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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access by an institution of higher education to the |
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TexShare library consortium. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 441, Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 441.221. DEFINITION. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library |
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and Archives Commission. |
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(2) "Institution of higher education" includes |
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an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code, and a private or independent institution of higher |
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education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code[.], and a |
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work college, as that term is defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 1087-58; |
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(3) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit |
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corporation established under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act |
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(Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) that |
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provides extensive library services and collections in the fields |
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of clinical medicine and the history of medicine. |
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(4) "Public library" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 441.122. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |