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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-409" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="County Public Libraries">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Overdue fine” means any amount charged by a public library to an individual for failure to return library materials by the end of the loan period.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Replacement fee” means any amount charged by a public library to an individual for the replacement of library materials that have not been returned or have been returned in a damaged condition at the time the fee is issued.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Reserve fee” means any amount charged by a public library to an individual for failure to collect library materials that have been placed on hold or reserved.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Special collections” includes library materials such as cake pans, tools, framed art, and other groups of library materials that possess unique value and requirements for use, as designated by the public library.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to special collections.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A public library may not charge an overdue fine:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To a minor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For library materials intended for children or teens.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A public library may not charge a reserve fee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To a minor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For reserved library materials intended for children or teens.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>This paragraph applies to previously borrowed library materials that were:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Borrowed by a minor; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Intended for children or teens.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A public library may not prohibit an individual from borrowing library materials because the individual failed to return previously borrowed library materials until 21 days or more after the date the library materials were due.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A public library may not charge a replacement fee until 21 days after the date on which the library materials were due:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>To a minor; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>For library materials intended for children or teens.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If overdue library materials borrowed by a minor or intended for children or teens are returned in a nondamaged condition after a public library has charged a replacement fee, the public library shall cancel the replacement fee.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If overdue library materials borrowed by a minor or intended for children or teens are returned in a nondamaged condition within 6 months after a replacement fee has been paid, the public library shall refund the replacement fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each board of library trustees shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
