By: Meyer, Middleton, Sanford, Noble, Neave, H.B. No. 4623
et al.
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 USE OF STATE MONEY BY
ELECTED OFFICIAL OR ELECTED OFFICIAL'S STAFF TO SETTLE OR PAY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS
Sec. 307.001. PROHIBITION ON FUND CREATION AND 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.