Texas § UT.57.023 - SERVICE AND RATE REQUIREMENTS
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§ UT.57.023. SERVICE AND RATE REQUIREMENTS
SERVICE AND RATE REQUIREMENTS. The services and reduced rates must be designed to: (1) encourage the development and offering of: (A) distance learning activities by educational institutions; and (B) information sharing programs of libraries; (2) meet the: (A) distance learning needs identified by the educational community; and (B) information sharing needs identified by libraries; and (3) recover the long run incremental costs of providing the services, to the extent those costs can be identified, to avoid subsidizing an educational institution or a library. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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Section UT.57.023 ("SERVICE AND RATE REQUIREMENTS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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