By Goolsby H.B. No. 104 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to research fees charged by certain libraries in the state 1-3 library system. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 441, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 441.139 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 441.139. RESEARCH FEES FOR FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. (a) 1-8 Notwithstanding other provisions of this subchapter, a library, 1-9 including a public library, in a city with a population of 1-10 1,000,000 or more and that has adopted a council-manager form of 1-11 government, may charge a reasonable fee to a for-profit business 1-12 entity for providing in-depth research services or research support 1-13 relating to the entity's business activities. 1-14 (b) A library may not charge a fee under this section in 1-15 circumstances under which charging a fee is not allowed by federal 1-16 law for federal funding purposes. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.