Texas § LG.253.007 - SALE OR LEASE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
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§ LG.253.007. SALE OR LEASE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
SALE OR LEASE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality that has a population of more than 5,000. (b) A municipality that independently or in conjunction with any person develops automated information systems software may contract with a person for the sale, lease, marketing, or other distribution of the software. Any release of municipally developed automated information systems software must be under a contract that provides that the municipality will receive a royalty, license right, or other appropriate compensation for developing the software. The provisions of Chapter 552 , Government Code, governing the cost of making copies of public records do not apply to automated information systems software subject to a contract under this section. (c) In this section, "automated information systems software" means any procedure or software that is designed, operated, or maintained to collect, record, process, store, retrieve, display, or transmit information. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, this section does not apply to the cost of production for public inspection or copying of public records collected, assembled, or maintained through use of the software, which cost is governed by Subchapter F , Chapter 552 , Government Code, without regard to the cost of developing the software. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 505, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 428, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), (100), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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