TITLE: Relating to the participation of a charitable organization that facilitates the procurement of an elective abortion in the state employee charitable campaign.

SUMMARY: Relating to the participation of a charitable organization that facilitates the procurement of an elective abortion in the state employee charitable campaign.

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