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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons  | 
         
         
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            who make a contribution to certain political committees. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 253.008.  PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF BOND PROCEEDS BY  | 
         
         
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            PERSONS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.   | 
         
         
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            Notwithstanding any law, a person who makes a contribution to a  | 
         
         
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            political committee that supports the issuance of a bond may not  | 
         
         
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            receive money, including payment under a contract for goods or  | 
         
         
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            services, from any proceeds in connection with the bond. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  Section 253.008, Election Code, as added by this  | 
         
         
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            Act, applies only to a contribution to a political committee that is  | 
         
         
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            made on or after the effective date of this Act. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |