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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on regulations to restrict abortion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 170.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 170.003. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL ABORTION |
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RESTRICTIONS. Notwithstanding any other law, a law enacted on or |
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after June 1, 2013, that restricts access to abortion or the |
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availability of abortion does not take effect until 60 days after |
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publication in the Texas Register of a finding of fact made by the |
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attorney general that the state has abolished the use of the death |
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penalty as a punishment available on final conviction of a criminal |
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offense. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |