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| 1 | - | House Bill No. 5614 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5614 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4155 | |
| 3 | + | *_____HB05614GL____031413____* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (GL) | |
| 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | - | ||
| 8 | + | General Assembly | |
| 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRONIC BOOKS TO USERS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. | |
| 10 | + | Committee Bill No. 5614 | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | January Session, 2013 | |
| 13 | + | ||
| 14 | + | LCO No. 4155 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *_____HB05614GL____031413____* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (GL) | |
| 23 | + | ||
| 24 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING "E-BOOKS" AND LIBRARIES. | |
| 6 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 8 | 27 | ||
| 9 | - | Section 1. (Effective | |
| 28 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) Any person who offers to license electronic books to the public shall offer to license such books to libraries in the state on reasonable terms that would permit the libraries to provide their users with access to the electronic books. Such reasonable terms may include: (1) A limitation on the number of users to whom the libraries may simultaneously provide access to the electronic books, (2) a limitation on the number of days the libraries may provide a user with access to the electronic books, and (3) the use of technological protection measures that would prevent a user from (A) maintaining access to the electronic books beyond the access period set forth in the license, and (B) providing other users with access to the electronic books. | |
| 10 | 29 | ||
| 11 | - | (b) | |
| 30 | + | (b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes. | |
| 12 | 31 | ||
| 13 | - | (c) Not later than February 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall report the results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer protection. | |
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| 35 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | + | Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section | |
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| 38 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 40 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 42 | + | July 1, 2013 | |
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| 44 | + | New section | |
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| 48 | + | GL Joint Favorable | |
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| 50 | + | GL | |
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| 52 | + | Joint Favorable |