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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 441.103. State Agency Duties

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A state agency shall designate one or more staff persons as agency publications liaisons and shall notify the Texas State Library of those persons' identities.  A publications liaison shall maintain a record of the agency's state publications and shall furnish to the Texas State Library a list of the agency's new state publications as they become available.

(b) A state agency shall furnish copies of its state publications that exist in a physical format to the Texas State Library in the number specified by commission rules.  On the creation of or awarding of a contract for the production of a publication in a physical format, a state agency shall arrange for the required number of copies to be deposited with the Texas State Library.  The commission may not require more than 75 copies of a state publication in a physical format.

(c) On the release of a state publication in an electronic format and for the purpose of further distribution of the publication, a state agency shall provide the Texas State Library:

(1) on-line access to the publication;  or

(2) copies of the publication on an electronic external storage device in the number of copies prescribed by the commission but not to exceed 75.

(d) If a state agency is allowing public on-line access to a state publication, the agency shall also provide the Texas State Library with at least one free on-line connection to the agency's state publications that can be accessed on-line.  The connection must:

(1) be provided in the form and manner prescribed by the director and librarian;  and

(2) be compatible with applicable standards prescribed by the Department of Information Resources.

(e) Each state publication shall clearly reflect the date that the state publication is produced or initially distributed by a state agency in a conspicuous location at or near the beginning of the publication.

(f) A state agency shall include, for any of its publications available on the Internet, identifying and descriptive information about the publication as specified by commission and Department of Information Resources rules.

(g) If an electronic state publication is not printed or available from the state agency's website, the state agency shall furnish the Texas State Library copies in a manner prescribed by commission rules.  The commission may not require more than 75 copies of the publication.

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