Bill Text: TX SB1775 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1775 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1775-Introduced.html
| 86R9314 SRA-D | ||
| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1775 | |
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| relating to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 441.006(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commission shall: | ||
| (1) govern the Texas State Library; | ||
| (2) adopt policies and rules to aid and encourage the | ||
| development of and cooperation among all types of libraries, | ||
| including public, academic, special, and other types of libraries; | ||
| (3) aid those studying problems to be dealt with by | ||
| legislation; | ||
| (4) prepare and make available to the public and | ||
| appropriate state agencies information of public interest | ||
| describing the functions of the commission; | ||
| (5) deposit money paid to the commission under this | ||
| chapter subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404; | ||
| (6) give to any person contemplating the establishment | ||
| of a public library advice regarding matters such as maintaining a | ||
| public library, selecting books, cataloging, and managing a | ||
| library; | ||
| (7) conduct library institutes and encourage library | ||
| associations; | ||
| (8) take custody of, preserve, and make available for | ||
| public use state records and other historical resources that | ||
| document the history and culture of Texas as a province, colony, | ||
| republic, or state; | ||
| (9) prepare and make available to the public a | ||
| complete list of every state symbol and place designation, | ||
| including state symbols and place designations made in accordance | ||
| with Chapter 391; | ||
| (10) aid and encourage, by adoption of policies and | ||
| programs, the development of effective records management and | ||
| preservation programs in state agencies and the local governments | ||
| of the state; [ |
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| (11) provide library services to persons with | ||
| disabilities in cooperation with the federal government; and | ||
| (12) adopt rules allowing for the storage of original | ||
| documents in digital format in the state archives. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 441.1815 and 441.206 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 441.1815. STATE ARCHIVES STRATEGIC PLAN. The | ||
| commission, with input from interested persons, shall develop and | ||
| implement a comprehensive strategic plan regarding the state | ||
| archives. The commission shall update the strategic plan at least | ||
| once every five years. The strategic plan must include: | ||
| (1) an assessment of any current archives backlog; | ||
| (2) a prioritized list of projects and goals related | ||
| to the state archives; | ||
| (3) an evaluation of the resources needed to achieve | ||
| the commission's goals related to the state archives, including the | ||
| impact that different amounts of those resources are expected to | ||
| have on the commission's ability to achieve those goals; | ||
| (4) performance measures, targets, and time frames for | ||
| achieving the commission's goals related to the state archives; | ||
| (5) a mechanism for regular reporting to the | ||
| commission on progress toward achieving the commission's goals | ||
| related to the state archives; and | ||
| (6) opportunities and standards for entering into | ||
| collaborative agreements with interested persons regarding the | ||
| state archives. | ||
| Sec. 441.206. RECORDS OF MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE. (a) A | ||
| member of the legislature may apply to the commission to place | ||
| records of the member's legislative office created or received | ||
| during the member's term of office in a depository other than the | ||
| Texas State Library and Archives. | ||
| (b) The commission shall: | ||
| (1) create a list of preapproved depositories in which | ||
| members of the legislature may place records of their legislative | ||
| offices, including regional historical resource depositories | ||
| described by Section 441.153; and | ||
| (2) by rule adopt policies and procedures to approve | ||
| additional depositories. | ||
| (c) Ownership of records described by Subsection (a) placed | ||
| in a depository other than the Texas State Library and Archives | ||
| remains with the commission. The records may not be intermingled | ||
| with other holdings of the institution that serves as a depository. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| State Library and Archives Commission shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules under Section 441.006(a), Government | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act; | ||
| (2) develop a strategic plan for the state archives | ||
| program as required by Section 441.1815, Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act; and | ||
| (3) create a list of preapproved depositories and | ||
| adopt rules for approving additional depositories as required by | ||
| Section 441.206, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| (b) Rules adopted under Section 441.206, Government Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, apply only to a member of the legislature | ||
| leaving office after September 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
