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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 appropriation of money to |
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settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain |
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members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state |
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government or their staff. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 576 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 576. PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY |
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS |
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Sec. 576.0001. PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO |
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SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS. The legislature may not |
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appropriate money and a state agency may not use appropriated money |
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to settle or otherwise pay a sexual harassment claim made against a |
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person who: |
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(1) is an elected member of the executive, |
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legislative, or judicial branch of state government; |
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(2) is appointed by the governor to serve as a member |
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of a department, commission, board, or other public office within |
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the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; |
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or |
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(3) serves as staff for a person described by |
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Subdivision (1) or (2). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |