H.B. No. 2271
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise
  Choose Life account grants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 402.036, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  The attorney general administers the Choose Life
  account. The attorney general may spend money credited to the
  account only to:
               (1)  make grants to an eligible organization; and
               (2)  defray the cost of administering the account,
  including the cost of advertising authorized by Subsection (b-1).
         (b-1)  The attorney general may advertise that fees paid for
  the issuance of a license plate in accordance with Section 504.662,
  Transportation Code, may be used to fund the grants described by
  Subsection (b)(1), provided that the money spent under this
  subsection does not exceed two percent of the amount of gross
  receipts deposited to the Choose Life account during the preceding
  state fiscal year.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2271 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 94, Nays 47, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2271 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor