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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 698
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 698 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Internet Access For Minors at Public Libraries Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7 "Explicit sexual materials" means those materials that
8 are obscene as defined in Section 11-20 of the Criminal Code
9 of 1961, child pornography as defined in Section 11-20.1 of
10 the Criminal Code of 1961, or material harmful to minors as
11 defined in Section 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
12 "Public access computer" means a computer that is located
13 in a publicly-supported library, other than a law library or
14 a school or academic library, and that is connected to the
15 Internet or to an online service.
16 "Publicly-supported library" means a library that is
17 created under the Illinois Local Library Act, the Illinois
18 Library System Act, the Public Library District Act of 1991,
19 the Chicago Public Library Act, the Village Library Act, the
20 Library Incorporation Act, the Libraries in Parks Act, the
21 Counties Code, the Township Code, or the Illinois Municipal
22 Code.
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1 Section 10. Minor patron use. If a publicly-supported
2 library provides one or more public access computers that are
3 connected to the Internet, then the library must do one of
4 the following:
5 (1) dedicate one or more of the public access
6 computers for the sole use of minors and equip the
7 computer with software that seeks to prevent minors form
8 gaining access to explicit sexual materials; or
9 (2) dedicate one or more public access computers
10 for the sole use of minors and obtain Internet
11 connectivity from an Internet service provider that
12 provides filter services to limit access to explicit
13 sexual materials.
14 Upon implementation of either option (1) or (2), the
15 publicly-supported library must ensure that the Internet
16 filter technology is operational on the public access
17 computers designated for use by minors. A publicly-supported
18 library need not comply with this Section if the library
19 prohibits minors from using its public access computers.
20 Section 15. Adult patron use. Nothing in this Act
21 prohibits a publicly-supported library from providing one or
22 more public access computers for use by adult patrons. To the
23 extent that a library permits adult patrons to use one or
24 more public access computers, the library must dedicate the
25 computers solely for adult use and must prohibit minors from
26 using those computers.
27 Section 20. Employee use. Nothing in this Act shall be
28 construed to exclude any authorized adult employee of a
29 publicly-supported library from having unfiltered access to
30 the Internet or to any online service for legitimate library,
31 scientific, or educational purposes.
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1 Section 25. Compliance. The chief librarian of each
2 publicly-supported library that allows minors to use a public
3 access computer must annually file with the State Librarian a
4 certificate that the library is in compliance with Sections
5 10 and 15 of this Act. The State Librarian shall prescribe a
6 form for the certificate, which must be notarized, and shall
7 adopt any rules necessary to implement this Act.
8 Section 30. Noncompliance. Notwithstanding any other law
9 to the contrary, a publicly-supported library that fails to
10 comply with Sections 10, 15, and 25 of this Act is not
11 eligible to apply for or receive any State grant moneys made
12 available under the Illinois Library System Act or any other
13 law.
14 Section 35. Immunity. A publicly-supported library that
15 complies with Sections 10, 15, and 25 of this Act is immune
16 from any criminal liability arising from access by a minor to
17 explicit sexual materials through the use of a public access
18 computer owned or controlled by the publicly-supported
19 library.".