Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R4278 MLH-D
2	2	By: Hall S.B. No. 721
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to prohibiting the disbursement of certain economic and
10	10	tax incentives to entities that assist, refer, or otherwise
11	11	encourage a woman to obtain an abortion.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 480.0051, Government Code, is amended to
14	14	read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 480.0051. EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. An event is
16	16	eligible for funding under this chapter only if:
17	17	(1) a site selection organization, after considering
18	18	through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites
19	19	not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be
20	20	held:
21	21	(A) one time; or
22	22	(B) if the event is scheduled under an event
23	23	contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period
24	24	of years, one time in each year;
25	25	(2) a site selection organization selects a site in
26	26	this state as:
27	27	(A) the sole site for the event; or
28	28	(B) the sole site for the event in a region
29	29	composed of this state and one or more adjoining states; [and]
30	30	(3) the event is held not more than one time in any
31	31	year in this state or an adjoining state; and
32	32	(4) the event is not organized by a local organizing
33	33	committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county that
34	34	assists, refers, or otherwise encourages a woman to obtain an
35	35	abortion.
36	36	SECTION 2. Section 481.078(e-1), Government Code, is
37	37	amended to read as follows:
38	38	(e-1) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section,
39	39	the entity must:
40	40	(1) be in good standing under the laws of the state in
41	41	which the entity was formed or organized, as evidenced by a
42	42	certificate issued by the secretary of state or the state official
43	43	having custody of the records pertaining to entities or other
44	44	organizations formed under the laws of that state; [and]
45	45	(2) owe no delinquent taxes to a taxing unit of this
46	46	state; and
47	47	(3) not assist, refer, or otherwise encourage a woman
48	48	to obtain an abortion.
49	49	SECTION 3. Section 489.212, Government Code, is amended by
50	50	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
51	51	(c) Money in the project account of the small business fund
52	52	may not be used to provide financing to a small business that
53	53	assists, refers, or otherwise encourages a woman to obtain an
54	54	abortion.
55	55	SECTION 4. Section 2303.402, Government Code, is amended by
56	56	adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:
57	57	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
58	58	person is not a qualified business if the person assists, refers, or
59	59	otherwise encourages a woman to obtain an abortion.
60	60	SECTION 5. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by
61	61	adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
62	62	(c-1) Money from the skills development fund may not be
63	63	provided to an entity that assists, refers, or otherwise encourages
64	64	a woman to obtain an abortion.
65	65	SECTION 6. Chapter 301, Tax Code, is amended by adding
66	66	Section 301.005 to read as follows:
67	67	Sec. 301.005. INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN BUSINESS ENTITIES
68	68	FOR TAX INCENTIVES. (a) In this section:
69	69	(1) "Business entity" means any entity recognized by
70	70	law through which business is conducted, including a sole
71	71	proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability
72	72	company, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, or
73	73	trust, that employs one or more employees.
74	74	(2) "Tax incentive" means an abatement, credit,
75	75	discount, exclusion, exemption, limitation on appraised value,
76	76	refund, special valuation, special accounting treatment, special
77	77	appraisal method or provision, special rate, or special method of
78	78	reporting authorized by state law or the state constitution that
79	79	relates to a tax to which this title applies.
80	80	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a
81	81	business entity is ineligible to receive a tax incentive if the
82	82	entity assists, refers, or otherwise encourages a woman to obtain
83	83	an abortion.
84	84	SECTION 7. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
85	85	a loan, grant, or designation made, a tax incentive received, or an
86	86	agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
87	87	A loan, grant, or designation made, a tax incentive received, or an
88	88	agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is
89	89	governed by the law in effect on the date the loan, grant, or
90	90	designation was made, the incentive was received, or the agreement
91	91	was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that
92	92	purpose.
93	93	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
94	94	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
95	95	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
96	96	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
97	97	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.