2006 Minnesota Statutes

134.50 INTERNET ACCESS; LIBRARIES.
(a) Recognizing the difference between public libraries, which are designed for public
inquiry, and school libraries, school computer labs, and school media centers, which serve unique
educational purposes, all public library computers with access to the Internet available for use
by children under the age of 17 must be equipped to restrict, including by use of available
software filtering technology or other effective methods, all access by children to material that
is reasonably believed to be obscene or child pornography or material harmful to minors under
federal or state law.
(b) A public library is not required to purchase filtering technology if the public library
would incur more than incidental expense in making the purchase.
(c) A public library that receives state money must prohibit, including through the use of
available software filtering technology or other effective methods, adult access to material that
under federal or state law is reasonably believed to be obscene or child pornography. A public
library may remove a person from the library if the person gains access or attempts to gain access
to materials prohibited under this section by intentionally bypassing the filtering technology or
other method used by the library.
(d) A public library, its agents or employees, are immune from liability for failure to comply
with this section if they have made a good faith effort to comply with the requirements of this
section.
(e) This section does not apply to the libraries of postsecondary institutions.
History: 2000 c 489 art 6 s 27