Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:124.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Depository: means an institution which contracts with the state librarian to participate in the public document depository system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:121.1
  • Public document: means informational matter, for public distribution regardless of format, method of reproduction, source, or copyright, originating in or produced with the imprint of, by the authority of, or at the total or partial expense of, any state agency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:121.1

A.  The State Library of Louisiana and Louisiana State University Library at Baton Rouge are hereby designated complete public document depositories.  Other Louisiana libraries may request complete public document depository status.

B.  Libraries, including those in state agencies and other institutions, may contract with the state librarian to become depositories.

C.  Each historical, complete, and selective depository shall agree to make public documents accessible to the public, and to render free service in their use.  All depositories shall abide by the rules and regulations promulgated by the state librarian.  Extended noncompliance with the contract provisions shall result in the loss of depository status.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 906, §1; Acts 1991, No. 938, §2; Acts 2001, No. 893, §1.

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