Bill Text: TX HB2271 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2271 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2271-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2271 |
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relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise | ||
Choose Life account grants. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 402.036, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) The attorney general administers the Choose Life | ||
account. The attorney general may spend money credited to the | ||
account only to: | ||
(1) make grants to an eligible organization; and | ||
(2) defray the cost of administering the account, | ||
including the cost of advertising authorized by Subsection (b-1). | ||
(b-1) The attorney general may advertise that fees paid for | ||
the issuance of a license plate in accordance with Section 504.662, | ||
Transportation Code, may be used to fund the grants described by | ||
Subsection (b)(1), provided that the money spent under this | ||
subsection does not exceed two percent of the amount of gross | ||
receipts deposited to the Choose Life account during the preceding | ||
state fiscal year. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2271 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 47, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2271 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |