{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-78-19g","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, § 19G","heading":"State assistance for public library projects","body":"Section 19G. The board of library commissioners shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer a program of state assistance to cities and towns in the planning, reconstruction, construction, design, acquisition of real property, renovation, preservation, rehabilitation, demolition or expansion of a facility to be used as a free public library.\nThe board may, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections nineteen H to nineteen K, inclusive, provide grant funds to such cities and towns which apply for funding of projects authorized by this section; provided, however, that said grant shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the cost of an approved library project, including interest and the cost of planning thereof.","path":["Part I","Title XII","Chapter 78"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXII/Chapter78/Section19G","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:30Z","sha256":"1d909918d4b7310ca539e314e48e12d28f2d6d679d946e8c38c91b23c6025bc9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-78-19f","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-78-19h"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}