Bill Text: TX HB843 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HB843 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB843-Introduced.html
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By: Patterson | H.B. No. 843 |
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relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state | ||
agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2113.107, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) In this subsection, "state agency" includes the | ||
legislature and an agency in the legislative branch of state | ||
government. Except as provided by this subsection, a state agency | ||
may not use appropriated money to purchase a periodical. This | ||
subsection does not apply to a purchase for or by a state library or | ||
archive or an institution of higher education library. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |