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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition against the creation of a fund and the use |
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of state money by a state elected official or a state elected |
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official's staff to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made |
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against a state elected official or the state elected official's |
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staff. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 307 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 307. PROHIBITION ON FUND CREATION AND THE USE OF STATE MONEY |
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BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR ELECTED OFFICIAL'S STAFF TO SETTLE OR PAY |
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS |
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Sec. 307.001. PROHIBITION ON FUND CREATION AND THE USE OF |
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STATE MONEY BY STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL OR STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL'S |
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STAFF TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS. The legislature |
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may not create a fund or permit the use of state money by a state |
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elected official or the state elected official's staff to settle or |
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otherwise pay a sexual harassment claim made against a state |
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elected official or a member of the state elected official's staff. |
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A state elected official or a state elected official's staff is |
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personally liable for any claim due to their misconduct. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |