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| 1 | 1 | 84R136 JRJ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Canales H.B. No. 927 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requiring certain textbook publishers to offer | |
| 8 | 8 | electronic textbooks. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 51.456 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 51.456. ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS REQUIRED. (a) Not later | |
| 13 | 13 | than January 1, 2020, a textbook publisher who offers textbooks for | |
| 14 | 14 | sale at a college bookstore shall, to the extent practicable, make | |
| 15 | 15 | the textbooks available for sale wholly or partly in an electronic | |
| 16 | 16 | format. The electronic version of any textbook must contain the | |
| 17 | 17 | same content as the printed version and may be copy-protected. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) This section does not authorize any use of a textbook or | |
| 19 | 19 | other instructional materials that would constitute an | |
| 20 | 20 | infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 | |
| 21 | 21 | U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.). | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |