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By: Lang, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 2271 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise |
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Choose Life account grants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 402.036, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The attorney general administers the Choose Life |
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account. The attorney general may spend money credited to the |
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account only to: |
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(1) make grants to an eligible organization; and |
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(2) defray the cost of administering the account, |
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including the cost of advertising authorized by Subsection (b-1). |
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(b-1) The attorney general may advertise that fees paid for |
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the issuance of a license plate in accordance with Section 504.662, |
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Transportation Code, may be used to fund the grants described by |
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Subsection (b)(1), provided that the money spent under this |
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subsection does not exceed two percent of the amount of gross |
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receipts deposited to the Choose Life account during the preceding |
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state fiscal year. |
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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, 2019. |
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