Ch. 636 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION, A free association, school, college or university library in this State shall
[deny] PROHIBIT inspection, USE, OR ORAL DISCLOSURE of any circulation
record or other item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that:

(1) Is maintained by a library;

(2) Contains an individual's name or the identifying number, symbol, or
other identifying particular assigned to the individual; and

(3) Identifies the use a patron makes of that library's materials, services,
or facilities.

(B) A FREE ASSOCIATION, SCHOOL, COLLEGE, OR UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY IN THE STATE SHALL PERMIT INSPECTION, USE, OR
DISCLOSURE OF THE CIRCULATION RECORD OF AN INDIVIDUAL ONLY
IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIBRARY'S ORDINARY BUSINESS AND ONLY
FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE RECORD WAS CREATED.

Article - State Government

10-616.

(e) (1) [A] SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (2) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, A custodian shall [deny] PROHIBIT inspection, USE. OR
DISCLOSURE of a circulation record of a public library or other item, collection, or
grouping of information about an individual that:

[(1)] (I) is maintained by a library;

[(2)] (II) contains an individual's name or the identifying number, symbol,
or other identifying particular assigned to the individual; and

[(3)] (III) identifies the use a patron makes of that library's materials,
services, or facilities.

(2) A CUSTODIAN SHALL PERMIT INSPECTION. USE, OR
DISCLOSURE OF A CIRCULATION RECORD OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY ONLY
IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIBRARY'S ORDINARY BUSINESS AND ONLY
FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE RECORD WAS CREATED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 636
(House Bill 1006)

AN ACT concerning

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