Senate File 2108 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ANGELO, BEHN, and ZAUN


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a requirement that public libraries which
  2    receive state funding adopt certain policies.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5637XS 81
  5 kh/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.51, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  l.  Require a public library that receives
  1  4 state funds to do the following:
  1  5    (1)  Adopt an internet filter policy designed to eliminate
  1  6 access to pornography on the public library's computer
  1  7 equipment.
  1  8    (2)  Adopt a policy to restrict the content of video
  1  9 materials a child under seventeen years of age may borrow from
  1 10 the library to those video cassettes or digital video discs
  1 11 (DVDs) that receive a G, PG, or PG=13 rating under the motion
  1 12 picture association of America's rating system.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill requires the division of libraries and
  1 15 information services established within the department of
  1 16 education to require a public library that receives state
  1 17 funds to adopt an internet filter policy designed to eliminate
  1 18 access to pornography on the public library's computer
  1 19 equipment, as well as a policy restricting the content of
  1 20 video materials a child under 17 years of age may borrow from
  1 21 the library.
  1 22 LSB 5637XS 81
  1 23 kh:nh/gg/14.2