"COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK ACT"
House Bill 4070
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Spade
Committee: Higher Education
Complete to 2-3-03
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4070 AS INTRODUCED 1-28-03
The bill would create a new act, the College and University Electronic Textbook Act. Upon request, a publisher of a textbook adopted by a college or university would be required to furnish the school with an electronic version of the textbook, if the textbook was for a literary subject. For a textbook for a nonliterary subject, the publisher would be required to convert the textbook directly to a format compatible with Braille translation software, if the technology was available. A publisher could not charge a price for this electronic version exceeding the price for the print or electronic media version of the textbook.
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.