Bill Text: TX SB959 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to certain prohibited transactions between an open-enrollment charter school and an abortion provider or affiliate of the provider.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-17 - Referred to State Affairs [SB959 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB959-Engrossed.html

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By: Campbell, Creighton S.B. No. 959
Paxton

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain prohibited transactions between an
open-enrollment charter school and an abortion provider or
affiliate of the provider.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2273.001(4), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(4) "Governmental entity" means this state, a state
agency in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state
government, [or] a political subdivision of this state, or an
open-enrollment charter school established under Subchapter D,
Chapter 12, Education Code.
SECTION 2. Section 2273.001(4), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a taxpayer resource transaction
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
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, 2023.