Act No. 197

Public Acts of 2003

Approved by the Governor

November 7, 2003

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 10, 2003

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 2003

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

Introduced by Reps. Spade, Waters, Anderson, Rocca, Woodward, Shulman, Phillips, Minore, Zelenko, Kolb, Jamnick, DeRossett, Richardville, Lipsey, Sheltrown, Brown, Smith, Paletko, Pastor, LaJoy, Law, Bieda, Wojno, Clack, Condino, Taub, Accavitti, Amos, Hune, Wenke, Ward, Sak, Elkins and Gillard

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4070

AN ACT to require textbook publishers to provide electronic versions of certain instructional materials used in colleges and universities.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "college and university electronic textbook act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) "College or university" means a degree or certificate granting public or private college or university, junior college, or community college located in this state.

(b) "Textbook" includes a text published in electronic media that is used for instructional purposes.

Sec. 3. Upon request, a publisher of a textbook that is adopted for instructional use at a college or university shall furnish the college or university with an electronic version of the textbook if the textbook is for a literary subject or, for a textbook for a nonliterary subject, if the technology is available to convert the textbook directly to a format compatible with braille translation software. A publisher shall not charge a price for this electronic version that exceeds the price it charges for the print or electronic media version of the textbook.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor