HB4010 - Relating to a school district's library collection development policies; authorizing a civil penalty.

  89R10767 PRL-D     By: Patterson H.B. No. 4010       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a school district's library collection development   policies; authorizing a civil penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 33.021, Education Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 33.021.  LIBRARY STANDARDS ; CIVIL PENALTY .          SECTION 2.  Section 33.021, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:           (e)     Not later than the 30th day after the date a school   district is notified that a library material found in a school   library, classroom library, or online catalog does not adhere to   the standards adopted under Subsection (c), the district shall   remove the material.   A superintendent of a school district that   does not remove a library material as required by this subsection   is   liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed   $10,000 for each violation.   A person commits a separate violation   for each library material that is not removed in violation of this   subsection except multiple copies of the same library material do   not constitute separate violations.   The attorney general may   investigate any alleged violation of this section and may bring an   action to recover the civil penalty described by this subsection.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.