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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. Title 4, Chapter 443, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 443.0133 to read as follows: |
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SECTION 443.0133. FEE FOR USE OF IMAGES AND DOCUMENTS |
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PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. (a) The board may set and collect a fee for |
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personal or educational use of copies of state archival records and |
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other historical resources protected by copyright owned by the |
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board, including but not limited to photographs and video of the |
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areas under board purview as well as documentation related to the |
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history of buildings and grounds for which the board is |
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responsible. Fees shall be set in amounts designed to cover the |
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cost of creating, reproducing, and dispersing the images and |
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documents requested. The board shall deposit money received under |
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this section to the credit of a separate account in the Capitol |
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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. |