By: Meyer H.B. No. 4623
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition against the creation of a fund and the use
of state money by a state elected official or a state elected
official's staff to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made
against a state elected official or the state elected official's
staff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 307 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 307. PROHIBITION ON FUND CREATION AND THE USE OF STATE MONEY
BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR ELECTED OFFICIAL'S STAFF TO SETTLE OR PAY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS
Sec. 307.001. PROHIBITION ON FUND CREATION AND THE USE OF
STATE MONEY BY STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL OR STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL'S
STAFF TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS. The legislature
may not create a fund or permit the use of state money by a state
elected official or the state elected official's staff to settle or
otherwise pay a sexual harassment claim made against a state
elected official or a member of the state elected official's staff.
A state elected official or a state elected official's staff is
personally liable for any claim due to their misconduct.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.