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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the use of appropriated state funds for |
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abortion services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2113.001, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2113.001. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise provided |
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by this chapter, in this chapter: |
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(1) "Appropriated money" means money appropriated by |
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the legislature through the General Appropriations Act or other |
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law. |
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(2) "State agency" means: |
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(A) a department, commission, board, office, or |
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other entity in the executive branch of state government; |
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(B) the supreme court, the court of criminal |
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appeals, another entity in the judicial branch of state government |
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with statewide authority, or a court of appeals; or |
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(C) a university system or an institution of |
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higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, |
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except that a public junior college is excluded from the meaning of |
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the term in all of Subchapter C except Sections [Section] 2113.101 |
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and 2113.108 and all of Subchapter D except Section 2113.205. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2113, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2113.108 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2113.108. ABORTION SERVICES. A state agency or a |
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political subdivision may not use appropriated money to pay or |
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reimburse, directly or through a contract or grant, a person that |
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pays for or provides abortion services. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |