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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-108" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Library Agencies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a public, school, college, or university library in this State shall prohibit inspection, use, or disclosure of any circulation record or other item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is maintained by a library;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Contains an individual’s name or the identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Identifies the use a patron makes of that library’s materials, services, or facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A public, school, college, or university library in the State shall permit inspection, use, or disclosure of the circulation record of an individual only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If necessary for the reasonable operation of the library;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On written consent of the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By subpoena or court order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
