The NM State Library oversees and administers GO Bond funding for the Public Libraries and Tribal Public Libraries across New Mexico.

School library funds are administered by the Public Education Department.  More information on school library GO Bond funds can be found on the PED website at http://www.ped.state.nm.us/Humanities/Library/index.html

Academic library funds are administered by the Higher Education Department.  Please visit their website at: https://hed.nm.gov/

The purpose of the New Mexico Public Library General Obligation Bond program is to provide supplemental funds for public libraries.  These funds are approved by the legislature and then by the voters in the November statewide elections. Funds for the public library bond program are intended to supplement local effort in providing local public library service.  The public library bond program funds public library resources and equipment for public libraries statewide; the funding also provides support for the Rural Library Services of the State Library.

Library bond program funds may be approved by the state legislature only during legislative sessions convened in even numbered years.The amount of bond funds received for distribution by the state library may vary depending on the amounts approved by the state legislature and subsequently approved by the voters.

Bonds are governed first and foremost by the legislative language in the appropriate GO Bond Bill and by the NM Administrative Code 4.5.8  DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION STATE OF NEW MEXICO BOND FUNDS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

For more information, contact the Development Bureau staff at SL.development@dca.nm.gov

2022 GO Bonds – funding currently available to public and tribal public libraries

2024 GO Bonds – will be on the November 2024 ballot for voter approval