Senate File 185 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ZAUN, ANGELO, BEHN,
                                           BOETTGER, and JOHNSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring public libraries that receive state funding to
  2    adopt certain policies.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1931XS 82
  5 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.51, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  k.  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 within the department of education to
  1 16 require a public library that receives state funds to adopt an
  1 17 internet filter policy designed to eliminate access to
  1 18 pornography on the public library's computer equipment, as
  1 19 well as a policy restricting the content of video materials a
  1 20 child under 17 years of age may borrow from the library.
  1 21 LSB 1931XS 82
  1 22 kh:nh/gg/14