The commissioner of education may provide operating aid to multicounty, multitype library systems. In awarding operating aid, the commissioner shall consider the extra costs incurred in systems located in sparsely populated and large geographic areas.
Minn. Stat. § 134.354
1983 c 314 art 11 s 16; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2013 c 116 art 7 s 11