H.B. No. 2271

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 402.036, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b) The attorney general administers the Choose Life account. The attorney general may spend money credited to the account only to:

(1) make grants to an eligible organization; and

(2) defray the cost of administering the account, including the cost of advertising authorized by Subsection (b-1).

(b-1) The attorney general may advertise that fees paid for the issuance of a license plate in accordance with Section 504.662, Transportation Code, may be used to fund the grants described by Subsection (b)(1), provided that the money spent under this subsection does not exceed two percent of the amount of gross receipts deposited to the Choose Life account during the preceding state fiscal year.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2271 was passed by the House on May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 47, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2271 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor