| 1 | 1 | | 85S10148 MK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Leach H.B. No. 128 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to prohibiting the use of appropriated state funds for |
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| 8 | 8 | | abortion services. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2113.001, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2113.001. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise provided |
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| 13 | 13 | | by this chapter, in this chapter: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Appropriated money" means money appropriated by |
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| 15 | 15 | | the legislature through the General Appropriations Act or other |
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| 16 | 16 | | law. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) "State agency" means: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) a department, commission, board, office, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | other entity in the executive branch of state government; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) the supreme court, the court of criminal |
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| 21 | 21 | | appeals, another entity in the judicial branch of state government |
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| 22 | 22 | | with statewide authority, or a court of appeals; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) a university system or an institution of |
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| 24 | 24 | | higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, |
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| 25 | 25 | | except that a public junior college is excluded from the meaning of |
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| 26 | 26 | | the term in all of Subchapter C except Sections [Section] 2113.101 |
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| 27 | 27 | | and 2113.108 and all of Subchapter D except Section 2113.205. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2113, Government Code, is |
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| 29 | 29 | | amended by adding Section 2113.108 to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 2113.108. ABORTION SERVICES. A state agency or a |
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| 31 | 31 | | political subdivision may not use appropriated money to pay or |
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| 32 | 32 | | reimburse, directly or through a contract or grant, a person that |
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| 33 | 33 | | pays for or provides abortion services. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |
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