Fla. Stat. § 257.05
State Publications Program
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2015
As of January 1, 2011
(1) The term “public document” as used in this section means any document, report, directory, bibliography, rule, newsletter, pamphlet, brochure, periodical, or other publication, whether in print or nonprint format, that is paid for in whole or in part by funds appropriated by the Legislature and may be subject to distribution to the public; however, the term excludes publications for internal use by an executive agency as defined in s. 283.30.
(2)(a) Each state official, state department, state board, state court, or state agency issuing public documents shall furnish the Division of Library and Information Services of the Department of State 35 copies of each of those public documents, as issued, for deposit in and distribution by the division. However, if the division so requests, as many as 15 additional copies of each public document shall be supplied to it.
(b) If any state official, state department, state board, state court, or state agency has fewer than 40 copies of any public document, it shall supply the division with 2 copies of each such public document for deposit in the State Library.
(c) By December 31 of each year, any state official, state department, state board, state court, or state agency issuing public documents shall furnish to the division a list of all public documents, including each publication that is on the agency’s website, issued by the official, department, board, court, or agency during that calendar year.
(1) The Legislature finds that the State Publications Program increases accessibility to culturally and historically significant information about the state and its government for researchers and the general public through the distribution of state publications to depository libraries throughout the state.
(2) Each state official, state department, state board, state court, or state agency: (a) Shall furnish its state publications to the division for distribution to depository libraries throughout the state upon the publication’s release in accordance with division rule. (b) Shall designate a state publications liaison. Upon designation of a liaison, a state official, state department, state board, state court, or state agency shall provide the division with the liaison’s name and contact information. Each state publications liaison shall maintain a list of his or her respective entity’s state publications and furnish the list to the division as updated or by December 31 of each year. (c) Shall, if having charge of their distribution, furnish the division with daily journals and bound journals of each house of the Legislature, as issued; slip laws and bound session laws, both general and special; and Florida Statutes and supplements thereto. The number of copies furnished shall be determined by requests of the division.
(3) It is the duty of the division to: (a) Designate university, college, and public libraries as depositories for public documents and to designate certain of these depositories as regional centers for full collections of public documents. (b) Provide a system of distribution of the copies furnished to it under subsection (2) to such depositories. (c) Publish a periodic bibliography of the publications of the state.The division may exchange copies of public documents for those of other states, territories, and countries. Depositories receiving public documents under this section shall keep them in a convenient form accessible to the public.
(3) It is the duty of the division to: (a) Manage the State Publications Program. (b) Designate university, college, and public libraries as depository libraries for state publications. A depository library must maintain state publications in a form that is convenient and accessible to the public. The division shall be the official repository for state publications. (c) Create a distribution system to provide copies of state publications to depository libraries. (d) Create a periodic bibliography for the State Publications Program.The division may exchange copies of state publications for those of other states, territories, and countries.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.