By: Harrison H.B. No. 3559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and
organizations from providing training, insurance and risk pool
contracts, and other professional services to public educational
entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 1.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.008. RESTRICTION ON ENTITIES THAT MAY PROVIDE
CERTAIN TRAINING, CONTRACTS, AND SERVICES TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS. A school district may not contract with or
distribute public funds to a nonprofit association or organization
that employs an individual required to register as a lobbyist under
Chapter 305, Government Code, for the purpose of:
(1) Providing any training or instruction;
(2) Purchasing insurance products or in order to
participate a risk pool; or
(3) Procuring any professional service.
SECTION 2. Section 1.008, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.