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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting discrimination by public institutions of |
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higher education against faculty members and students based on |
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their conduct of research relating to intelligent design. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.979. PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON |
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RESEARCH RELATED TO INTELLIGENT DESIGN. An institution of higher |
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education may not discriminate against or penalize in any manner, |
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especially with regard to employment or academic support, a faculty |
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member or student based on the faculty member's or student's conduct |
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of research relating to the theory of intelligent design or other |
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alternate theories of the origination and development of organisms. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |