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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain textbook publishers to offer |
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electronic textbooks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.456 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.456. ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS REQUIRED. (a) Not later |
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than January 1, 2022, a textbook publisher who offers textbooks for |
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sale at a college bookstore shall, to the extent practicable, make |
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the textbooks available for sale wholly or partly in an electronic |
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format. The electronic version of any textbook must contain the |
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same content as the printed version and may be copy-protected. |
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(b) This section does not authorize any use of a textbook or |
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other instructional materials that would constitute an |
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infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 |
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U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.). |
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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, 2017. |