Bill Text: TX HB953 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB953 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB953-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Harrison H.B. No. 953
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons
  who make a contribution to certain political committees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 253.008.  PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF BOND PROCEEDS BY
  PERSONS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
  Notwithstanding any law, a person who makes a contribution to a
  political committee that supports the issuance of a bond may not
  receive money, including payment under a contract for goods or
  services, from any proceeds in connection with the bond.
         SECTION 2.  Section 253.008, Election Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to a contribution to a political committee that is
  made on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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