The Somerset County Library System is raising its rates for fines, according to a release from the organization.
The changes in fees and fines were adopted Jan. 9, and will be effective Feb. 4 at all 10 branches.
Basically, overdue fines will increase from 10 cents per day to 20 cents per day.
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"We raised fines for the first time in nearly 30 years primarily to increase revenues during a time of rising costs and consistently flat budgets," said SCLS director Brian Auger in a release about the change.
The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren, Watchung and at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill.
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