Bill Text: TX HB160 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of appropriated money for certain advertisements, notices, or announcements featuring an elected state officer near an election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - No action taken in committee [HB160 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB160-Introduced.html

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84R244 ATP-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 160

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of appropriated money for certain
advertisements, notices, or announcements featuring an elected
state officer near an election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2113.011(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) Subject to Sections 2113.015 and [Section] 2113.107(d),
the executive head of a state agency who considers it necessary or
in the public interest may issue through agency channels oral or
written information relating to the activities or legal
responsibilities of the agency. The information must be issued in
the name of the state agency and include the name of the individual
authorized to issue the information.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 2113, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2113.015 to read as follows:
Sec. 2113.015. ADVERTISEMENT, NOTICE, OR ANNOUNCEMENT
FEATURING OFFICER. A state agency of which the executive head is an
elected officer may not use appropriated money for an
advertisement, notice, or announcement featuring the officer
disseminated or displayed within the 60-day period preceding the
date of any election in which the officer appears on the ballot as a
candidate.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.