2005 Texas Government Code CHAPTER 324. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY

GOVERNMENT CODE

CHAPTER 324. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY


	§ 324.001. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                   
		(1)  "Library" means the Legislative Reference 
Library.                     
		(2)  "Board" means the Legislative Library Board.                             
		(3)  "Director" means the director of the library.                            

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 324.002. ESTABLISHMENT.  The Legislative Reference 
Library is an independent agency of the legislature.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 324.004. LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY BOARD.  (a) The board 
controls and administers the library.
	(b)  The board consists of:                                                    
		(1)  the lieutenant governor;                                                 
		(2)  the speaker of the house of representatives;                             
		(3)  the chairman of the house appropriations 
committee;                    
		(4)  two members of the senate appointed by the 
lieutenant governor;  and   
		(5)  one other member of the house appointed by the 
speaker.                
	(c)  Members of the board serve without compensation but are 
entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses 
incurred in attending meetings and performing official functions.
	(d)  Actual and necessary expenses are paid from funds 
appropriated to the board.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended 
by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1328, § 7, eff. June 21, 2003.


	§ 324.005. DIRECTOR.  (a) The board shall appoint a 
director to serve at the pleasure of the board.
	(b)  The board shall set the salary of the director.                           

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended 
by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 349, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.


	§ 324.006. PERSONNEL.  (a) The director, with the 
approval of the board, may employ professional and clerical 
personnel.
	(b)  The board shall set the salaries of the personnel 
employed by the director.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 324.007. DUTIES.  (a) The library shall be maintained 
for the use and information of members of the legislature, heads of 
state departments, and citizens of this state.
	(b)  The library shall contain, as may best be made available 
for legislative use, the following items:
		(1)  checklists and catalogues of current legislation 
in this and other states;
		(2)  catalogues of bills and resolutions presented in 
either house of the legislature;
		(3)  checklists of public documents in each state;                            
		(4)  checklists of all reports issued by each 
department, agency, board, or commission of this state;  and
		(5)  digests of public laws of this and other states.                         
	(c)  The director and library employees shall provide any 
assistance requested by a member of the legislature in researching 
and preparing bills and resolutions.
	(d)  The board shall adopt rules necessary to ensure the 
library's efficient operation.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 324.008. DISPOSITION OF DOCUMENTS.  (a) The library is 
a depository library as defined by Section 1, Chapter 438, Acts of 
the 58th Legislature, 1963 (Article 5442a, Vernon's Texas Civil 
Statutes), and shall receive state documents and publications from 
other states distributed by the Texas State Library.
	(b)  Each printed daily legislative journal, bill, 
resolution, or other legislative document shall be delivered daily 
to the library.
	(c)  At the close of each legislative session, each daily 
legislative journal, bill, or resolution possessed by the senate or 
house sergeant at arms shall be delivered to the library to be 
disposed of at the discretion of the director.
	(d)  The governing body of a state agency, as defined by 
Sections 2151.002(2)(A) and (C), shall deliver to the library 
immediately after transcription a certified copy of the minutes of 
any meeting of the governing body.  Any changes or corrections to 
the minutes shall also be delivered to the library.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended 
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 281, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.


	§ 324.009. GIFTS AND GRANTS.  (a) The board may accept 
gifts, grants, and donations from any organization described in 
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code  for the purpose of 
funding any activity under this chapter.
	(b)  All gifts, grants, and donations must be accepted in an 
open meeting by a majority of the voting members of the board and 
reported in the public record of the board with the name of the 
donor and purpose of the gift, grant, or donation.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 617, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.           


	§ 324.010. COPY COSTS;  FORMAT.  The library has 
exclusive authority to determine the charge for copies or 
reproduction of records in the custody of the library.  The library 
may reproduce records in a format such as CD-ROM, another 
computer-readable format, or any other format determined by the 
library and provide records in that format for a charge determined 
by the library.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 428, § 6, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.