(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.
1.Substituted by Act 31 of 1998 w.e.f. 24.11.1998
(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;
1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
(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.