By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 60
(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of
certain library materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.01015 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.01015. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN LIBRARY MATERIALS.
(a) In this section, "library materials" means periodicals, books,
e-books, tapes, and other media.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a public junior college
library may donate library materials to any person or organization
if the library materials:
(1) as determined by library staff:
(A) duplicate library materials that are a part
of the library's collection; or
(B) are no longer appropriate for inclusion in
the library's collection due to age, condition, or obsolete
content; and
(2) have little or no monetary value.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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