TITLE 13. CULTURAL RESOURCES

PART 1. TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION

CHAPTER 3. STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY PROGRAM

13 TAC §§3.2, 3.3, 3.6

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission adopts amendments to 13 TAC §§3.2, 3.3 and 3.6, regarding the State Publications Depository Program, without changes to the proposed text as published in the April 24, 2009, issue of the Texas Register (34 TexReg 2579).

The revisions require state agencies to print the date of issuance on their publications. For publications that are available on the agency's website as well as in print, agencies are required to include the publications' internet locations on the printed documents and on a form that is submitted to the program. The rules also add clarification to the existing language of the rule that exempts certain items from deposit.

No comments were received during the comment period.

The amendments are adopted under Government Code §441.102, which authorizes the commission to establish procedures for distribution of state publications to depository libraries and to establish a system to provide access to publications in electronic format and §441.105, which authorizes the commission to exempt publications from the program.

The amendments affect Government Code §§441.101 - 441.106.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on June 12, 2009.

TRD-200902389

Edward Seidenberg

Assistant State Librarian

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Effective date: July 2, 2009

Proposal publication date: April 24, 2009

For further information, please call: (512) 463-5459