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1 AN ACT concerning the State Library.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Library Act is amended by adding
5 Section 15 as follows:
6 (15 ILCS 320/15 new)
7 Sec. 15. Public library Internet use study.
8 (a) Under Section 7 of this Act, the State Library is
9 charged with advising libraries in Illinois regarding the
10 administration and functioning of libraries. In furtherance
11 of that purpose, the Director of the State Library must
12 conduct a study to determine the most effective means of
13 preventing minors from accessing explicit sexual material
14 from public-access computers that are located in public
15 libraries. The study must consider any constitutional
16 requirement that adult library patrons be guaranteed
17 unfiltered access to the Internet and must contain the
18 Director's recommendations for compliance with any such
19 requirement.
20 (b) For purposes of this Section:
21 (1) "Public library" means a library that is
22 created under the Illinois Local Library Act, the
23 Illinois Library System Act, the Public Library District
24 Act of 1991, the Chicago Public Library Act, the Village
25 Library Act, the Library Incorporation Act, the Libraries
26 in Parks Act, the Counties Code, the Township Code, or
27 the Illinois Municipal Code.
28 (2) "Explicit sexual material" means any material
29 that is: obscene as defined in Section 11-20 of the
30 Criminal Code of 1961; child pornography as defined in
31 Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or material
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1 harmful to minors as defined in Section 11-21 of the
2 Criminal Code of 1961.
3 (3) "Public-access computer" means a computer that
4 is located in a public library, that is connected to the
5 Internet, and that is available for use by library
6 patrons.
7 (c) The Director must complete this study before January
8 1, 2005. A copy of the results of the study shall be
9 provided to each public library in the State, the Secretary
10 of State, the Speaker of the House, the President of the
11 Senate, the Minority Leader of the House, and the Minority
12 Leader of the Senate. A copy of the results of the study must
13 be available for review by any member of the public.