Legislation re outsourcing in Hawaii

[Pat Wallace <DENWALL@AOL.COM>]

TO all subscribers:   Message  forwarded by Pat Wallace,
Chair of the Hawaii Working Group  /ALA-SRRT-AIP

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997
From: Anonymous Librarian in Hawaii
To: Hawaii Working Group
Subject: Legislation in Hawaii

SB 1370

Prohibits the board of education or the state librarian from entering
into agreements allowing outside firms to select books and other
resources for the state librarian system requiring the expenditure of
public funds.


Chapter 312, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended by adding a new
section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

  "Sc312-     Outsourcing of library books prohibited.
 (a)  Nothwithstanding any law to the contrary, neither the board of
education nor the state librarian may enter into any agreement with
any person that gives that person the authority to select books or
other resources for the state library system, where the acquisitions
of those books or other resources requires the expenditure of public
moneys.

  (b)  All decisions regarding which books and other resources to
acquire on behalf of the state library system requiring the expenditure
of public moneys shall be performed only by the state librarian or
designated employees of the state library system.  The state librarian
or designees shall approve all book and other resource selections
acquired on behalf of the state library system.

Don't know when bill was introduced.  Will pass that along later.
What a great day!

Aloha