District Library Authority of an amount equal to 1[six per cent]1 of the land revenue collection of the district. (2) The amount granted to a District Library Authority under sub-section (1) shall be credited to the District Library Fund at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) Land Revenue collection of a district for the purposes of sub-section (1) shall mean,- (a) until the revision settlement of land revenue under Chapter X of the 1[Karnataka]1 Land Revenue Act, 1964, the land revenue determined on the basis of the average land revenue collection of the district for a period of three years preceding the date of such determination; (b) after the determination of land revenue on the basis of the aforesaid revision settlement, the land revenue collected during the year preceding the year for which the grant is made.