HB 0415 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to obscenity; requiring public libraries
3	to install and maintain computer software or equivalent
4	technology that prohibits access to obscene materials by
5	minors; providing that the installation of software or
6	technology in a library having only one public-access
7	computer is within the library's discretion; providing a
8	finding of important state interest; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.Each county or municipal public library that
14	makes available for public use computer on-line service,
15	Internet service, or local bulletin board service shall install
16	and maintain computer software or equivalent technology on any
17	computer that is made available to persons under 18 years of age
18	which prohibits access to materials that contain obscene
19	descriptions, photographs, or depictions. If the library has
20	only one computer available for public use, the installation of
21	such software or technology shall be within the discretion of
22	the library.
23	Section 2.In accordance with section 18, Article VII of
24	the State Constitution, the Legislature finds that the
25	installation and maintenance by public libraries of computer
26	software or equivalent technology that prohibits access by
27	persons under 18 years of age to obscene materials fulfills an
28	important state interest.
29	Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.
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