Bill Amendment: TX SB282 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim.

Status: 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB282 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB282-House_Amendment_H_3_1-Middleton.html

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Amend SB 282 (house committee printing) on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows:

Sec. 180.008.  PROHIBITION ON USE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS. (a) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, other special district, or other subdivision of state government.

(b)  A political subdivision may not use public money to settle or otherwise pay a sexual harassment claim made against a person who is:

(1)  an elected or appointed member of the governing body of the political subdivision; or

(2)  an officer or employee of the political subdivision.

SECTION ____.  Section 12.1058(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  An open-enrollment charter school is considered to be:

(1)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code;

(2)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259, Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b), Government Code;

(3)  a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter 172, Local Government Code; [and]

(4)  a local governmental entity for purposes of Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code; and

(5)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section 180.008, Local Government Code.