| 1 | 1 | | 89R3393 AMF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Troxclair H.B. No. 530 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish |
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| 10 | 10 | | and operate a guaranteed income program. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 140.014. PROHIBITION ON GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) In this section, "guaranteed income program" means a program |
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| 16 | 16 | | under which an individual is issued an unconditional cash payment |
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| 17 | 17 | | on a regular basis to be used by the individual for any purpose. The |
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| 18 | 18 | | term does not include a program under which an individual is |
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| 19 | 19 | | required to seek employment, perform work, or attend career or job |
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| 20 | 20 | | training as a condition of receiving a payment. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Unless explicitly authorized by law, a political |
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| 22 | 22 | | subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, |
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| 23 | 23 | | regulation, or other measure that establishes or provides for the |
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| 24 | 24 | | operation of a guaranteed income program. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 140.014, Local |
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| 26 | 26 | | Government Code, as added by this Act, an ordinance, order, |
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| 27 | 27 | | regulation, or other measure that establishes or provides for the |
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| 28 | 28 | | operation of a guaranteed income program, as defined by that |
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| 29 | 29 | | section, in effect before the effective date of this Act may be |
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| 30 | 30 | | enforced until the earlier of January 1, 2026, or the expiration of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the ordinance, order, regulation, or other measure. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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