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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Got an overdue room publication that you’ve been dreading returning due to the fact that of the fine? Well, interest nary more, room officials say.

The Board of Library Trustees unanimously agreed to destruct overdue room fines astatine the Jacksonville Public Library connected July 1, 2021, pursuing Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville City Council’s suspension of overdue room fines during the aboriginal months of the pandemic.

“Things person been stressful capable for radical during these past 2 years,” said Carlo Fassi, seat of the Board of Library Trustees. “We spot however radical crook to the Library to larn caller skills, commencement businesses, oregon conscionable flight into a large story. Anything that increases just and equitable entree to the Library is simply a bully happening for Duval County.”

Before the change, overdue fines could propulsion an relationship into a fastener erstwhile they got excessively high. That won’t beryllium an contented anymore either.

But that doesn’t mean you tin cheque retired a publication and conscionable support it forever.

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“Borrowed materials inactive person owed dates, and we privation you to instrumentality your materials connected clip truthful your neighbors tin besides bask them,” said Lynne Baldwin, Region Manager for the West Region. “The elimination of overdue fines conscionable gives you that small cushion erstwhile things don’t spell arsenic planned.”

And if you suffer an point oregon instrumentality it damaged -- those replacement fees inactive apply.

Customers are encouraged to instrumentality immoderate long-overdue materials to immoderate Jacksonville Public Library determination escaped of the interest of overdue fines.

For much details, visit https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/news/jax-public-library-goes-overdue-fine-free.

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A Jacksonville autochthonal and arrogant University of North Florida alum, Francine Frazier has been with News4Jax since 2014 aft spending 9 years astatine The Florida Times-Union.