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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a private business owner's right to choose whether to |
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provide goods or services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 12, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by |
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adding Chapter 606 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 606. PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNER'S CHOICE TO PROVIDE GOODS OR |
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SERVICES |
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Sec. 606.001. RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PROVIDE GOODS OR SERVICES. |
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(a) A private business owner may refuse to provide goods or services |
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to any person based on a sincerely held religious belief or on |
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conscientious grounds. |
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(b) A private business owner may not: |
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(1) be compelled to provide goods or services in |
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violation of that business owner's sincerely held religious or |
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personal belief; or |
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(2) be held liable for refusing to provide goods or |
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services to any person based on a sincerely held religious belief or |
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on conscientious grounds. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |