Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
Filed: 4/17/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3288
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3288 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Textbook Consumer Information Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Purpose. It is in the interest of the State of | ||||||
7 | Illinois to reduce financial barriers and thereby increase | ||||||
8 | access to higher education for all capable students. The | ||||||
9 | purpose of this Act is to ensure that students have the timely | ||||||
10 | and complete information that they need in order to make | ||||||
11 | informed decisions when purchasing textbooks and other | ||||||
12 | required or suggested materials to further their higher | ||||||
13 | education goals. | ||||||
14 | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
15 | "Institution" means a public institution of higher |
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1 | education that is included in the definition of "public | ||||||
2 | institutions of higher education" under the Board of Higher | ||||||
3 | Education Act. | ||||||
4 | "Off-campus college bookstore" means a bookstore that is | ||||||
5 | not operated by or on behalf of the public institution of | ||||||
6 | higher education, but sells or offers to sell textbooks and | ||||||
7 | supplemental materials to students and has a physical presence | ||||||
8 | on or near the institution's campus. | ||||||
9 | "On-campus college bookstore" means a bookstore, whether | ||||||
10 | operated by or on behalf of the public institution of higher | ||||||
11 | education, that sells or offers to sell textbooks and | ||||||
12 | supplemental materials to students of the public institution of | ||||||
13 | higher education and that has a physical presence on or near | ||||||
14 | the institution's campus. | ||||||
15 | Section 15. Requirements of textbook publishers. When | ||||||
16 | contacting prospective clients, each publisher of college | ||||||
17 | textbooks shall disclose the following to the faculty member | ||||||
18 | or, where applicable, the other entity in charge of selecting | ||||||
19 | textbooks for courses taught at an institution: | ||||||
20 | (1) the price at which the publisher would make the | ||||||
21 | textbooks and, if applicable, supplementary learning | ||||||
22 | materials available to the on-campus college bookstore; | ||||||
23 | and | ||||||
24 | (2) the history of revisions for textbooks, if any.
If | ||||||
25 | supplemental items are available, the publisher's |
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1 | disclosure must include the supplements' prices if sold | ||||||
2 | individually versus their prices if sold packaged with a | ||||||
3 | textbook (i.e., bundled), where bundling is available. | ||||||
4 | Section 20. Requirements of faculty. Any faculty member or | ||||||
5 | entity in charge of selecting textbooks and supplemental | ||||||
6 | materials for courses taught at an institution shall clearly | ||||||
7 | identify to the on-campus college bookstore all textbooks and | ||||||
8 | supplemental materials required and recommended for use for | ||||||
9 | each course and the earliest edition of any required textbook | ||||||
10 | that may be purchased by a student for that course in a manner | ||||||
11 | consistent with the adoption process established by the | ||||||
12 | on-campus college bookstore. Nothing in this Act is intended to | ||||||
13 | alter, impair, or revise the current process by which | ||||||
14 | off-campus college bookstores obtain the identity of textbooks | ||||||
15 | and supplemental materials that have been required or | ||||||
16 | recommended for use for each course in a timely manner. | ||||||
17 | Section 25. Requirements of bookstores. The on-campus and | ||||||
18 | off-campus college bookstore, if any, must, with reasonable | ||||||
19 | expediency after the information becomes available, disclose | ||||||
20 | on a per course basis all textbooks and supplementary learning | ||||||
21 | materials that are required for courses taught during each | ||||||
22 | term. The disclosure shall include the title, author, and | ||||||
23 | International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for each textbook and | ||||||
24 | the new and used retail prices, so long as disclosure of the |
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1 | International Standard Book Number (ISBN) does not conflict | ||||||
2 | with or impair the contractual rights of a private third party | ||||||
3 | that operates the on-campus college bookstore on behalf of the | ||||||
4 | institution. | ||||||
5 | Section 30. Requirements of institutions. An institution | ||||||
6 | with a textbook rental program is excluded from the | ||||||
7 | requirements of this Act, except that the institution must | ||||||
8 | comply with this Section with respect to those textbook and | ||||||
9 | supplementary course materials not included in the textbook | ||||||
10 | rental program. An institution must publish on the | ||||||
11 | institution's Internet website or at other appropriate venues | ||||||
12 | the title, author, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), | ||||||
13 | and retail price of new and used textbooks within reasonable | ||||||
14 | expediency after the information becomes available. | ||||||
15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.".
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