By: Lang, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2271
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
  May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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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