Tex. Gov't Code § 576.0001 · Chapter 576. PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS
PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The legislature may not appropriate money and a state agency may not use appropriated money to settle or otherwise pay a sexual harassment claim made against a person who:
(1) is an elected member of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government;
(2) is appointed by the governor to serve as a member of a department, commission, board, or other public office within the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; or
(3) serves as staff for a person described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 551 (S.B. 282), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.576.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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