By Longoria                                            H.B. No. 407
       74R2760 DLF-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the regulation of abortion.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section:
    1-5              (1)  "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section
    1-6  4.011, Medical Practice Act (Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil
    1-7  Statutes).
    1-8              (2)  "Political subdivision" includes a hospital
    1-9  district.
   1-10              (3)  "Public employee" means a person employed by the
   1-11  state or a political subdivision of the state.
   1-12              (4)  "Public facility" means any physical asset owned,
   1-13  leased, or controlled by the state or a political subdivision of
   1-14  the state, including an institution and equipment.
   1-15              (5)  "Public funds" means any funds received or
   1-16  controlled by the state or a political subdivision of the state,
   1-17  including:
   1-18                    (A)  funds derived from federal, state, or local
   1-19  taxes;
   1-20                    (B)  gifts or grants from a public or private
   1-21  source;
   1-22                    (C)  federal grants or payments; and
   1-23                    (D)  intergovernmental transfers.
   1-24        (b)  A person may not use public funds to perform or assist
    2-1  in the performance of an abortion that is not necessary to save the
    2-2  life of the mother.
    2-3        (c)  A person may not use a public facility to perform or
    2-4  assist in the performance of an abortion that is not necessary to
    2-5  save the life of the mother.
    2-6        (d)  A public employee may not, within the scope of the
    2-7  employee's employment, perform or assist in the performance of an
    2-8  abortion that is not necessary to save the life of the mother.
    2-9        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-10        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-11  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-12  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-13  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-14  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.