{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-576.0001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 576.0001","heading":"PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS.","body":"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:\n(1) is an elected member of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government;\n(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\n(3) serves as staff for a person described by Subdivision (1) or (2).\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 551 (S.B. 282), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE B. ETHICS","CHAPTER 576. PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATION OF MONEY TO SETTLE OR PAY SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.576.htm#576.0001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"026c102b8d5119ba46615f4fc646f1e30f4361f812e23f5ad774ffa82d9f1c54","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-575.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-601.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}