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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas State Library and Archives |
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Commission to advertise and to sell educational resources and |
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services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 441.006(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission may: |
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(1) purchase, as state property, any suitable book, |
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picture, or similar item, within the limits of the annual |
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legislative appropriation; |
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(2) receive a donation or gift of money, property, or |
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services on any terms and conditions it considers proper as long as |
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the state does not incur financial liability; |
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(3) accept, receive, and administer federal funds made |
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available by grant or loan to improve the public libraries of this |
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state; |
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(4) contract or agree with the governing body or head |
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of a county, city, or town of this state to meet the terms |
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prescribed by the United States and consistent with state law for |
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the expenditure of federal funds for improving public libraries; |
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[and] |
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(5) participate in the establishment and operation of |
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an affiliated nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise |
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funds for or provide services or other benefits to the commission; |
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(6) advertise and market the commission's programs, |
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resources, and services to the public; and |
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(7) develop and sell educational resources and |
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services for use by the public. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |