Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1831
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 4-34-3
;
IC 20-10.1-34
;
IC 20-14-3-17.
Synopsis: Public computer access by children. Requires a school
corporation or a public library that provides Internet or similar
computer access to minors to use software to limit the ability of minors
to gain access to inappropriate materials or to purchase Internet service
that filters access to these materials. Requires school corporations and
public libraries to hold an annual public meeting to determine: (1) how
to comply with these requirements; and (2) what materials are
considered inappropriate for minors. Provides for grants from the
Indiana technology fund to pay for the costs of purchasing software or
Internet connectivity to comply with the statute.
Effective: July 1, 2003.
Bosma, Denbo
January 23, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Technology, Research and
Development.
Introduced
First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1831
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 4-34-3-2; (03)IN1831.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 4-34-3-2
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.273-1999,
SECTION 187, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. (a) Money in the fund shall be
allocated annually to libraries, including the INSPIRE project.
(b) The Indiana library and historical board established by
IC 4-23-7-2
and the budget agency may jointly make rules necessary
or appropriate to the administration of this chapter.
(c) Each library in Indiana is entitled in each calendar year to apply
to the Indiana library and historical board for a grant for a technology
project. From time to time, but not more often than semiannually, the
Indiana library and historical board shall make recommendations to the
budget agency as to grants from the Indiana technology fund. After
review by the budget committee established by
IC 4-12-1-3
and
approval by the governor, the budget agency may allot money to the
Indiana library and historical board for the grants.
(d) A public library may make a request for a grant to comply
with
IC 20-10.1-34-5.
A grant request from a public library under
this subsection shall be approved, and a grant shall be paid to the
public library making the request.
SOURCE: IC 4-34-3-4; (03)IN1831.1.2. -->
SECTION 2.
IC 4-34-3-4
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.273-1999,
SECTION 188, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4. (a) Money in the fund shall be
allocated annually to the intelenet commission (IC 5-21-2-1) to make
matching grants to school corporations or to make payments directly to
vendors for Internet connections and related equipment for a school
corporation. The intelenet commission shall develop a plan to
implement grants under this section. The budget committee shall
review the plan. The budget agency must approve of the plan.
(b) A school corporation may make a request for a grant to
comply with
IC 20-10.1-34-5.
Notwithstanding section 6(2) of this
chapter, a grant request from a school corporation under this
subsection shall be approved, and a grant shall be paid to the
school corporation making the request.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-34; (03)IN1831.1.3. -->
SECTION 3.
IC 20-10.1-34
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]:
Chapter 34. Computer Access by Minors in Public Schools and
Public Libraries
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "library board" has the meaning
set forth in
IC 20-14-1-2.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "meeting convener" applies to:
(1) the governing body of a school corporation; or
(2) the library board of a public library;
whichever is applicable.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public access computer" means
a computer that is:
(1) located in:
(A) a public school; or
(B) a public library;
(2) frequently or regularly used directly by a minor; and
(3) connected to any computer communications system.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "public library" has the meaning
set forth in
IC 20-14-1-2.
Sec. 5. A school corporation or a public library that provides a
public access computer shall do at least one (1) of the following:
(1) Equip the computer with software that will limit the
ability of a minor to gain access to materials determined
under this chapter to be inappropriate for minors.
(2) Purchase Internet connectivity from an Internet service
provider that provides filter services to limit access to
materials determined under this chapter to be inappropriate
for minors.
Sec. 6. (a) At least one (1) time each year, the governing body of
a school corporation or the library board of a public library,
whichever is applicable, shall hold a public meeting to determine
the following:
(1) How the meeting convener will comply with the
requirements of section 5 of this chapter.
(2) What materials are considered inappropriate for minors
so that the software or filter that is used can be set so as to
prevent a minor who uses a public access computer from
gaining access to those materials.
(b) During the public meeting held under this section, the
meeting convener shall provide reasonable opportunity for full
public testimony on the determinations to be made under
subsection (a).
(c) The meeting convener may adjourn the meeting held under
this section to another date and time announced to the public
before adjournment.
(d) At the meeting or an adjourned meeting held under this
section, the meeting convener shall make the determinations
required by subsection (a). These determinations must:
(1) reflect the community's standards regarding materials
that are inappropriate for minors as evidenced during the
meeting; and
(2) include a finding that material that is unlawful to possess
under Indiana law is material inappropriate for minors.
SOURCE: IC 20-14-3-17; (03)IN1831.1.4. -->
SECTION 4.
IC 20-14-3-17
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2003]:
Sec. 17. A library board must comply with
IC 20-10.1-34.