Bill Text: TX HB2271 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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86R11869 SCL-D
By: Lang, White, et al. H.B. No. 2271

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.