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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state |
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agency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2113.107, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) In this subsection, "state agency" includes the |
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legislature and an agency in the legislative branch of state |
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government. Except as provided by this subsection, a state agency |
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may not use appropriated money to purchase a periodical. This |
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subsection does not apply to a purchase for or by a state library or |
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archive or an institution of higher education library. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |