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  • (1) As used in this section:
    • (a) "Child pornography" is as defined in Section 76-5b-103.
    • (b) "Harmful to minors" is as defined in Section 76-10-1201.
    • (c) "Obscene" is as defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec. 9101.
    • (d) "Technology protection measure" means a technology that blocks or filters Internet access to visual depictions.
  • (2) State funds may not be provided to any public library that provides public access to the Internet unless the library:
    • (a)
      • (i) has in place a policy of Internet safety for minors, including the operation of a technology protection measure:
        • (A) with respect to any computer or other device while connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network; and
        • (B) that protects against access to visual depictions that are:
          • (I) child pornography;
          • (II) harmful to minors; or
          • (III) obscene; and
      • (ii) is enforcing the operation of the technology protection measure described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) during any use by a minor of a computer or other device that is connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network; and
    • (b)
      • (i) has in place a policy of Internet safety, including the operation of a technology protection measure:
        • (A) with respect to any computer or other device while connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network; and
        • (B) that protects against access to visual depictions that are:
          • (I) child pornography; or
          • (II) obscene; and
      • (ii) is enforcing the operation of the technology protection measure described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) during any use of a computer or other device that is connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network.
  • (3) This section does not prohibit a public library from limiting Internet access or otherwise protecting against materials other than the materials specified in this section.
  • (4) An administrator, supervisor, or other representative of a public library may disable a technology protection measure described in Subsection (2):
    • (a) at the request of a library patron who is not a minor; and
    • (b) to enable access for research or other lawful purposes.




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