(AP) " Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate the requirement that the state Library and Archives be open to the public for eight hours a day, five days per week.
AB528 was introduced because under Gov. Jim Gibbons' budget proposal, library hours would be slashed from eight to four hours per day, and funding would be cut by 35 percent. The public still could access state archives, but only by appointment.
The state law would have to be changed in order to cut the library's hours. The plan is being considered to help erase a huge revenue shortfall, but critics say the plan would curtail public access to state records.
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee is considering the bill.
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