Any person who borrows from
a publicly funded lending facility any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript,
pamphlet, publication, microform, recording, film, artifact, specimen, device,
exhibit or other article belonging to, or in the care of, the facility, under
any agreement to return the same within a specified time, and thereafter fails
to return the book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication,
microform, recording, film, artifact, specimen, device, exhibit or other
article, shall be given written notice, which shall bear upon its face a copy
of this statute, mailed by a registered or certified letter with return
receipt, or delivered in person to such person at his last known address, to
return the borrowed article within fifteen (15) days; and in the event that
the person shall thereafter wilfully and knowingly fail to return the borrowed
article within thirty (30) days, or shall fail to reimburse the facility for
the value of the borrowed article plus overdue fines and costs incurred, the
person shall be guilty of a petit theft and punishable as provided in chapter
24, title 18, Idaho Code. For purposes of this section, a "publicly funded
lending facility" includes any library, gallery, museum, collection or exhibit
supported by public funds. |
