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1	2		By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2010
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2025; March 17, 2025, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
4		-	April 14, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; April 14, 2025,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2010 By: Paxton
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13	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
14	8		AN ACT
15	9		relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish
16	10		and operate a guaranteed income program.
17	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
18	12		SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
19	13		by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows:
20	14		Sec. 140.014. PROHIBITION ON GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM.
21		-	(a) In this section, "guaranteed income program" means direct or
22		-	indirect financial assistance to an individual, including cash
23		-	payments, gift cards, or equivalent monetary transfers, whether
24		-	recurring or structured as separate distributions.
25		-	(b) Unless explicitly authorized by federal law, a
26		-	political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order,
	15	+	(a) In this section, "guaranteed income program" means a program
	16	+	under which an individual is issued an unconditional cash payment
	17	+	on a regular basis to be used by the individual for any purpose. The
	18	+	term does not include a program under which an individual is
	19	+	required to seek employment, perform work, or attend career or job
	20	+	training as a condition of receiving a payment.
	21	+	(b) Unless explicitly authorized by law, a political
	22	+	subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order,
27	23		regulation, or other measure that establishes or provides for the
28		-	operation of a guaranteed income program for individuals.
29		-	(c) If explicitly authorized by federal law, state and local
30		-	public funds may not be used to fund, administer, or support the
31		-	operation of the guaranteed income program in any capacity.
32		-	(d) This section does not apply to a short-term program that
33		-	is limited in duration and nonrenewable under which an individual
34		-	is required to seek employment, perform work, or attend meaningful
35		-	and verifiable career or job trainings as a condition for receiving
36		-	a payment.
	24	+	operation of a guaranteed income program.
37	25		SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 140.014, Local
38	26		Government Code, as added by this Act, an ordinance, order,
39	27		regulation, or other measure that establishes or provides for the
40	28		operation of a guaranteed income program, as defined by that
41	29		section, in effect before the effective date of this Act may be
42	30		enforced until the earlier of January 1, 2026, or the expiration of
43	31		the ordinance, order, regulation, or other measure.
44	32		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
45	33		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
46	34		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
47	35		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
48	36		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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