Sec. 1. 27 MRSA §121, as amended by PL 1997, c. 146, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read:

§121. Confidentiality of library records

Records maintained by any public municipal library, the Maine State Library, the Law and Legislative Reference Library and libraries of the University of Maine 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. In the case of the use of books or other materials by a minor, the library records must be released upon the written request of the minor's parent or guardian.

SUMMARY

This bill requires public municipal and state libraries to release confidential records concerning a minor's use of books or other materials in the library upon the written request of a parent or guardian of the minor.