Bill Text: TX HB3730 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3730-Comm_Sub.html
| 86R14344 AAF-D | ||
| By: Swanson, et al. | H.B. No. 3730 | |
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| relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary | ||
| and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives | ||
| Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 441, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 441.231 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 441.231. ONLINE LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL | ||
| DISTRICTS. (a) The commission shall use funds appropriated to the | ||
| commission or consortium services fees under Section 441.224(b) | ||
| collected from school districts to purchase online library | ||
| resources for primary and secondary schools that have adopted | ||
| Internet safety policies and technology protection measures | ||
| meeting the requirements for certification under 47 U.S.C. Sections | ||
| 254(h)(5)(B) and (C). | ||
| (b) The commission may purchase online library resources | ||
| under Subsection (a) only if the vendor providing the resources | ||
| certifies that the resources comply with 47 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 254(h)(5). | ||
| (c) If the legislature finds that a vendor subject to | ||
| Subsection (b) is failing to comply substantially with the | ||
| requirements of 47 U.S.C. Section 254(h)(5), the commission may | ||
| withhold further payments to the vendor pending verification of | ||
| compliance with that federal law. | ||
| (d) If the vendor described by Subsection (c) fails to | ||
| timely verify that the vendor is in compliance with federal law, the | ||
| commission may consider the vendor's act of noncompliance as a | ||
| breach of contract. | ||
| (e) Not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, the | ||
| commission shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board and the | ||
| office of the governor a report on any issues related to vendor | ||
| compliance with technology protection measures required by 47 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 254(h)(5). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
