Bill Text: TX HB1281 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction and enforcement of certain policies of certain international organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-13 - Filed [HB1281 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1281-Introduced.html
| By: Olcott | H.B. No. 1281 | |
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| relating to the jurisdiction and enforcement of certain policies of | ||
| certain international organizations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 1, Government Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Chapter 3 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 3. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| Sec. 3.001. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. The World Health Organization, the | ||
| United Nations, and the World Economic Forum have no jurisdiction | ||
| in this state. | ||
| Sec. 3.002. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RULES OF INTERNATIONAL | ||
| ORGANIZATIONS PROHIBITED. (a) This section applies to: | ||
| (1) this state, including an agency, department, | ||
| commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity | ||
| that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the | ||
| constitution or a statute of this state, including a university | ||
| system or a system of higher education; | ||
| (2) the governing body of a municipality, county, or | ||
| special district or authority; | ||
| (3) an officer or employee of, or an entity that is | ||
| part of, a municipality, county, or special district or authority, | ||
| including a sheriff, municipal police department, municipal | ||
| attorney, or county attorney; and | ||
| (4) a district attorney or criminal district attorney. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person to which this | ||
| section applies may not enforce any rule, fee, tax, policy, or | ||
| mandate of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, or | ||
| the World Economic Forum. | ||
| Sec. 3.003. COMPLAINT; ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION. (a) Any | ||
| person residing in the jurisdiction of an entity described by | ||
| Section 3.002(a) may file a complaint with the attorney general if | ||
| the person offers evidence to support an allegation that the entity | ||
| has violated Section 3.002(b). The person must include with the | ||
| complaint any evidence the person has in support of the complaint. | ||
| (b) If the attorney general determines that a complaint | ||
| filed under Subsection (a) against an entity described by Section | ||
| 3.002(a) is valid, to compel the entity's compliance with Section | ||
| 3.002(b), the attorney general may file a petition for a writ of | ||
| mandamus or apply for other appropriate equitable relief in a | ||
| district court in Travis County or in a county in which the | ||
| principal office of the entity is located. The attorney general may | ||
| recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining relief under this | ||
| subsection, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, | ||
| investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition costs. | ||
| (c) An appeal of a suit brought under Subsection (b) is | ||
| governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases | ||
| under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appellate court | ||
| shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible | ||
| delay. | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
