Section 3.5 - Standard Exemptions for State Publications in All FormatsThe following publications are exempt from the State Publications Depository Program and shall not be provided to the commission:
(5) artwork (graphical representations without textual information);(7) codes (as compendia);(8) complex relational databases;(11) course schedules and materials;(12) curriculum catalogs (departmental only);(13) drafts of plans, reports;(15) forms and instruction manuals for their completion;(16) fund raising materials;(17) grant proposals, bids;(18) hearings (transcripts of);(20) laws (as compendia);(21) literary criticisms;(23) memoranda (including e-mail);(24) news or press releases;(25) newsletters and subscriber lists meant only for employee, faculty or student use;(26) non-fiction university press publications not aligned with the commission's collection development policy;(28) opinions and orders issued by state courts;(29) daily or weekly periodicals (that are summarized in monthly or quarterly publications);(33) policy handbooks intended only for internal use;(34) programs (announcements of events, training sessions);(35) recruitment materials;(36) reprints (reissued without change);(37) rules and regulations after 1976 (as compendia);(38) standards (as compendia);(40) student publications (those produced by students);(41) telephone directories meant only for employee, faculty, or student use;(43) unedited compilations of data or information submitted via forms or other means from individuals or entities under the regulation of a state agency; and(44) volunteer newsletters.13 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.5
The provisions of this §3.5 adopted to be effective June 20, 2005, 30 TexReg 3577; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 46, November 13, 2015, TexReg 8021, eff. 11/18/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 34, August 25, 2023, TexReg 4638, eff. 8/29/2023