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(a)The state library shall develop and
implement a statewide library card program to enable individuals who
hold a valid statewide library card to present the statewide library card
to borrow:
(2)other items available for public borrowing from public
libraries as established by rules adopted by the board under
subsection (c);
from any public library in Indiana. The statewide library card program
is in addition to any reciprocal borrowing agreement entered into
between public libraries under IC 36-12-3-7 or IC 36-1-7.
(b)The statewide library card program developed under this section
must provide for at least the following:
(1)To be an eligible cardholder of a statewide library card or to
renew a statewide library card, the individual must:
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1. (a) The state library shall develop and
implement a statewide library card program to enable individuals who
hold a valid statewide library card to present the statewide library card
to borrow:
(1) library books; or
(2) other items available for public borrowing from public
libraries as established by rules adopted by the board under
subsection (c);
from any public library in Indiana. The statewide library card program
is in addition to any reciprocal borrowing agreement entered into
between public libraries under IC 36-12-3-7 or IC 36-1-7.
(b) The statewide library card program developed under this section
must provide for at least the following:
(1) To be an eligible cardholder of a statewide library card or to
renew a statewide library card, the individual must:
(A) be a resident of Indiana;
(B) ask to receive or renew the statewide library card; and
(C) hold a valid resident or nonresident local library card issued
to the individual by a public library under IC 36-12-2-25.
(2) The individual's public library shall pay a fee to be established
by rules adopted by the board under subsection (c) based on not
less than forty percent (40%) of the current average operating
fund expenditure per borrower by all eligible public libraries as
reported annually by the state library in the state library's annual
"Statistics of Indiana Libraries". The individual's public library
may assess the individual a fee to cover all or part of the costs
attributable to the fee required from the public library and the
amount charged to all individuals by a public library under this
subdivision may not exceed the amount the public library is
required to pay under this subdivision.
(3) Each statewide library card expires one (1) year after issuance
to an eligible cardholder.
(4) Statewide library cards are renewable for additional one (1)
year periods to eligible cardholders who comply with subdivision
(1).
(5) Statewide library cards shall be available to eligible
cardholders at all public libraries.
(6) Each eligible cardholder using a statewide library card is
responsible for the return of any borrowed item directly to the
public library from which the cardholder borrowed the item.
(7) All public libraries shall participate in the statewide library
card program and shall permit an individual who holds a valid
statewide library card to borrow items available for borrowing as
established by rules adopted by the board under subsection (c).
(8) A nonresident of a public library taxing district who requests
a statewide library card shall pay a fee for that card that includes,
but is not limited to, the sum of the following:
(A) The statewide library card fee that a public library is
required to pay under subdivision (2).
(B) The library taxing district's operating fund expenditure per
capita in the most recent year for which that information is
available in the state library's annual "Statistics of Indiana
Libraries".
This subdivision does not limit a library district's fee making
ability or a library district's ability to enter township contractual
arrangements.
(c) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this
section, including rules governing the following:
(1) The amount and manner in which the public libraries shall
remit the fee under subsection (b)(2) to the state library for the
state library's use in conducting the statewide library card
program.
(2) The manner of distribution and payment to each eligible
public library district of the funds generated by the statewide
library card program based upon the loans made by each eligible
public library. To be eligible for a payment, the public library
district must also comply with the standards and rules established
under section 11 of this chapter.
(3) The manner in which fines, penalties, or other damage
assessments may be charged to eligible cardholders for items:
(A) borrowed but not returned;
(B) returned to the inappropriate public library;
(C) returned after the items were otherwise due; or
(D) damaged.
(4) The dissemination of the statewide library cards to the public
libraries.
(5) Record keeping procedures for the statewide library card
program.
(6) Any other pertinent matter.