By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 60
         (In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
  April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
  Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of
  certain library materials.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 130.01015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 130.01015.  DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN LIBRARY MATERIALS.
  (a) In this section, "library materials" means periodicals, books,
  e-books, tapes, and other media.
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a public junior college
  library may donate library materials to any person or organization
  if the library materials:
               (1)  as determined by library staff:
                     (A)  duplicate library materials that are a part
  of the library's collection; or
                     (B)  are no longer appropriate for inclusion in
  the library's collection due to age, condition, or obsolete
  content; and
               (2)  have little or no monetary value.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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