| 1 | 1 | | By: Toth H.B. No. 169 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with |
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| 7 | 7 | | companies that require employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Chapter 2275 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | CHAPTER 2275. MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATIONS PROHIBITED |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2275.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) "Company" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 14 | 14 | | 808.001. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, |
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| 16 | 16 | | municipality, school district, special purpose district, or other |
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| 17 | 17 | | subdivision of state government that has jurisdiction limited to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | geographic portion of the state. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 609.001. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 2275.002. PROVISION REQUIRED IN CONTRACT. A state |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency or political subdivision may not enter into a contract with a |
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| 23 | 23 | | company for goods or services unless the contract contains a |
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| 24 | 24 | | written verification from the company that it does not, and will not |
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| 25 | 25 | | during the term of the contract, require, as a condition of |
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| 26 | 26 | | employment, an employee to receive any COVID-19 vaccination. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 2275, Government Code, as added by this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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| 29 | 29 | | effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before that |
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| 30 | 30 | | date is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was |
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| 31 | 31 | | entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 32 | 32 | | purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 34 | 34 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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