HB2889 - Relating to requiring political subdivisions to provide funding for communications from opponents of bond measures of the political subdivision.

  89R8690 DRS-D     By: Isaac H.B. No. 2889       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring political subdivisions to provide funding for   communications from opponents of bond measures of the political   subdivision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Section 140.014 to read as follows:           Sec.   140.014.     EQUAL FUNDING TO BOND MEASURE OPPONENTS. (a)     To support the state purpose of ensuring fair and honest elections,   a political subdivision that spends or authorizes the spending of   public money for a communication that factually describes the   purposes of a bond measure shall provide upon request an equal   amount of money to a person who opposes the adoption of the bond   measure to fund a communication that factually describes the   purposes of the bond measure.           (b)     Money provided under this section continues to be public   money and the use of money received under this section is governed   by Sections 255.003(a), (b), and (b-1), Election Code, as if the   person who receives the money were an officer or employee of a   political subdivision.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.