Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 3/23/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












09500SB0326sam002

LRB095 07710 RAS 34369 a






1

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 326




2
    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 326, AS AMENDED, by 
3
replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4
following:

 
5
    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
6
Textbook Consumer Information Act.
 
7
    Section 5. Purpose.   It is in the interest of the State of 
8
Illinois to reduce financial barriers and thereby increase 
9
access to higher education for all capable students.  The 
10
purpose of this Act is to ensure that students have the timely 
11
and complete information that they need in order to make 
12
informed decisions when purchasing textbooks and other 
13
required or suggested materials to further their higher 
14
education goals.
 
15
    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
 


 






09500SB0326sam002
- 2 -
LRB095 07710 RAS 34369 a




1
    "Institution" means a public institution of higher 
2
education that is included in the definition of "public 
3
institutions of higher education" under the Board of Higher 
4
Education Act.
5
    "Off-campus college bookstore" means a bookstore that is 
6
not operated by or on behalf of the public institution of 
7
higher education, but sells or offers to sell textbooks and 
8
supplemental materials to students and has a physical presence 
9
on or near the institution's campus.
10
    "On-campus college bookstore" means a bookstore, whether 
11
operated by or on behalf of the public institution of higher 
12
education, that sells or offers to sell textbooks and 
13
supplemental materials to students of the public institution of 
14
higher education and that has a physical presence on or near 
15
the institution's campus.
 
16
    Section 15. Requirements of textbook publishers.   When 
17
contacting prospective clients, each publisher of college 
18
textbooks shall disclose the following to the faculty member 
19
or, where applicable, the other entity in charge of selecting 
20
textbooks for courses taught at an institution:
21
        (1) the price at which the publisher would make the 
22
    textbooks and, if applicable, supplementary learning 
23
    materials available to the on-campus  college bookstore; 
24
    and
25
        (2) the history of revisions for textbooks, if any.
If 
 


 






09500SB0326sam002
- 3 -
LRB095 07710 RAS 34369 a




1
    supplemental items are available, the publisher's 
2
    disclosure must include the supplements' prices if sold 
3
    individually versus their prices if sold packaged with a 
4
    textbook (i.e., bundled), where bundling is available.
 
5
    Section 20. Requirements of faculty. Any faculty member or 
6
entity in charge of selecting textbooks and supplemental 
7
materials for courses taught at an institution shall clearly 
8
identify to the on-campus college bookstore all textbooks and 
9
supplemental materials required and recommended for use for 
10
each course and the earliest edition of any required textbook 
11
that may be purchased by a student for that course in a manner 
12
consistent with the adoption process established by the 
13
on-campus college bookstore. Nothing in this Act is intended to 
14
alter, impair, or revise the current process by which 
15
off-campus college bookstores obtain the identity of textbooks 
16
and supplemental materials that have been required or 
17
recommended for use for each course in a timely manner.
 
18
    Section 25. Requirements of bookstores. The on-campus and 
19
off-campus college bookstore, if any, must, with reasonable 
20
expediency after the information becomes available, disclose 
21
on a per course basis all textbooks and supplementary learning 
22
materials that are required for courses taught during each 
23
term. The disclosure shall include the title, author, and 
24
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for each textbook and 
 


 






09500SB0326sam002
- 4 -
LRB095 07710 RAS 34369 a




1
the new and used retail prices, so long as disclosure of the 
2
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) does not conflict 
3
with or impair the contractual rights of a private third party 
4
that operates the on-campus college bookstore on behalf of the 
5
institution.
 
6
    Section 30. Requirements of institutions.  An institution 
7
with  a textbook rental program is excluded from the 
8
requirements of this Act, except that the institution must 
9
comply with this Section with respect  to those textbook and 
10
supplementary course materials not included in the textbook 
11
rental program.  An institution must publish on the 
12
institution's Internet website or at other appropriate venues 
13
the title, author, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), 
14
and retail price of new and used textbooks within reasonable 
15
expediency after the information becomes available.
 
16
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17
becoming law.".