HB929 - Relating to prohibiting a school district from procuring training, insurance products and risk pool participation, good or supplies from a buy board, and any investment or professional services from certain nonprofit associations or organizations.

      By: Harrison H.B. No. 929       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting a school district from procuring training,   insurance products and risk pool participation, good or supplies   from a buy board, and any investment or professional services from   certain nonprofit associations or organizations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 11.187 to read as follows:           Sec.   11.187.     PROHIBITION AGAINST PROCURING TRAINING,   PRODUCTS, GOODS, CONTRACTS, AND SERVICES FROM CERTAIN ENTITIES.   A   school district may not contract with or distribute public funds to   a nonprofit association or organization that primarily represents   political subdivisions of the state and that employs an individual   required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government   Code, for:                 (1)  any training or instruction;                 (2)     an insurance product or participation in a risk   pool;                 (3)  goods or supplies from a buy board; or                 (4)  any investment or professional services.          SECTION 2.  Section 11.187, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued   in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.