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NOTICE: This page is current through July 15, 2011.
California - SB 445 - Signed by Governor (7/11/2011) - becomes effective January 1, 2012
Illinois - HB0177 - Governor approved (7/14/2011) - law became effective 7/14/2011
Section 41-8-9. "Registration records" defined.
As used in Section 41-8-10, the term "registration records" includes any information which a library requires a patron to provide in order to become eligible to borrow books and other materials, and the term "circulation records" includes all information which identifies the patrons utilizing particular books and any other library materials in any medium or format.
(Acts 1983, No. 83-565, p. 866, &sect;1.)
Section 41-8-10. Confidentiality of registration records.
(Acts 1983, No. 83-565, p. 866, &sect;2.)
Section 36-12-40.Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings; exceptions.
Every citizen has a right to inspect and take a copy of any public writing of this state, except as otherwise expressly provided by statute. Provided however, registration and circulation records and information concerning the use of the public, public school or college and university libraries of this state shall be exempted from this section. Provided further, any parent of a minor child shall have the right to inspect the registration and circulation records of any school or public library that pertain to his or her child. Notwithstanding the foregoing, records concerning security plans, procedures, assessments, measures, or systems, and any other records relating to, or having an impact upon, the security or safety of persons, structures, facilities, or other infrastructures, including without limitation information concerning critical infrastructure (as defined at 42 U.S.C. §5195c(e) as amended) and critical energy infrastructure information (as defined at 18 C.F.R. §388.113(c)(1) as amended) the public disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to be detrimental to the public safety or welfare, and records the disclosure of which would otherwise be detrimental to the best interests of the public shall be exempted from this section. Any public officer who receives a request for records that may appear to relate to critical infrastructure or critical energy infrastructure information, shall notify the owner of such infrastructure in writing of the request and provide the owner an opportunity to comment on the request and on the threats to public safety or welfare that could reasonably be expected from public disclosure on the records.
(Code 1923, §2695; Code 1940, T. 41, §145; Acts 1983, No. 83-565, p. 866, §3; Act 2004-487, p. 906, §1.)
Section 40.25.140. Confidentiality of library records.
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the names, addresses, or other personal identifying information of people who have used materials made available to the public by a library shall be kept confidential, except upon court order, and are not subject to inspection under AS 40.25.110 or 40.25.120. This section applies to libraries operated by the state, a municipality, or a public school, including the University of Alaska.
Section 41-1354. Privacy of user records; exceptions; violation; classification.
If necessary for the reasonable operation of the library.On written consent of the user.On receipt of a court order.If required by law.C. Any person who knowingly discloses any record or other information in violation of this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
Section 13-2-701. Definitions.
(a) "Confidential library records" means documents or information in any format retained in a library that identify a patron as having requested, used, or obtained specific materials, including, but not limited to, circulation of library books, materials, computer database searches, interlibrary loan transactions, reference queries, patent searches, requests for photocopies of library materials, title reserve requests, or the use of audiovisual materials, films, or records; and
(b) "Patron" means any individual who requests, uses, or receives services, books or other materials from a library.
Section 13-2-702. Penalty.
Section 13-2-703. Disclosure prohibited.
Section 13-2-704. Disclosure permitted.
(4) Any person, including, without limitation, the patron, who has received an automated telephone notification or other electronic communication for overdue materials or reserve materials if the person making the request can verify the telephone number or e-mail address to which the notice was sent.
Section 13-2-705. Construction -- Statistics.
Section 13-2-706. Use of information in evidence.
Section 6267. Registration and circulation records of library supported by public funds.
Section 6254. Records exempt from disclosure requirements.
SB 445 (Introduced 2/16/2011; Amended 3/21/2011); signed by Governor (7/11/2011)
Senate Sponsors: Simitian
6267. All patron use records of any library which is in whole or in part supported by public funds shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed by a public agency, or private actor that maintains or stores patron use records on behalf of a public agency, to any person, local agency, or state agency except as follows:
(c) By order of the appropriate superior court. As used in this section, the term "patron use records" includes the following:
Section 24-90-119. Privacy of user records.
(c) Pursuant to subpoena, upon court order, or where otherwise required by law.
Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. 1023, § 1, effective March 22. L. 2003: (1) and (3) amended and (2)(d) added, p. 2463, §§ 17, 18, effective August 15.
Section 24-72-204. Allowance or denial of inspection - grounds - procedure - appeal.
Section 11-25. Reports by libraries. Confidentiality of records.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding section 1-210, records maintained by libraries that can be used to identify any library user, or link any user to a library transaction, regardless of format, shall be kept confidential, except that the records may be disclosed to officers, employees and agents of the library, as necessary for operation of the library.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, "library" includes any library regularly open to the public, whether public or private, maintained by any industrial, commercial or other group or association, or by any governmental agency, but does not include libraries maintained by schools or institutions of higher education.
Section 29-100-10002. Definitions.
(c) "Public body" means, unless specifically excluded, any regulatory, administrative, advisory, executive, appointive or legislative body of the State, or of any political subdivision of the State, including, but not limited to, any board, bureau, commission, department, agency, committee, ad hoc committee, special committee, temporary committee, advisory board and committee, subcommittee, legislative committee, association, group, panel, council or any other entity or body established by an act of the General Assembly of the State, or established by any body established by the General Assembly of the State, or appointed by any body or public official of the State or otherwise empowered by any state governmental entity, which: (1) Is supported in whole or in part by any public funds; or (2) expends or disburses any public funds, including grants, gifts or other similar disbursals and distributions; or (3) is impliedly or specifically charged by any other public official, body, or agency to advise or to make reports, investigations or recommendations. Public body shall not include any caucus of the House of Representatives or Senate of the State.
(e) "Public business" means any matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power.
(f) "Public funds" are those funds derived from the State or any political subdivision of the State.
(g) "Public record" is information of any kind, owned, made, used, retained, received, produced, composed, drafted or otherwise compiled or collected, by any public body, relating in any way to public business, or in any way of public interest, or in any way related to public purposes, regardless of the physical form or characteristic by which such information is stored, recorded or reproduced. For purposes of this chapter, the following records shall not be deemed public:
(12) Any records of a public library which contain the identity of a user and the books, documents, films, recordings or other property of the library which a patron has used;
History: 60 Del. Laws, c. 641, § 1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 55, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 424, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 113, § 1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 191, §§ 2-6; 66 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 194; 69 Del. Laws, c. 67, § 2; 69 Del. Laws, c. 250, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 260, §§ 1, 2, 3; 73 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 235, §§ 3-5; 77 Del. Laws, c. 38, §§ 1-5, 8; 77 Del. Laws, c. 211, §§ 1, 2.;
Section 39-108. Confidentiality of circulation records [Formerly Section 37-106.2].
(a) Circulation records maintained by the public library in the District of Columbia which can be used to identify a library patron who has requested, used, or borrowed identified library materials from the public library and the specific material that patron has requested used, or borrowed from the public library, shall be kept confidential, except that the records may be disclosed to officers, employees, and agents of the public library to the extent necessary for the proper operation of the public library.
(b)(1) Circulation records shall not be disclosed by any officer, employee, or agent of the public library to a third party or parties, except with the written permission of the affected library patron or as the result of a court order.
(2) A person whose records are requested pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may file a motion in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia requesting that the records be kept confidential. The motion shall be accompanied by the reasons for the request.
(3) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not operate to prohibit the officers of the public library from disclosing relevant information on a library patron to the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or legal counsel retained to represent the public library in a civil action.
(4) Within 2 working days after receiving a subpoena issued by the court for public library records, the public library shall send a copy of the subpoena and the following notice, by certified mail, to all affected library patrons:
"Records or information concerning your borrowing records in the public library in the District of Columbia are being sought pursuant to the enclosed subpoena.
"In accordance with the District of Columbia Confidentiality of Library Records Act of 1984, these records will not be released until 10 days from the date this notice was mailed.
"If you desire that these records or information not be released, you must file a motion in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia requesting that the records be kept confidential, and state your reasons for the request. A sample motion is enclosed.
"You may wish to contact a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, you may call the District of Columbia Bar Lawyer Referral Service."
(5) The public library shall not make available any subpoenaed materials until 10 days after the above notice has been mailed.
(6) Upon application of a government authority, the notice required by paragraph (4) of this subsection may be waived by order of an appropriate court if the presiding judge finds that:
(A) The investigation being conducted is within the lawful jurisdiction of the government authority seeking the records;
(B) There is reason to believe that the records being sought are relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry; or
(C) There is reason to believe that the notice will result in:
(v) Otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation or official proceeding.
(7) The term "government authority", as used in paragraph (6) of this subsection, means any federal, state, or local government agency or department.
(c) The Board of Library Trustees may issue rules necessary to implement this section.
(d) Unless otherwise authorized or required by law, any officer, employee, or agent of the public library who shall violate any provision of this section or any rules issued pursuant to it commits a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $ 300. The aggrieved public library patron may also bring a civil action against the individual violator for actual damages or $ 250, whichever is greater, reasonable attorneys' fees, and court costs.
History: (June 3, 1896, ch. 315, § 8, as added Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-128, § 2, 31 DCR 5187; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-264, § 40, 46 DCR 2118.)
Section 257-261. Library registration and circulation records.
(2) As used in this section, the term “registration records” includes any information that a library requires a patron to provide in order to become eligible to borrow books and other materials, and the term “circulation records” includes all information that identifies the patrons who borrow particular books and other materials.
(b) A library, or any business operating jointly with the library may, only for the purpose of collecting fines or recovering overdue books, documents, films, or other items or materials owned or otherwise belonging to the library, disclose, information made confidential and exempt by this section to the following:
1. The library patron named in the records;
History: s. 1, ch. 78-81; s. 1, ch. 89-18; s. 1, ch. 96-220; s. 112, ch. 96-406; s. 1, ch. 2003-13; s. 6, ch. 2003-126. For further clarification, see Florida Attorney General Opinion AGO 94-86.
Section 24-9-46. Confidential nature of certain library records.
Code 1981, § 24-9-46, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 595, § 1.
Hawaii does not have a specific statute regarding the confidentiality of library records. However, an October 23, 1990 Office of Information Practices advisory opinion addressed to the State Librarian stated that "individuals have a significant privacy interest in information that reveals the materials that they have requested, used, or obtained from a public library" and that disclosure of such information would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The opinion noted an exception for patrons owing fines on overdue books. (*)
OIP Opinion Letter No. 90-30
(*)Arlene Bielefield and Lawrence Cheeseman, Maintaining the Privacy of Library Records: A Handbook and Guide (New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1994), 87.
9-340E. Exemptions from Disclosure -- Archaeological, endangered species, libraries, licensing exams.
The following records are exempt from disclosure:
(1) Records, maps or other records identifying the location of archaeological or geophysical sites or endangered species, if not already known to the general public.
(2) Archaeological and geologic records concerning exploratory drilling, logging, mining and other excavation, when such records are required to be filed by statute for the time provided by statute.
(3) The records of a library which, when examined alone, or when examined with other public records, would reveal the identity of the library patron checking out, requesting, or using an item from a library.
(4) The material of a library, museum or archive which has been contributed by a private person, to the extent of any limitation that is a condition of the contribution.
(5) Test questions, scoring keys, and other data used to administer a licensing examination, employment, academic or other examination or testing procedure before the examination is given if the examination is to be used again. Records establishing procedures for and instructing persons administering, grading or evaluating an examination or testing procedure are included in this exemption, to the extent that disclosure would create a risk that the result might be affected.
(75 ILCS 70/) Library Records Confidentiality Act.
(75 ILCS 70/1)(from Ch. 81, par. 1201) Sec. 1. (a) The registration and circulation records of a library are confidential information. No person shall publish or make any information contained in such records available to the public unless:
(1) required to do so under a court order; or
(2) the information is requested by a sworn law enforcement officer who represents that it is impractical to secure a court order as a result of an emergency where the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that there is an imminent danger of physical harm. The information requested must be limited to identifying a suspect, witness, or victim of a crime. The information requested without a court order may not include the disclosure of registration or circulation records that would indicate materials borrowed, resources reviewed, or services used at the library. If requested to so so by the library, the requesting law enforcement officer must sign a form acknowledging the receipt of the information. A library providing the information may seek subsequent judicial review to assess compliance with this Section. This subsection shall not alter any right to challenge the use or dissemination of patron information that is otherwise permitted by law.
(c) For the purpose of this Section, (i) "library" means any public library or library of an educational, historical or eleemosynary institution, organization or society; (ii) "registration records" includes any information a library requires a person to provide in order for that person to become eligible to borrow books and other materials and (iii) "circulation records" includes all information identifying the individual borrowing particular books or materials. (Source: P.A. 95-40, eff. 1-1-08.)
Sec. 2. This Act may be cited as the Library Records Confidentiality Act (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
(5 ILCS 140/7.5) (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
Sec. 7. Exemptions. .....
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying library users with specific materials under the Library Records Confidentiality Act.
HB0177 (Introduced 1/13/2011)
House Sponsors: Lyons, Riliey, Pritchard, Fortner, Moffitt, Burke;Senate Sponsors: Koehler
Status: Governor approved (7/14/2011) - law became effective 7/14/2011
"Agency" means any court, and all parts, boards, departments, bureaus, and commissions of any county, municipal corporation or political subdivision.
"Public record" means any book, paper, map, photograph, digitized electronic material, or other official documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made, produced, executed or received by any agency or officer pursuant to law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by such agency or officer, or any successor thereof, as evidence of the organization, function, policies, decisions, procedures, or other activities thereof, or because of the information data contained therein. Library and museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience of reference, and stocks of publications and of processed documents are not included within the definition of public record. Paper copies of registration records, as defined in Section 1 of the Library Records Confidentiality Act (75 ILCS 70/1), shall not be considered public records once the information contained in the paper registration records is transferred into a secure electronic format and checked for accuracy.
Burns Indiana Code
Section 5-14-3-4. Exceptions to right to inspect public records -- Time limitation on confidentiality of records -- Destruction of public records.
(a) The following public records are excepted from section 3 of this chapter and may not be disclosed by a public agency, unless access to the records is specifically required by a state or federal statute or is ordered by a court under the rules of discovery:
However, nothing in this subdivision shall limit or affect contracts entered into by the Indiana state library pursant to IC 4-1-6-8.
Section 22-7. Confidential records.
Section 45-221. Certain records not required to be open; separation of open and closed information required; statistics and records over 70 years old open.
Kentucky Legislature (near bottom of page)
Kentucky law does not exempt library records from public scrutiny. However, Attorney General opinions exclude public and university library records from disclosure. Under Kentucky's open records statutes, Attorney General opinions carry the force of law. (*)
OAG 82-149 (March 12, 1982) and OAG 81-159 (April 21, 1981)
(***)Arlene Bielefield and Lawrence Cheeseman, Maintaining the Privacy of Library Records: A Handbook and Guide (New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1994), 95-6.
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