California Senate Bill SB1045 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1045AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Senator Alquist FEBRUARY 16, 2010 An act to amend Section  66010.1   66410  of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1045, as amended, Alquist. Donahoe Higher Education  Act.   Act: textbooks.  Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. Among other things, the act  identifies common educational missions shared by educational institutions in California, and differentiates more specific missions and functions among the various educational segments   requires publishers of textbooks offered for sale at a public or a private postsecondary institution of education to make the textbooks available, in whole or in part, to the extent practicable, in an electronic format by January 1, 2020, and requires electronic versions of textbooks to include the same content as the printed versions  . This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions  instead require the electronic versions of textbooks to contain, at a minimum, the same content as printed versions  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 66410 of the   Education Code   is amended to read:  66410. (a) No later than January 1, 2020, any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation that publishes textbooks offered for sale at the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, or a private postsecondary educational institution in the state shall, to the extent practicable, make the textbooks available, in whole or in part, for sale in an electronic format. The electronic version of any textbook shall contain  , at a minimum,  the same content as the printed version and may be copy-protected. (b) For purposes of this section, "textbook" has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66406.7. (c) This section does not authorize any use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Revision Act of 1976, as amended (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.).  SECTION 1.   Section 66010.1 of the Education Code is amended to read: 66010.1. The purpose of this article is to identify common educational missions shared by educational institutions in the state and to differentiate more specific missions and functions among the various educational segments.