88R2443 SCP-D
 
  By: Patterson H.B. No. 843
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.