By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 962
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2009;
April 27, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
Education; May 12, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 12, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase of library goods and services by public
junior colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 44.0311, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), this [This]
subchapter applies to junior college districts.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to a purchase,
acquisition, or license of library goods and services for a library
operated as a part of a junior college district. In this
subsection, "library goods and services" has the meaning assigned
by Section 130.0101(a).
SECTION 2. Section 130.0101, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.0101. ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. (a) In
this section, "library goods and services" means:
(1) serial and journal subscriptions, including
electronic databases, digital content, and information products;
(2) other library materials and resources, including
books, e-books, and media not available under a statewide contract
and papers;
(3) library services, including periodical jobber and
binding services not available under a statewide contract; [and]
(4) library equipment and supplies; and
(5) library or resource-sharing programs operated by
the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law governing purchasing by a
junior college district, including Section 130.010 or Subchapter B,
Chapter 44, a junior college district may purchase, license, or
otherwise acquire library goods and services in any manner
authorized by law for the purchase, license, or acquisition of
library goods and services by a public senior college or
university, as defined by Section 61.003.
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, 2009.
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