Bill Text: TX SB2498 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to provide a universal basic income.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Local Government [SB2498 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2498-Introduced.html
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| By: Middleton | S.B. No. 2498 | |
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| relating to the authority of a political subdivision to provide a | ||
| universal basic income. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 140.014. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING UNIVERSAL BASIC | ||
| INCOME. (a) In this section, "universal basic income" means | ||
| unconditional cash grants of equal amounts issued on a regular | ||
| basis to individual residents of a political subdivision. The term | ||
| includes a basic income, monthly income, or minimum income paid to | ||
| each individual resident of the political subdivision without | ||
| regard to the individual's circumstances. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision | ||
| may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, or other measure | ||
| providing for a universal basic income. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
