CHAPTER 146
H.P. 529 - L.D. 720
An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Confidentiality of Library Records
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 27 MRSA �121, as amended by PL 1991, c. 67, is further amended to read:
�121. Confidentiality of library records
Records maintained by any public municipal library, including the Maine State Library, the Law and Legislative Reference Library and libraries of the University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy, that contain information relating to the identity of a library patron relative to the patron's use of books or other materials at the library, are confidential. Those records may only be released with the express written permission of the patron involved or as the result of a court order.
Public municipal libraries shall have up to 5 years from the effective date of this chapter to be in compliance with this section.
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.
Effective January 1, 1998.
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