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Board hears state bill update: proposal to restrict ALA funding and bills affecting obscenity defenses
Summary
The director briefed the board on House Bill 2572, which would bar public funds for American Library Association membership and related continuing education, and on Senate bills (SB242, SB88, SB89) that staff said would alter affirmative defenses and how the Miller test applies; the bills are in committee.
The Pflugerville Library Board was briefed on several recently filed state bills that, if enacted, could change libraries’ use of public funds and legal defenses related to materials deemed obscene.
Director (speaker 2) said House Bill 2572 (filed Feb. 7) would prohibit use of public funds by libraries to support membership in the American Library Association or to pay for staff…
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