Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Title 13, Part 1
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission files this notice of intention to review Title 13, Chapter 8, concerning the TexShare Library Consortium, in accordance with Government Code, §2001.039, which requires state agencies to review and consider for readoption each of their rules every four years.
The rules were adopted pursuant to the Government Code, §441.225(b), which permits the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to adopt rules to govern the operation of the consortium.
The rules are necessary to carry out the statutory obligations of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for the establishment and maintenance of a state publications depository program.
Comments on the commission's review of its rules in Chapter 8 may be directed to Beverley Shirley, Director, Library Resource Sharing Division, Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711-2927. For further information or questions concerning this proposal, please contact Ms. Shirley at (512) 463-5433 or at bshirley@tsl.state.tx.us.
TRD-200901409
Edward Seidenberg
Assistant State Librarian
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Filed: April 13, 2009
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Title 13, Part 1
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has completed the review of Title 13, Chapter 3, concerning the State Publications Depository Program, in accordance with the requirements of Government Code, §2001.039. Notice of the review was published in the November 7, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 TexReg 9088).
The commission finds that the reasons for the adoption of the rules in Title 13, Chapter 3, continue to exist. The rules were adopted pursuant to the Government Code, §441.102(a), which requires the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to adopt policies to ensure the distribution of state publications to depository libraries; Government Code §441.103(b), which requires the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to adopt policies to ensure the acquisition of state publications from state agencies and institutions of higher education; Government Code §441.104(7) - (9), which requires the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to adopt policies to provide indexes of and electronic access to all state publications in electronic format, and Government Code §441.010(b), which establishes an electronically searchable central grant database. The rules are necessary to carry out the statutory obligations of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for the establishment and maintenance of a state publications depository program.
The commission readopts Chapter 3 in accordance with the Government Code, §2001.039. No comments were received regarding the review of the chapter.
TRD-200901408
Edward Seidenberg
Assistant State Librarian
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Filed: April 13, 2009
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has completed the review of rules in Title 13, Chapter 6, concerning the management, retention, microfilming, and electronic storage of state agency records and fee schedules for the commission's imaging and records storage services. Notice of the review was published in the November 7, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 TexReg 9088).
The commission readopts §§6.1 - 6.10, 6.21 - 6.35, 6.91 - 6.97, 6.121, and 6.122 of the chapter in accordance with the Government Code, §2001.039.
The commission finds that the reasons for the adoption of the rules in Title 13, Chapter 6 continue to exist. They allow the commission to fulfill its statutory obligations in the management of state records and for state agencies to meet the requirements of the Government Code, Subchapter K, relating to the preservation and management of state records. The commission did not receive any comments on its review of Title 13, Chapter 6 rules.
TRD-200901410
Edward Seidenberg
Assistant State Librarian
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Filed: April 13, 2009