§ 13-2-212 - State and Local Government Publications Clearinghouse. - Arkansas Statutes

13-2-212. State and Local Government Publications Clearinghouse.

(a) The Arkansas State Library shall create and maintain a State and Local Government Publications Clearinghouse.

(b) The Arkansas State Library shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the clearinghouse.

(c) (1) All state agencies, including the General Assembly and its committees, constitutional officers, any department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of the State of Arkansas, all local governments, including cities of the first and second class and incorporated towns, and counties, and all boards, commissions, or agencies thereof shall furnish to the Arkansas State Library, upon release, a specified number of copies of each of its state or local publications.

(2) These publications shall be furnished to enable the clearinghouse to meet the needs of the Depository Library System and to provide library loan services to those libraries without depository status.

(3) The distribution will be required only if sufficient funds are appropriated for the printing of these materials by the agencies, boards, and commissions and for the distribution thereof by the Arkansas State Library to depository libraries.

(d) At least quarterly, and more frequently if funds are available, the clearinghouse of the Arkansas State Library shall publish and, upon request, distribute a list of state publications to all state agencies and contracting depository libraries.