Fiscal Summary

(CORRECTED) Increase Local Expenditures - $22,900/FY20-21 and Every Two Years Thereafter*

Bill Summary

This bill requires any library that receives state or local funds under present law concerning county and municipal libraries and provides access to age-inappropriate sexual material (a "public library") to establish a parental library review board. This bill defines "age-inappropriate sexual material" to mean any description or representation, in any form, of nudity, sexuality, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, that:



(1) Taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of minors;

(2) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is appropriate material for minors; and

(3) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.



Each parental library review board will consist of five adult members who reside in the county or municipality served by the public library. The board members will be selected in elections with the five individuals who receive the highest number of votes being elected to two-year terms.



This bill requires parental library review boards to determine whether any sexual material provided to the public by the public library is age-inappropriate sexual material. Any such determination must include a public hearing wherein public comments are accepted. This bill authorizes parental library review boards to order any material deemed to be age-inappropriate sexual material to be removed from public access by minors at the public library. A board's removal order will not be subject to any form of appeal or review other than through the courts.



This bill requires public libraries to verify, and display verification of, compliance with this bill's requirements.



It will be a Class A misdemeanor offense, punishable by a maximum fine of $500, incarceration, or both, for any public library employee to intentionally fail to comply with, or intentionally violate, this bill's requirements.



This bill removes eligibility for state funding from any public library that allows minors to access age-inappropriate sexual material in violation of this bill.

