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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.