H 2396 Session 106 (1985-1986)
H 2396 General Bill, By T.M. Marchant, E.C. Lewis, D.M. McEachin and
J.W. Tucker
Similar(S 229)
A Bill to amend Title 60, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to
libraries, archives, museums, and arts, by adding Chapter 4, so as to provide
that records related to registration and circulation of library materials
which contain names or other personally identifying details regarding the
users of public, private, school, college, technical college, university, and
state institutional libraries and library systems, supported in whole or in
part by public funds or expending public funds are confidential information;
to include as confidential information records which reveal the identity of
the library patron checking out or requesting an item from the library or
using other library services; to exclude from confidential records
nonidentifying administrative and statistical reports of registration and
circulation; to allow for disclosure of the confidential information to
persons acting within the scope of their duties in the administration of the
library or library system or persons authorized by the library patron to
inspect his records, or in accordance with proper judicial order if the
disclosure is necessary to protect public safety or to prosecute a crime; to
define "registration records" and "circulation records"; and to provide
penalties for violations; and to amend Section 30-1-10, relating to public
records, reports, and official documents, and Act 593 of 1978, as amended,
relating to the Freedom of Information Act, so as to exclude from the
definition of "public records" the records identified in Chapter 4 of Title 60
as confidential information.
02/12/85 House Introduced and read first time HJ-659
02/12/85 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-659
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