Section 301.032 - Gifts and Grants(a) Either house of the legislature may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the purpose of funding any legislative activity.(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a committee created by rule or resolution may accept gifts, grants, and donations for purposes of funding the committee's activities unless the rule or resolution prohibits the acceptance.(c) The acceptance of a gift, grant, or donation under Subsection (b) is not effective until the committee on administration for the appropriate house, or the committees on administration for both houses in the case of acceptance by a joint committee, approves the acceptance.(d) All gifts, grants, and donations must be accepted in an open meeting by a majority of the voting members of the appropriate body and reported in the public record of the accepting body with the name of the donor and purpose of the gift, grant, or donation.Tex. Gov't. Code § 301.032
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1250,Sec. 10, eff. 6/14/2019.Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 617, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.