Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered
rider to Article IX:
___. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
PUBLIC LIBRARIES. (a) A public school that provides a computer
used to access the Internet that is not equipped with a technology
protection measure is not eligible for a loan or grant under
Subchapter C, Chapter 57, Utilities Code.
(b) A public library that provides a computer with Internet
access to the public is not eligible for a loan or grant under
Section 441.135, Government Code, or under Subchapter C, Chapter
57, Utilities Code, unless the public library:
(1) implements a policy establishing measures to
restrict minors from gaining access to obscene material on the
Internet; or
(2) equips the computer with a technology protection
measure.
(c) In this section:
(1) "Obscene" has the meaning assigned by Section
43.21, Penal Code.
(2) "Technology protection measure" means a technology
that blocks or filters Internet access to visual depictions that
are obscene.