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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain |
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events from receiving state funding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 315, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 315.0051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 315.0051. PROHIBITED EVENTS AT MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES. A |
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municipal library may not receive state funds if the library hosts |
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an event at which a man presenting as a woman or a woman presenting |
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as a man reads a book or a story to a minor for entertainment and the |
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person being dressed as the opposite gender is a primary component |
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of the entertainment. State funds for the municipal library shall |
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be denied for the fiscal year following the year in which the |
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library hosts an event described by this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an event that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |