Section 590 IAC 3-1-1 - DefinitionsAuthority: IC 4-23-7.1-5.1; IC 4-23-7.1-5.2
Affected: IC 4-23-7-2; IC 4-23-7.1; IC 6-1.1-1-15; IC 36-12-1; IC 36-12-3-2; IC 36-12-7-2
Sec. 1.
(a) The definitions in this rule apply throughout this article.(b) "Annual report" has the meaning as set forth in IC 4-23-7.1-22.(c) "Books" means the following:(1) Hardbound print books.(2) Paperback print books.(3) Large print format books.(d) "Home library" means the public library where an individual is a resident or real property taxpayer in the taxing district of the library or library from which a nonresident has purchased a card.(e) "Indiana library and historical board" has the meaning as set forth in IC 4-23-7-2.(f) "Issuing library" means any public library in the state, not just the home library, where an individual obtains a PLAC.(g) "Library" means a public library as set forth in IC 36-12-1-5.(h) "Library board" has the meaning as set forth in IC 36-12-1-3.(i) "Library district" has the meaning as set forth in IC 36-12-1-4.(j) "Local agreement" means a local or regional agreement made between two (2) or more libraries that residents of each library district may borrow items from a public library in the other library district or districts or a resolution by a local library board that the library will allow anyone with a public library card from another library in the state to borrow materials.(k) "Minimum standards for public libraries" has the meaning as set forth in IC 4-23-7.1-11 and 590 IAC 6-1-4.(l) "Net loans" means a greater number of loans made by a library to PLAC cardholders from outside its district than loans made by PLAC cardholders from within its district at other libraries.(m) "Nonbook materials" means all items other than books that a library would normally circulate.(n) "Nonresident" means a citizen of Indiana who does not live within a public library district, nor pays real property taxes to a public library taxing district. The home library for a nonresident is the library from which the nonresident paid the nonresident fee of that library for a card from that library.(o) "PLAC" means the public library access card, the name for the statewide library card program, enacted by IC 4-23-7.1-5.1. The PLAC allows an individual to borrow materials directly from any public library in Indiana.(p) "PLAC quarterly report" means the approved form State Form 44289 (R/1-94), which is used to report cards sold and money submitted to the Indiana state library quarterly.(q) "Real property" has the meaning as set forth in IC 6-1.1-1-15.(r) "Statewide library card program" has the meaning as set forth in IC 4-23-7.1 -1.Indiana Library and Historical Board; 590 IAC 3-1-1; filed Jul 9, 1999, 5:51 p.m.: 22 IR 3875; readopted filed Dec 1, 2005, 2:30 p.m.: 29 IR 1382; readopted filed Jun 14, 2011, 1:27 p.m.: 20110713-IR-590110199RFA; errata filed Apr 22, 2014, 10:36 a.m.: 20140521-IR- 590140134ACAReadopted filed 6/12/2017, 12:47 p.m.: 20170712-IR-590170172RFAReadopted filed 10/10/2023, 7:46 a.m.: 20231108-IR-590230611RFA