BILL NUMBER: SB 1045	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section  66010.1   66410
 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1045, as amended, Alquist. Donahoe Higher Education 
Act.   Act: textbooks. 
   Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among
other things, the missions and functions of California's public and
independent segments of higher education, and their respective
institutions of higher education. Among other things, the act
 identifies common educational missions shared by educational
institutions in California, and differentiates more specific
missions and functions among the various educational segments
  requires publishers of textbooks offered for sale at a
public or a private postsecondary institution of education to make
the textbooks available, in whole or in part, to the extent
practicable, in an electronic format by January 1, 2020, and requires
electronic versions of textbooks to include the same content as the
printed versions  .
   This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions  instead require the electronic
versions of textbooks to contain, at a minimum, the same content as
printed versions  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 66410 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   66410.  (a) No later than January 1, 2020, any individual, firm,
partnership, or corporation that publishes textbooks offered for sale
at the University of California, the California State University,
the California Community Colleges, or a private postsecondary
educational institution in the state shall, to the extent
practicable, make the textbooks available, in whole or in part, for
sale in an electronic format. The electronic version of any textbook
shall contain  , at a minimum,  the same content as the
printed version and may be copy-protected.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "textbook" has the same meaning
as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66406.7.
   (c) This section does not authorize any use of instructional
materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under
the Copyright Revision Act of 1976, as amended (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et
seq.). 
  SECTION 1.    Section 66010.1 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
   66010.1.  The purpose of this article is to identify common
educational missions shared by educational institutions in the state
and to differentiate more specific missions and functions among the
various educational segments.