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2025 Utah Code
Title 9 - Cultural and Community Engagement
Chapter 7 - Library Development
Part 2 - State Library Division
Section 215 - Internet and online access policy required.
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UT Code § 9-7-215 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
9-7-215. Internet and online access policy required.
Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
9-7-215. Internet and online access policy required.
- (1)As used in this section:
- (a)"Child sexual abuse material" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5b-103.
- (b)"Harmful to minors" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-5c-101.
- (c)"Obscene" means the same as that term is defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec. 9101.
- (d)"Technology protection measure" means a technology that blocks or filters Internet access to visual depictions.
- (2)State funds may not be provided to any public library that provides public access to the Internet unless the library:
- (a)
- (i)has in place a policy of Internet safety for minors, including the operation of a technology protection measure:
- (A)with respect to any computer or other device while connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network; and
- (B)that protects against access to visual depictions that are child sexual abuse materials, harmful to minors, or obscene; and
- (ii)is enforcing the operation of the technology protection measure described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) during any use by a minor of a computer or other device that is connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network; and
- (i)has in place a policy of Internet safety for minors, including the operation of a technology protection measure:
- (b)
- (i)has in place a policy of Internet safety, including the operation of a technology protection measure:
- (A)with respect to any computer or other device while connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network; and
- (B)that protects against access to visual depictions that are child sexual abuse materials, harmful to minors, or obscene; and
- (ii)is enforcing the operation of the technology protection measure described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) during any use of a computer or other device that is connected to the Internet through a network provided by the library, including a wireless network.
- (i)has in place a policy of Internet safety, including the operation of a technology protection measure:
- (a)
- (3)This section does not prohibit a public library from limiting Internet access or otherwise protecting against materials other than the materials specified in this section.
- (4)An administrator, supervisor, or other representative of a public library may disable a technology protection measure described in Subsection (2):
- (a)at the request of a library patron who is not a minor; and
- (b)to enable access for research or other lawful purposes.
Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session
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