Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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11 By: West S.B. No. 1797
2- (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; March 26, 2021, read
3- first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
4- April 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5- Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 22, 2021,
6- sent to printer.)
7-Click here to see the committee vote
8- COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1797 By: Blanco
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114 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
125 AN ACT
13- relating to including work colleges in the TexShare library
14- consortium.
6+ relating to access by an institution of higher education to the
7+ TexShare library consortium.
158 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16- SECTION 1. Section 441.221(2), Government Code, is amended
17- to read as follows:
18- (2) "Institution of higher education" includes:
19- (A) an institution of higher education and [as
20- defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, and] a private or
21- independent institution of higher education, as those terms are
22- defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; and
23- (B) a work college, as defined by 20 U.S.C.
24- Section 1087-58.
9+ SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
10+ amended to read as follows:
11+ Sec. 441.221. DEFINITION. In this subchapter:
12+ (1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library
13+ and Archives Commission.
14+ (2) "Institution of higher education" includes
15+ an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
16+ Education Code, and a private or independent institution of higher
17+ education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code[.], and a
18+ work college, as that term is defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 1087-58;
19+ (3) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit
20+ corporation established under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act
21+ (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) that
22+ provides extensive library services and collections in the fields
23+ of clinical medicine and the history of medicine.
24+ (4) "Public library" has the meaning assigned by
25+ Section 441.122.
2526 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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