§312-3.5  Detention of books and otherpublic library materials; penalty.  A person who detains a book, newspaper,plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting, drawing, map, magazine,document, letter, government record, microform, sound recording, audio visualmaterials in any format, magnetic or other tapes, artifacts, or otherdocumentary (written or printed) materials belonging to any public library orsimilar institution controlled by the State for one day after the due date ofthe public library materials, shall be subject to a nominal charge establishedby the board of education.

A person detaining such books or public librarymaterials thirty days after the due date shall be subject to a chargecommensurate with the replacement value of the books or public librarymaterials. [L 1979, c 117, §1; am L 1981, c 150, §9; am L 1983, c 134, §1; am L1991, c 145, §2]