TITLE: Relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state agency.

SUMMARY: Relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state agency.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state agency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2113.107, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) In this subsection, "state agency" includes the legislature and an agency in the legislative branch of state government. Except as provided by this subsection, a state agency may not use appropriated money to purchase a periodical. This subsection does not apply to a purchase for or by a state library or archive or an institution of higher education library. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.