| 1 | 1 | | By: Weber, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Jackson) H.B. No. 1682 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Education; May 11, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing |
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| 11 | 11 | | school district employees to make charitable contributions. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 22.011 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 22.011. REQUIRING OR COERCING EMPLOYEES TO MAKE |
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| 16 | 16 | | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A school district board of trustees |
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| 17 | 17 | | or school district employee may not directly or indirectly require |
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| 18 | 18 | | or coerce any school district employee to: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) make a contribution to a charitable organization |
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| 20 | 20 | | or in response to a fund-raiser; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) attend a meeting called for the purpose of |
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| 22 | 22 | | soliciting charitable contributions. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A school district board of trustees or school district |
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| 24 | 24 | | employee may not directly or indirectly require or coerce any |
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| 25 | 25 | | school district employee to refrain from: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) making a contribution to a charitable organization |
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| 27 | 27 | | or in response to a fund-raiser; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) attending a meeting called for the purpose of |
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| 29 | 29 | | soliciting charitable contributions. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 35 | 35 | | * * * * * |
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