82R9802 EAH-F By: Weber H.B. No. 1682 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing school district employees to make charitable contributions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 22.011 to read as follows: Sec. 22.011. REQUIRING OR COERCING EMPLOYEES TO MAKE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A school district board of trustees or school district employee may not directly or indirectly require or coerce any school district employee to: (1) make a contribution to a charitable organization or in response to a fund-raiser; or (2) attend a meeting called for the purpose of soliciting charitable contributions. (b) A school district board of trustees or school district employee may not directly or indirectly require or coerce any school district employee to refrain from: (1) making a contribution to a charitable organization or in response to a fund-raiser; or (2) attending a meeting called for the purpose of soliciting charitable contributions. 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, 2011.