84R5240 GRM-D
By: Sanford H.B. No. 1120
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creation of entities affiliated with a church organized
as a nonprofit corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 22, Business Organizations
Code, is amended by adding Section 22.236 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.236. INTEGRATED AUXILIARIES OF CHURCHES. (a) In
this section, "integrated auxiliary of a church" means an
organization described by Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue
Code, that:
(1) is affiliated with a church or a convention or
association of churches;
(2) is not a church or a convention or association of
churches; and
(3) either:
(A) receives financial support primarily from
internal church sources instead of from public or governmental
sources; or
(B) is a men's or women's organization, a
seminary, a mission society, or a youth group.
(b) The board of directors of a corporation that is a church
must give prior approval for the creation of any integrated
auxiliary of the church.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an integrated auxiliary
of a church created on or after September 1, 2015. An integrated
auxiliary created before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.