Chapter
133
2008 -- H 8162 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/01/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO LIBRARIES
-- STATE PUBLICATIONS CLEARING HOUSE
Introduced By: Representative Arthur J. Corvese
Date Introduced: April 22, 2008
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Sections 29-7-5 and 29-7-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 29-7 entitled
"State
Publications Clearinghouse" are hereby amended to read as follows:
29-7-5.
Deposits of state publications. -- Each state agency shall designate
one person
as its
documents officer and shall notify the clearinghouse of his or her identity.
The documents
officer
shall, prior to public release of a state publication, deposit with the
clearinghouse a
minimum
of twenty-five (25) copies of publications that are produced in printed or
other tangible
forms
and for electronic publications, one electronic copy and as many tangible
copies as are
specified
by the clearinghouse director certified
to the documents officer by the clearinghouse as
required to meet the needs of the depository library system.
29-7-8.
Clearinghouse advisory committee. -- There shall be a state
Publications
Clearinghouse
Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of eight (8) nine (9)
members,
five (5)
of whom to be selected from the Clearinghouse member libraries and appointed by
the
State
Librarian to two (2) year terms. The State Librarian and the Director of the
Clearinghouse
shall be
ex-officio members of the committee. The chairperson of the CRIARL Government
Documents
Committee and a state agency representative designated by the chief library
officer
shall
also be ex-officio members. The purpose of the Committee shall be to advise the
State
Librarian
and the Clearinghouse Director on the operation of the State Publications
Clearinghouse
for
Libraries. The Committee shall meet quarterly and shall elect a chairperson to
preside at
meetings,
and a secretary to record the meeting minutes and distribute them to the
Clearinghouse
depository
libraries.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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