Senate Bill sb1250c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 1250

    By the Committee on Comprehensive Planning; and Senator Wise





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to obscenity; requiring public

  3         libraries to install and maintain computer

  4         software or equivalent technology that

  5         prohibits access to obscene materials by

  6         minors; providing that the installation of

  7         software or technology in a library having only

  8         one public-access computer is within the

  9         library's discretion; providing a finding of

10         important state interest; amending s. 257.17,

11         F.S.; establishing minimum standards for

12         receipt of operating grants; providing an

13         effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Each county or municipal public library

18  that makes available for public use computer on-line service,

19  Internet service, or local bulletin-board service shall

20  install and maintain computer software or equivalent

21  technology on any computer that is made available to persons

22  under 18 years of age which prohibits access to materials that

23  contain obscene descriptions, photographs, or depictions. If

24  the library has only one computer available for public use,

25  the installation of such software or technology shall be

26  within the discretion of the library.

27         Section 2.  In accordance with Section 18, Article VII

28  of the State Constitution, the Legislature finds that the

29  installation and maintenance by public libraries of computer

30  software or equivalent technology that prohibits access by

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 1  persons under 18 years of age to obscene materials fulfills an

 2  important state interest.

 3         Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 257.17, Florida

 4  Statutes, is amended to read:

 5         257.17  Operating grants.--A political subdivision that

 6  has been designated by a county as the single library

 7  administrative unit is eligible to receive from the state an

 8  annual operating grant of not more than 25 percent of all

 9  local funds expended by that political subdivision during the

10  second preceding fiscal year for the operation and maintenance

11  of a library, under the following conditions:

12         (2)  The library established or maintained by such

13  political subdivision shall:

14         (a)  Be operated under a single administrative head who

15  is an employee of, or designated by, the single library

16  administrative unit and who has completed a library education

17  program accredited by the American Library Association. The

18  single administrative head shall have at least 2 years of

19  full-time paid professional experience, after completing the

20  library education program, in a public library that is open to

21  the public for a minimum of 40 hours per week; and

22         (b)  Expend its funds centrally; and

23         (b)  Have an operating budget of at least $20,000 per

24  year from local sources; and

25         (c)  Give free library service to all residents of the

26  county or residents of the special district or special tax

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28         Section 4.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 1250

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 4  The committee substitute amends s. 257.17(2), F.S., to change
    the eligibility requirements for a municipality designated as
 5  the single library administrative unit to receive an annual
    operating grant. Under this CS, a library maintained by a
 6  municipality receiving such a grant is required be operated
    under a single administrative head who is employed by, or
 7  designated by, the administrative unit and must meet certain
    professional requirements. This CS eliminates the requirement
 8  that a library have an annual operating budget of at least
    $20,000 from local sources.
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