By Deshotel                                           H.B. No. 2713
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the eligibility of public schools and libraries for
 1-3     certain funds.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subchapter C to read as follows:
 1-7                        SUBCHAPTER C. INTERNET ACCESS
 1-8           Sec. 32.051.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
 1-9                 (1)  "Obscene" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-10     43.21, Penal Code.
1-11                 (2)  "Technology protection measure" means a technology
1-12     that blocks or filters Internet access to visual depictions that
1-13     are obscene.
1-14           Sec. 32.052.  LIMITATION ON CERTAIN FUNDS. A public school
1-15     that provides a computer used to access the Internet that is not
1-16     equipped with a technology protection measure is not eligible for:
1-17                 (1)  a loan or grant under Subchapter C, Chapter 57,
1-18     Utilities Code; or
1-19                 (2)  a reduced rate under Subchapter B of Chapter 57,
1-20     Subchapter G of Chapter 58, or Subchapter D of Chapter 59,
1-21     Utilities Code.
1-22           SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
1-23     amended by adding Section 441.1385 to read as follows:
1-24           Sec. 441.1385.  LIMITATION ON CERTAIN FUNDS. (a)  In this
 2-1     section:
 2-2                 (1)  "Obscene" has the meaning assigned by Section
 2-3     43.21, Penal Code.
 2-4                 (2)  "Technology protection measure" means a technology
 2-5     that blocks or filters Internet access to visual depictions that
 2-6     are obscene.
 2-7           (b)  A public library that provides a computer with Internet
 2-8     access to the public is not eligible for a loan or grant under
 2-9     Section 441.135 or Subchapter C of Chapter 57, Utilities Code, or a
2-10     reduced rate under Subchapter B of Chapter 57, Subchapter G of
2-11     Chapter 58, or Subchapter D of Chapter 59, Utilities Code, unless
2-12     the public library:
2-13                 (1)  implements a policy establishing measures to
2-14     restrict minors from gaining access to obscene material on the
2-15     Internet; or
2-16                 (2)  equips the computer with a technology protection
2-17     measure.
2-18           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.