Chapter 167

2008 -- S 2793 AS AMENDED

Enacted 07/02/08

A N A C T

RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE PUBLICATIONS CLEARING HOUSE

Introduced By: Senators Cote, and Metts

Date Introduced: March 05, 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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