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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the setting and collecting of fees for the public's use |
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of certain images and documents protected by copyright owned by the |
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State Preservation Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 443.0133 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 443.0133. FEE FOR USE OF IMAGES AND DOCUMENTS PROTECTED |
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BY COPYRIGHT. (a) The board may set and collect a fee for personal |
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or educational use of copies of state archival records and other |
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historical resources protected by copyright owned by the board, |
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including but not limited to photographs and video of the areas |
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under board purview as well as documentation related to the history |
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of buildings and grounds for which the board is responsible. Fees |
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shall be set in amounts designed to cover the cost of creating, |
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reproducing, and dispersing the images and documents requested. |
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The board shall deposit money received under this section to the |
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credit of a separate account in the Capitol fund. |
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(b) This section is not intended to conflict with Chapter |
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552. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |