Senate File 2107 - Introduced



                                   SENATE FILE       
                                   BY  ZAUN, McKINLEY, PUTNEY,
                                       GASKILL, WIECK, ZIEMAN,
                                       BOETTGER, HARTSUCH, WARD,
                                       MULDER, JOHNSON, HAHN,
                                       KETTERING, McKIBBEN, and
                                       NOBLE


    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 a policy restricting the content of video materials
  3    borrowed by children under seventeen years of age.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6079XS 82
  6 kh/nh/14

PAG LIN



  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 adopt a policy to restrict the content of video
  1  5 materials a child under seventeen years of age may borrow from
  1  6 the library to those video cassettes or digital video discs
  1  7 (DVDs) that receive a G, PG, or PG=13 rating under the motion
  1  8 picture association of America's rating system.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill requires the division of libraries and
  1 11 information services within the department of education to
  1 12 require a public library that receives state funds to adopt a
  1 13 policy restricting the content of video materials a child
  1 14 under 17 years of age may borrow from the library.
  1 15 LSB 6079XS 82
  1 16 kh/nh/14