HB 0415 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Judiciary 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 Internet access in county and municipal
12	libraries; requiring public libraries to install and
13	maintain computer software or equivalent technology that
14	prohibits access to obscene materials by minors;
15	permitting libraries to prohibit access to materials that
16	incite violence; providing that the installation of
17	software or technology in a library having only one
18	public-access computer is within the library's discretion;
19	providing a finding of important state interest; providing
20	an effective date.
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22	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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24	Section 1. Each county or municipal public library that
25	makes available for public use computer on-line service,
26	Internet service, or local bulletin board service shall install
27	and maintain computer software or equivalent technology on any
28	computer that is made available to persons under 18 years of age
29	which prohibits access to materials that contain obscene
30	descriptions, photographs, or depictions. Such computer software
31	or equivalent technology may also prohibit access to materials
32	that incite violence against persons based on their race,
33	gender, or religion. If the library has only one computer
34	available for public use, the installation of such software or
35	technology shall be within the discretion of the library.
36	Section 2. In accordance with section 18, Article VII of
37	the State Constitution, the Legislature finds that the
38	installation and maintenance by public libraries of computer
39	software or equivalent technology that prohibits access by
40	persons under 18 years of age to obscene materials fulfills an
41	important state interest.
42	Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.
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