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13-2-103. Library computer use — Policy — Signed agreement form required.
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13-2-103. Library computer use — Policy — Signed agreement form required.
(a) The board of directors of each library operated as an entity of the state or any city, county, or other political subdivision of the state with one (1) or more public access computers shall develop, adopt, and implement a written policy that:
(1) Establishes and maintains a system to prevent a minor from gaining computer access to materials harmful to minors as defined in § 5-68-501;
(2) Provides for:
(A) Suspending the privilege of a minor to use the public access computers if the minor violates the policy; and
(B) Revoking such a privilege for a repeat offender; and
(3) Requires each user to sign a computer-use agreement form outlining proper and improper use of public access computers prior to the user's being allowed to access the computer equipment.
(b) For purposes of this section, “public access computer” means a computer that is:
(1) Located in a public school or public library;
(2) Accessible by a minor; and
(3) Connected to any computer communication system such as, but not limited to, what is commonly known as the Internet.
(c) Copies of the standards and rules for the enforcement of this section shall be submitted to the Arkansas State Library.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 13-2-103
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13-2-103. Library computer use — Policy — Signed agreement form required.
(a) The board of directors of each library operated as an entity of the state or any city, county, or other political subdivision of the state with one (1) or more public access computers shall develop, adopt, and implement a written policy that:
(1) Establishes and maintains a system to prevent a minor from gaining computer access to materials harmful to minors as defined in § 5-68-501;
(2) Provides for:
(A) Suspending the privilege of a minor to use the public access computers if the minor violates the policy; and
(B) Revoking such a privilege for a repeat offender; and
(3) Requires each user to sign a computer-use agreement form outlining proper and improper use of public access computers prior to the user's being allowed to access the computer equipment.
(b) For purposes of this section, “public access computer” means a computer that is:
(1) Located in a public school or public library;
(2) Accessible by a minor; and
(3) Connected to any computer communication system such as, but not limited to, what is commonly known as the Internet.
(c) Copies of the standards and rules for the enforcement of this section shall be submitted to the Arkansas State Library.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-68-501. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “CD-ROM” means a compact disk that:
(A) Has the capacity to store graphic, audio, video, and written material; and
(B) May be used by a computer or other device to play or display material harmful to minors;
(2) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description, exhibition, presentation, or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when the material or performance, taken as a whole, has the following characteristics:
(A) The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance has a predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest in sex to minors;
(B) The average person eighteen (18) years of age or older applying contemporary community standards would find that the material or performance depicts or describes nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse in a manner that is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable for minors; and
(C) The material or performance lacks serious literary, scientific, medical, artistic, or political value for minors;
(3) “Knowingly” means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief that warrants further inspection or inquiry of both:
(A) The character and content of any material described in this section that is reasonably susceptible to examination by the defendant; and
(B)(i) The age of the minor.
(ii) However, an honest mistake constitutes an excuse from liability under this section if the defendant made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the age of the minor;
(4) “Magnetic di
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-68-501
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-68-501. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.