89R8690 DRS-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 2889
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring political subdivisions to provide funding for
communications from opponents of bond measures of the political
subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 140.014. EQUAL FUNDING TO BOND MEASURE OPPONENTS. (a)
To support the state purpose of ensuring fair and honest elections,
a political subdivision that spends or authorizes the spending of
public money for a communication that factually describes the
purposes of a bond measure shall provide upon request an equal
amount of money to a person who opposes the adoption of the bond
measure to fund a communication that factually describes the
purposes of the bond measure.
(b) Money provided under this section continues to be public
money and the use of money received under this section is governed
by Sections 255.003(a), (b), and (b-1), Election Code, as if the
person who receives the money were an officer or employee of a
political subdivision.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.