HB 0325 2003
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6	The Committee on Commerce recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to public libraries; amending s. 257.191,
12	F.S.; revising provisions relating to public library
13	construction grants; providing for waiver of local
14	matching requirement under certain circumstances;
15	authorizing the Division of Library and Information
16	Services to administer certain funds; providing for
17	eligibility for grant funding; providing for the adoption
18	of rules; providing for effect contingent upon certain
19	appropriations; amending s. 257.261, F.S.; revising
20	provisions relating to confidentiality of public library
21	registration and circulation records to authorize
22	disclosure of information to the parent or guardian of a
23	library patron under age 16, for the purpose of collecting
24	fines or recovering overdue books or other materials;
25	providing for severability; providing an effective date.
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27	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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29	Section 1. Section 257.191, Florida Statutes, is amended
30	to read:
31	257.191 Public libraryconstruction grants.--
32	(1)The Division of Library and Information Services may
33	accept and administer library construction moneys appropriated
34	to it and shall allocate such appropriation to municipal,
35	county, and regional libraries in the form of publiclibrary
36	construction grants on a matching basis. The local matching
37	portion shall be no less than the grant amount, on a dollar-for-
38	dollar basis, up to the maximum grant amount50 percent. The
39	division shall waive the matching requirement if a county or
40	municipality requests a waiver of the matching requirement and
41	has been designated a rural community in accordance with ss.
42	288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561. Initiation of a library
43	construction project 12 months or less prior to the grant award
44	under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an
45	applicant to receive a public library construction grant.
46	(2)(a) The Division of Library and Information Services
47	may accept and administer moneys appropriated to it for small
48	county public library construction grants. The purpose of the
49	grants is to assist counties and municipalities that have been
50	designated rural communities in accordance with ss.
51	288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561 to construct, expand, or renovate
52	public library facilities to meet the requirement of 0.6 square
53	feet per capita of total library floor space.
54	(b) To be eligible to compete for funds under this
55	section, a county or municipality shall:
56	1. Comply with the definition of rural community as
57	provided in s. 288.0656(2)(b).
58	2. Have less than 0.6 square feet per capita of total
59	library floor space.
60	3. Certify that the county or municipality will
61	appropriate and expend sufficient funds to operate the completed
62	library facility.
63	4. Not apply for a grant under the public library
64	construction grant program provided in subsection (1) during the
65	same fiscal year.
66	(c) The implementation of the provisions of the small
67	county public library construction grants under this subsection
68	shall be contingent upon specific appropriations provided to the
69	Department of State for funding of these grants.
70	(3)The division shall adopt rules for the administration
71	of library construction grants. For the purposes of this
72	section, s. 257.21 does not apply.
73	Section 2. Section 257.261, Florida Statutes, is amended
74	to read:
75	257.261 Library registration and circulation records.--All
76	registration and circulation records of every public library,
77	except statistical reports of registration and circulation, are
78	confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and
79	from s. 24(a) of Art. I of the State Constitution. Except in
80	accordance with proper judicial order, a person may not make
81	known in any manner any information contained in such records,
82	except as provided in this section. As used in this section,
83	the term "registration records" includes any information that a
84	library requires a patron to provide in order to become eligible
85	to borrow books and other materials, and the term "circulation
86	records" includes all information that identifies the patrons
87	who borrow particular books and other materials. This section
88	does not prohibit any library, or any business operating jointly
89	with the library, from disclosing information to the parent or
90	guardian of a public library patron under the age of 16
91	municipal or county law enforcement officials, or to judicial
92	officials, for the purpose of collecting fines orrecovering
93	overdue books, documents, films, or other items or materials
94	owned or otherwise belonging to the library. This section does
95	not prohibit any library, or any business operating jointly with
96	the library, from disclosing information to municipal or county
97	law enforcement officials or to judicial officials or to any
98	business, for the purpose of collecting fines or recovering
99	overdue books, documents, films, or other items or materials
100	owned or otherwise belonging to the library; provided that,.in
101	the case of a public library patron under the age of 16, thea
102	public library or business entitymay only release confidential
103	information relating to the parent or guardian of the person
104	under the age of 16. Any person who violates this section
105	commitsis guilty ofa misdemeanor of the second degree,
106	punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
107	Section 3. If any provision of this act or its application
108	to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
109	does not affect other provisions or applications of the act
110	which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
111	application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
112	declared severable.
113	Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.