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The Library Privacy Act and restrictions on access by minors
- From: Jeff Ogden
- Date: Tue Jul 07 08:50:34 1998
On 7/1/98 HB 5982 was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives
and referred to the Committee on Advanced Technology and Computer
Development. The bill amends "The library privacy act" to explicitly allow
a library board to restrict access of minors to obscene or pornographic
material over the Internet. A portion of the bill is included below. The
entire bill is available on the Web at:
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/
-Jeff Ogden
Merit
HOUSE BILL No. 5982
July 1, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Cassis, Goschka, Jelinek, Whyman,
Cropsey, Sanborn, Green, Scott, Horton, Dobb, Hammerstrom, Jansen,
Birkholz, Scranton, Dalman, Jellema, Voorhees and Raczkowski and referred
to the Committee on Advanced Technology and Computer Development.
A bill to amend 1982 PA 455, entitled
"The library privacy act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 397.602), as amended by 1998 PA 7, and
by adding section 6.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 2. As used in this act:
2 (A) "INTERNET" MEANS A MATRIX OF NETWORKS THAT CONNECTS COM-
3 PUTERS AROUND THE WORLD.
. . .
Page 2
. . .
10 SEC. 6. IF A LIBRARY OFFERS INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES TO THE
11 PUBLIC, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THAT LIBRARY MAY AUTHORIZE OR MAY
12 REQUIRE THAT THE LIBRARY RESTRICT ACCESS TO MINORS BY PROVIDING
13 THE INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
14 (A) BY MAKING AVAILABLE, TO PERSONS OF ANY AGE, 1 OR MORE
15 INTERNET ACCESS COMPUTER TERMINALS THAT ARE RESTRICTED FROM
16 RECEIVING OBSCENE OR PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL.
17 (B) BY RESERVING, TO PERSONS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR TO
18 PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THAT
19 PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN, 1 OR MORE INTERNET ACCESS COMPUTER
20 TERMINALS THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED FROM RECEIVING ANY MATERIAL.
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