By: Ratliff, Shapiro S.B. No. 1923 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to use of state funds for certain investments. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Section 404.024, Government Code, is amended by 1-4 adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: 1-5 (j) The comptroller may not use state funds to invest in or 1-6 purchase securities, including obligations, of a private 1-7 corporation or other private business entity that, directly or 1-8 indirectly through ownership of 10 percent or more of another 1-9 corporation or business entity, writes, records, produces, 1-10 advertises, markets, sells, or otherwise promotes any song, lyrics, 1-11 or other musical work that explicitly describes, glamorizes, or 1-12 advocates: 1-13 (1) acts of criminal violence, including murder, 1-14 assault, assault on peace officers, sexual assault, and robbery; 1-15 (2) necrophilia, bestiality, or pedophilia; 1-16 (3) illegal use of controlled substances; 1-17 (4) criminal street gang activity; 1-18 (5) degradation or denigration of females; or 1-19 (6) violence against a particular sex, race, or ethnic 1-20 group. 1-21 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 2256, Government Code, is 1-22 amended by adding Section 2256.060 to read as follows: 1-23 Sec. 2256.060. UNAUTHORIZED INVESTMENT. The state or an 2-1 entity of state government, including a department, commission, 2-2 board, office, or institution of higher education as defined by 2-3 Section 61.003, Education Code, may not use state funds to invest 2-4 in or purchase securities, including obligations, of a private 2-5 corporation or other private business entity that, directly or 2-6 indirectly through ownership of 10 percent or more of another 2-7 corporation or business entity, writes, records, produces, 2-8 advertises, markets, sells, or otherwise promotes any song, lyrics, 2-9 or other musical work that explicitly describes, glamorizes, or 2-10 advocates: 2-11 (1) acts of criminal violence, including murder, 2-12 assault, assault on peace officers, sexual assault, and robbery; 2-13 (2) necrophilia, bestiality, or pedophilia; 2-14 (3) illegal use of controlled substances; 2-15 (4) criminal street gang activity; 2-16 (5) degradation or denigration of females; or 2-17 (6) violence against a particular sex, race, or ethnic 2-18 group. 2-19 SECTION 3. Section 845.301, Government Code, is amended by 2-20 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 2-21 (f) The board of trustees may not use state funds to invest 2-22 in or purchase securities, including obligations, of a private 2-23 corporation or other private business entity that, directly or 2-24 indirectly through ownership of 10 percent or more of another 2-25 corporation or business entity, writes, records, produces, 3-1 advertises, markets, sells, or otherwise promotes any song, lyrics, 3-2 or other musical work that explicitly describes, glamorizes, or 3-3 advocates: 3-4 (1) acts of criminal violence, including murder, 3-5 assault, assault on peace officers, sexual assault, and robbery; 3-6 (2) necrophilia, bestiality, or pedophilia; 3-7 (3) illegal use of controlled substances; 3-8 (4) criminal street gang activity; 3-9 (5) degradation or denigration of females; or 3-10 (6) violence against a particular sex, race, or ethnic 3-11 group. 3-12 SECTION 4. Section 855.302, Government Code, is amended by 3-13 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 3-14 (c) The board may not use state funds to invest in or 3-15 purchase securities, including obligations, of a private 3-16 corporation or other private business entity that, directly or 3-17 indirectly through ownership of 10 percent or more of another 3-18 corporation or business entity, writes, records, produces, 3-19 advertises, markets, sells, or otherwise promotes any song, lyrics, 3-20 or other musical work that explicitly describes, glamorizes, or 3-21 advocates: 3-22 (1) acts of criminal violence, including murder, 3-23 assault, assault on peace officers, sexual assault, and robbery; 3-24 (2) necrophilia, bestiality, or pedophilia; 3-25 (3) illegal use of controlled substances; 4-1 (4) criminal street gang activity; 4-2 (5) degradation or denigration of females; or 4-3 (6) violence against a particular sex, race, or ethnic 4-4 group. 4-5 SECTION 5. A governmental entity or retirement system that 4-6 owns an investment prohibited by this Act shall divest the 4-7 investment as soon as is reasonable and practical considering 4-8 protection of capital, but not later than January 1, 1999. 4-9 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the 4-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 4-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 4-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 4-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.