82R3945 SJM-D
By: King of Parker H.B. No. 779
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the state's or a governmental entity's direct or
indirect use of state or local tax revenue to finance the
performance of an elective abortion or elective abortion-related
service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 171, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 171.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 171.006. PROHIBITED USE OF TAX REVENUE. (a) In this
section, "elective abortion" means an abortion that is not
medically necessary to save the life of the pregnant female on whom
the abortion is performed.
(b) This state or a governmental entity in this state may
not directly or indirectly use state or local tax revenue to finance
the performance of an elective abortion or a service related to the
performance of an elective abortion.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.