88R2443 SCP-D     By: Patterson H.B. No. 843       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state   agency.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2113.107, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:          (h)  In this subsection, "state agency" includes the   legislature and an agency in the legislative branch of state   government. Except as provided by this subsection, a state agency   may not use appropriated money to purchase a periodical. This   subsection does not apply to a purchase for or by a state library or   archive or an institution of higher education library.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.