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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Michigan Library Association commends the Michigan Senate and Senate leadership for recognizing the importance
of supporting the funding structure for Michigan’s libraries. Today the Senate voted 36- 2 to pass the seven-bill package allowing libraries to protect their dedicated special millages. The bills will now move to the House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The library community appreciates the Senate’s support of solutions to help keep our libraries adequately funded.
Today’s passage of legislation that would enable libraries to choose participation in tax captures validates the voters who go to the polls and overwhelmingly choose to support their libraries by approving a dedicated library millage. Many of these locally
dedicated taxes currently are being withheld against the libraries’ choice and in many cases without the voting taxpayer’s knowledge or approval.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call or email your Senator and say thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Read Michigan Library Association's official
<a href="http://www.milibraries.org/assets/1/6/News_Release_Tax_Capture_legislation_032016.pdf">
<span style="color:blue">News Release.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Gail Madziar<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michigan Library Association<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lansing, MI 48911<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Direct: 517-492-3824<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: 517-394-2675<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:gmadziar@milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">gmadziar@milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.milibraries.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Follow me on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MLAExec">
<span style="color:blue">@MLAExec</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please join us for the 2016 Spring Institute Conference April 14 – 15, 2016.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Learn more <a href="http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/spring-institute/featured-speakers/">
<span style="color:blue">here</span></a>!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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