H.B. No. 1682
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1682 was passed by the House on April
20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1682 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor