Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 441.004. CAREER LADDER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. (a) The director and librarian or the director and librarian's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees within the commission. The pro…

Sec. 441.005. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT; EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. (a) The director and librarian or the director and librarian's designee shall provide to members of the commission and to commission employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualification for o…

Sec. 441.006. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (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 librar…

Sec. 441.0065. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The commission may establish an advisory committee to make recommendations to the commission on programs, rules, and policies affecting the delivery of information services in the state. (b) In establishing an advisory committee under this …

Sec. 441.008. TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF BOOKS OR DOCUMENTS. (a) The commission may transfer a book or document to another library that is supported by state appropriation if the commission believes that the transfer would benefit the state library. The commission may make the trans…

Sec. 441.0085. ADOPT-A-LIBRARY PROGRAM. (a) The commission may establish or may assist other state agencies or organizations in the establishment of an Adopt-A-Library program to encourage investment in and donations to public libraries in this state. (b) The commission may use a…

Sec. 441.009. STATE PLAN FOR LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY. (a) The commission may adopt a state plan for improving library services consistent with federal goals. (b) The state library shall prepare the plan for the commission and shall administer the plan the commission adopt…

Sec. 441.0091. GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL LIBRARIES. (a) In addition to a grant or funding under Subchapter I, the commission may provide for grants to meet specific information needs of residents of this state and specific needs of local libraries that are not adequately addressed …

Sec. 441.0092. TEXAS READS PROGRAM GRANTS. (a) From money in the Texas Reads program account, the commission shall make grants to fund programs to promote reading provided by public libraries. (b) The commission shall: (1) determine standards that a reading promotion program must…

Sec. 441.013. REPORTS. (a) The commission shall make a biennial report to the governor that includes: (1) a comprehensive view of the operation of the commission in discharging the duties imposed by this subchapter; (2) a review of the library conditions in this state; (3) any re…

Sec. 441.014. AUDIT. The financial transactions of the commission are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 584, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, …

Sec. 441.015. SEAL. (a) The official seal of the state library is a circle of not less than 1-1/2 nor more than two inches in diameter that bears a star of five points surrounded by two concentric circles between which is printed "Texas State Library." (b) The seal shall be used …

Sec. 441.016. BUILDING. The name of the state archives and library building is the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 441.017. COST RECOVERY FOR RECORDS STORAGE SERVICES. (a) This section: (1) applies to a record stored by the commission for a state agency; and (2) does not apply to a record that is under the permanent control of the commission for archival purposes. (b) The commission shal…

Sec. 441.018. COMPLAINTS. (a) The commission shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the commission. The commission shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of…

Sec. 441.019. USE OF TECHNOLOGY. The commission shall implement a policy requiring the commission to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions. The policy must ensure that the public is able to interact with the commissio…

Sec. 441.020. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY. (a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of commission rules; and (2) appropriate altern…

Sec. 441.025. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (2) "Court document" means any instrument, document, paper, or other record filed with, otherwise presented to, or produced by a court in this state. Added by Ac…

Sec. 441.026. RETENTION, STORAGE, AND DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN COURT DOCUMENTS. (a) The commission shall adopt rules for the retention, storage, and destruction of a court document filed with, otherwise presented to, or produced by a court in this state before January 1, 1951. (b) …

Sec. 441.031. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "state record" means a document, book, paper, photograph, sound recording, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristic, made or received by a state department or institution according to law or in connection with …

Sec. 441.071. TEXAS PUBLIC LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND. (a) The Texas public library endowment fund is a trust fund outside the state treasury held by a bank or depository trust company and administered by the commission for the benefit of the public as provided by this section. (b) T…

Sec. 441.072. INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENDOWMENT FUND. (a) The commission shall appoint investment managers for the management and investment of the Texas public library endowment fund by contracting for professional investment management services with one or more organizatio…

Sec. 441.073. TEXAS PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND. (a) The Texas public library fund is a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. (b) The public library fund consists of money credited to the fund under Section 441.071(d) and proceeds from sales under Section 4…

Sec. 441.074. DONATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND SALES. (a) The commission may solicit and accept on behalf of the state donations of money, securities, and other property as it determines best further the orderly development of public library resources of the state. Money paid to th…

Sec. 441.075. PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall make grants to public libraries from the Texas public library fund for facility construction projects, acquisition of books and other collection development materials, and payment of actual and reasonable g…

Sec. 441.091. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "county record" means any document, paper, letter, book, map, photograph, sound or video recording, microfilm, magnetic tape, electronic medium, or other information recording medium, regardless of physical form or characteristic and …

Sec. 441.094. RECORDS SCHEDULE AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. (a) Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 85(3), eff. Sept. 1, 1989. (b) A records schedule must: (1) contain a list by record title of the county records to be scheduled; and (2) prescribe a minimum retention per…

Sec. 441.0945. DISPOSITION OF SCHEDULED RECORDS. (a) A county record may be destroyed if the record is listed on a valid records schedule and implementation plan and either its retention period has expired or it has been microfilmed or stored electronically in accordance with app…

Sec. 441.095. DISPOSITION OF UNSCHEDULED RECORDS. (a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 1962), Sec. 20(a)(3), eff. September 1, 2019. (b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 1962), Sec. 20(a)(3), eff. September 1, 2019. (c) Repealed by Acts 2…

Sec. 441.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (2) "Depository library" means the Texas State Library, the Legislative Reference Library, the Library of Congress, the Center for Research Libraries, or any oth…

Sec. 441.102. DISTRIBUTION OF STATE PUBLICATIONS. (a) The commission by rule shall establish procedures for the distribution of state publications to depository libraries and for the retention of those publications. (b) The commission may enter into a contract with a depository l…

Sec. 441.103. STATE AGENCY DUTIES. (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…

Sec. 441.1035. STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED IN PHYSICAL FORMAT; NOTICE; ONLINE AVAILABILITY. (a) A state agency that distributes by subscription a state publication in a physical format, such as paper, tape, or disk, and without a fee or other cost to the subscriber shall make …

Sec. 441.104. DUTIES OF TEXAS STATE LIBRARY. The Texas State Library shall: (1) acquire, organize, retain, and provide access to state publications; (2) collect state publications and distribute them to depository libraries; (3) establish a program for the preservation and manage…

Sec. 441.105. EXEMPT PUBLICATIONS. The state librarian may specifically exempt a publication or a distribution format from this subchapter. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 441.106. PAYMENT FOR PRINTING OF STATE PUBLICATIONS. If a state agency's printing is done by contract, an account for the printing may not be approved and a warrant may not be issued unless the agency first furnishes to the comptroller a receipt from the state librarian for …

Sec. 441.111. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Print access aid" means an item, piece of equipment, or product system that improves or facilitates access to standard print by enlarging or magnifying print, or by electronically converting print to spoken, recorded, or tactile…

Sec. 441.112. PRINT ACCESS AIDS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES. (a) To make its services and collections more accessible, a public library may make a print access aid available for use by a person who cannot clearly read printed material because of a visual disability. (b) If funds from a g…

Sec. 441.113. TRAINING AND INFORMATION. The state library may provide to a library requesting or receiving a print access aid under this subchapter technical assistance, including assistance in: (1) explaining to library employees the function of a print access aid; (2) assessing…

Sec. 441.114. MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT. The state library may pay the maintenance or repair cost of a print access aid supplied to a library under this subchapter out of funds available to the library from gifts or grants for that purpose. If the state library cannot pay the main…

Sec. 441.115. RELOCATION. The state library shall review each library that receives a print access aid under this subchapter once every two years to determine whether to relocate an aid provided to that library. The state library shall make a relocation decision based on populati…

Sec. 441.116. FUNDING. (a) The requirements of this subchapter for the provision and placement of print access aids by the state library are contingent on the receipt of gifts or grants for the state library to purchase, maintain, and repair the print access aids. If the state li…

Sec. 441.121. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as the Library Systems Act. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 441.122. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Accreditation of libraries" means the evaluation and rating of libraries according to commission accreditation standards. (2) "Accreditation standards" means the criteria established by the commission that a library must meet to…

Sec. 441.123. ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM. The commission shall establish and develop a state library system. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 441.124. ADVISORY BOARD. (a) The commission shall appoint an advisory board composed of five librarians qualified by training, experience, and interest to advise the commission on the policy to be followed in applying this subchapter. Chapter 2110 does not apply to the compo…