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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and |
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organizations from providing training, insurance and risk pool |
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contracts, and other professional services to public educational |
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entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 1.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1.008. RESTRICTION ON ENTITIES THAT MAY PROVIDE |
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CERTAIN TRAINING, CONTRACTS, AND SERVICES TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL |
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INSTITUTIONS. A school district may not contract with or |
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distribute public funds to a nonprofit association or organization |
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that employs an individual required to register as a lobbyist under |
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Chapter 305, Government Code, for the purpose of: |
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(1) Providing any training or instruction; |
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(2) Purchasing insurance products or in order to |
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participate a risk pool; or |
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(3) Procuring any professional service. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1.008, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |