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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the participation of a charitable organization that |
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facilitates the procurement of an elective abortion in the state |
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employee charitable campaign. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.146, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) To be eligible to participate in a state employee |
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charitable campaign, a charitable organization must: |
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(1) be governed by a voluntary board of citizens that |
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meets at least twice each year to set policy and manage the affairs |
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of the organization; |
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(2) if the organization's annual budget: |
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(A) does not exceed $250,000, provide a completed |
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Internal Revenue Service Form 990 and an accountant's review that |
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offers full and open disclosure of the organization's internal |
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operations; or |
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(B) exceeds $250,000, be audited annually in |
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accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the |
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; [and] |
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(3) not spend more than 25 percent of its annual |
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revenue for administrative and fund-raising expenses; and |
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(4) not directly or indirectly facilitate the |
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procurement of an elective abortion. |
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(h) In this section, "elective abortion" means, for a female |
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known by an attending physician to be pregnant, the intentional |
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termination of the pregnancy using any means reasonably likely to |
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cause the death of the fetus. The term does not include the |
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termination of a pregnancy: |
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(1) that resulted from an act of rape or incest; |
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(2) for a female who suffers from a physical disorder, |
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disability, or illness, including a life-threatening physical |
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condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy, that, as |
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certified by a physician, places the female in danger of death or |
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risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless an |
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abortion is performed; or |
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(3) that involves a fetus with a life-threatening |
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physical condition that, in reasonable medical judgment and |
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regardless of the provision of lifesaving treatment, is |
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incompatible with life outside the womb. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than April 1, 2018, the state employee |
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charitable campaign policy committee shall modify the guidelines |
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established under Section 659.146(f), Government Code, for |
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evaluating the applications of charitable organizations to be |
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consistent with the changes in law made by this Act. The state |
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employee charitable campaign policy committee shall exclude from |
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participation in a state employee charitable campaign any |
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charitable organization that does not meet the modified guidelines. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |