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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to the authority of the Texas State Library and Archives |
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| 8 | 10 | | Commission to sell educational resources and services. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 441.006(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (b) The commission may: |
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| 13 | 15 | | (1) purchase, as state property, any suitable book, |
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| 14 | 16 | | picture, or similar item, within the limits of the annual |
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| 15 | 17 | | legislative appropriation; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (2) receive a donation or gift of money, property, or |
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| 17 | 19 | | services on any terms and conditions it considers proper as long as |
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| 18 | 20 | | the state does not incur financial liability; |
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| 19 | 21 | | (3) accept, receive, and administer federal funds made |
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| 20 | 22 | | available by grant or loan to improve the public libraries of this |
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| 21 | 23 | | state; |
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| 22 | 24 | | (4) contract or agree with the governing body or head |
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| 23 | 25 | | of a county, city, or town of this state to meet the terms |
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| 24 | 26 | | prescribed by the United States and consistent with state law for |
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| 25 | 27 | | the expenditure of federal funds for improving public libraries; |
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| 26 | 28 | | [and] |
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| 27 | 29 | | (5) participate in the establishment and operation of |
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| 28 | 30 | | an affiliated nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise |
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| 29 | 31 | | funds for or provide services or other benefits to the commission; |
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| 30 | 32 | | and |
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| 31 | 33 | | (6) develop and sell educational resources and |
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| 32 | 34 | | services for use by the public. |
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| 33 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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