| 1 | 1 | | 88R1558 JG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Vasut H.B. No. 1015 |
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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 a prohibition on receipt of state money by businesses |
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| 8 | 8 | | that implement COVID-19 vaccination requirements. |
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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. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0086 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 161.0086. PROHIBITED RECEIPT OF STATE MONEY BY CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | BUSINESSES. (a) In this section, "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel |
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| 14 | 14 | | coronavirus disease. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A business in this state that requires the business's |
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| 16 | 16 | | customers, employees, vendors, or contractors to be vaccinated |
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| 17 | 17 | | against COVID-19 is not eligible to receive state grant money or |
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| 18 | 18 | | enter into a contract payable with state money. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 161.0086, Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 20 | 20 | | added by this Act, applies only to a state grant awarded to or a |
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| 21 | 21 | | contract entered into by a business in this state on or after the |
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| 22 | 22 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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