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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on state officers or employees who are not |
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United States citizens representing the state in matters concerning |
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certain foreign governments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 651.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 651.010. REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE BY CERTAIN |
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FOREIGN CITIZENS. (a) This section applies only to a state |
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officer or employee with policy-making responsibility or broad |
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discretion in the execution of public policy. |
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(b) A state officer or employee who is not a citizen of the |
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United States may not in the course of conducting state business |
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represent the state in matters concerning the government of a |
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country of which the officer or employee is a citizen. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |