Bill Text: TX SB1005 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 1005 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to fair treatment of all providers of instructional materials to students enrolled at public institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-29 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1005 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1005-Engrossed.html



	By: Van de Putte	S.B. No. 1005


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to fair treatment of all providers of instructional
	materials to students enrolled at public institutions of higher
	education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 51.949 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.949. FAIR TREATMENT OF PROVIDERS OF INSTRUCTIONAL
	MATERIALS. (a) In this section:
	(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 61.003.
	(2) "Instructional materials" means any printed or
	computer-generated educational material, including textbooks, or
	any equipment or supplies that a student is required or recommended
	to use in connection with a course at an institution of higher
	education.
	(b) An institution of higher education may not grant
	preference to any provider of textbooks or other instructional
	materials in conducting activities of the institution:
	(1) during student orientation or registration; or
	(2) as part of any program for repurchasing
	instructional materials from students.
	SECTION 2. Section 51.949, Education Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to a semester or term that begins on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.