86R3143 SRA-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 679
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the Texas State Library and Archives
  Commission to advertise and to sell educational resources and
  services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 441.006(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission may:
               (1)  purchase, as state property, any suitable book,
  picture, or similar item, within the limits of the annual
  legislative appropriation;
               (2)  receive a donation or gift of money, property, or
  services on any terms and conditions it considers proper as long as
  the state does not incur financial liability;
               (3)  accept, receive, and administer federal funds made
  available by grant or loan to improve the public libraries of this
  state;
               (4)  contract or agree with the governing body or head
  of a county, city, or town of this state to meet the terms
  prescribed by the United States and consistent with state law for
  the expenditure of federal funds for improving public libraries;
  [and]
               (5)  participate in the establishment and operation of
  an affiliated nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise
  funds for or provide services or other benefits to the commission;
               (6)  advertise and market the commission's programs,
  resources, and services to the public; and
               (7)  develop and sell educational resources and
  services for use by the public.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.