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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine State Library
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 27 MRSA §31, as amended by PL 1973, c. 626, §1, is further amended to read:
§ 31.Library hours
The State Librarian shall keep the library open at least 35 hours per week. Neither the State Director of Public Improvements nor any of the state employees under his jurisdiction shall admit anyoneA person may not be admitted to the library rooms out of library hours or permittake any book to be taken therefromor other material from the library without the consent of the librarian.
Sec. 2. 27 MRSA §34, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. B, §17, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 27 MRSA §34, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. B, §17, is amended to read:
 
10. Related activities.   Related activities in cooperation with the Maine State Cultural Affairs Council.; and
Sec. 4.  27 MRSA §34, sub-§11  is enacted to read:
 
11.  Electronic resources and database library.     Maintaining and providing an electronic library service as well as a database library for use by elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 5. 27 MRSA §37, as amended by PL 1973, c. 626, §4, is repealed.
Sec. 6.  27 MRSA §66  is amended to read:
§ 66.Reports of departments and institutions
The State Librarian shall distribute reports of the departments and institutions of the State and other books and documents published or purchased by the State in such manner as the law may direct. HeThe State Librarian may transmit one copy of each published report of each department of the State Government to each library in the State and to the libraries of other states and territories, and make such other and further distribution as in histhe State Librarian's judgment seems proper. HeThe State Librarian shall maintain a document room in which shallmust be stored all department reports and other publications of the State intended for distribution and shall keep an accurate account of all books and documents received.
Sec. 7. 27 MRSA §69, as amended by PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §45, is further amended to read:
§ 69.Purchase of Maine histories
 
1. Purchase.   The State Librarian shall purchase at least 252 copies, and may purchase up to 200 copies, of every town history or other book concerning the history of this State that is published in Maine. He shall purchase, within these limits, the number of copies required to meet the distribution requirements of subsection 2.
 
2.  Distribution.     The State Librarian shall retain sufficient copies of each history purchased under subsection 1 for the use of the State Library. The remaining copies shall be distributed without charge to all school, state, institutional and public libraries that request a copy. The State Librarian shall regularly publish and circulate to all these libraries a list of the histories available for distribution.
 
3.  Surplus.     The State Librarian may sell copies of each history that are not distributed under subsection 2. The State Librarian shall fix the price of sale at the retail price of the history. The Maine State Museum may sell these copies through its museum sales program, except that the proceeds from the sale of these town histories may not be used as required under section 89-A. All proceeds from the sales of these town histories must be used to pay the costs of the distribution required under subsection 2, and any proceeds beyond these costs must be used to meet the costs of purchase under subsection 1.
Sec. 8.  27 MRSA §108  is repealed.
Sec. 9. 27 MRSA §116, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 626, §6, is amended to read:
Research centers may be designated by the commissionerState Librarian with the advice of the Maine Library Commission.
Sec. 10. 27 MRSA §117, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c. 125, §5, is amended to read:
The State Librarian, with the advice of the district council, shall appoint a staff member, or contract with an area reference and resource center, to provide district consultant services to one or more districts as determined by the policies established by the commissioner.
Sec. 11. 27 MRSA §119, as amended by PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. B, §33, is further amended to read:
§ 119.Distribution of appropriations
The Maine Library CommissionState Librarian is authorized to apportion funds appropriated by the Legislature for the support of regional library systems.
Sec. 12. 27 MRSA §121, as amended by PL 2007, c. 67, §5, is further amended to read:
§ 121.Confidentiality of library records
Records maintained by any public municipal library, as defined in section 110, subsection 10, the Maine State Library, the Law and Legislative Reference Library and libraries of the University of Maine System, Maine Community College System and the Maine Maritime Academy that contain information relating to the identity of a library patron relative to the patron's use of books or other materials at the library are confidential. Those records may only be released with the express written permission of the patron involved or as the result of a court order.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 126th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.