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| 1 | 1 | 86R976 ATP-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 781 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to prohibiting political contributions and political | |
| 8 | 8 | expenditures made by certain persons with public funds; creating a | |
| 9 | 9 | criminal offense. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 253.006 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 253.006. UNLAWFUL USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR | |
| 14 | 14 | CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES. (a) An officer or employee of a | |
| 15 | 15 | political subdivision may not spend or authorize the spending of | |
| 16 | 16 | public funds to make a political contribution or a political | |
| 17 | 17 | expenditure. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) An officer or employee of a political subdivision may | |
| 19 | 19 | not directly or indirectly employ a person to use public funds to | |
| 20 | 20 | make an unlawful political contribution or political expenditure. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) A person who violates Subsection (a) or (b) commits an | |
| 22 | 22 | offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Section 253.006, Election Code, as added by this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act, applies only to a political contribution or a political | |
| 25 | 25 | expenditure made on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |