Application.

1. To receive a grant for the purchase or acquisition of books, library materials and computer databases pursuant to NRS 378.087 , a public library must apply annually to the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator on a form provided by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator. 2. Each application submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include: (a) A brief description of the manner in which the requesting library will use the money from the grant. (b) A statement from the requesting library certifying the amount of money that the library expended for books, library materials and computer databases during the fiscal year which began 2 years before the date on which the fiscal year in which the money for the grant will be allocated began. (c) A statement from the requesting library certifying that the library: (1) Meets or exceeds the standards for public libraries established by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 378.083 ; or (2) Has filed a plan with the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator for meeting the standards for public libraries established by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 378.083 within 5 years after the date on which the plan was filed. (d) Statements from the library certifying that the library: (1) Has not included any nonmonetary gifts or donations or money from the State or the Federal Government that it received during the fiscal year which began 2 years before the date on which the fiscal year in which the money for the grant will be allocated began in calculating its request for a matching grant; (2) Will use the money from the grant exclusively for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring books, library materials and computer databases; and (3) Will not use the money from the grant to: (I) Supplant any other source of money for the library; or (II) Cause the reduction of any other source of money for the library.