82R25912 KEL-D
By: Brown H.B. No. 537
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 537:
By: Brown C.S.H.B. No. 537
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 during
student orientation or as part of any program for repurchasing
instructional materials from students.
SECTION 2. (a) 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.
(b) Section 51.949, Education Code, as added by this Act,
does not affect the terms of a contract entered into before the
effective date of this Act, except that if the contract is renewed,
modified, or extended on or after the effective date of this Act,
Section 51.949 applies to the contract beginning on the date of
renewal, modification, or extension.
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.