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      S.B. No. 40         AN ACT   relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to   pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.          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.     RESTRICTION ON USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY   POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO PAY BAIL BONDS. (a)   A political   subdivision may not spend public funds to pay a nonprofit   organization that accepts and uses donations from the public to   deposit money with a court in the amount of a defendant's bail bond.           (b)     If a political subdivision engages in an activity   prohibited by Subsection (a), a taxpayer or resident of the   political subdivision is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief   to prevent further activity prohibited by that subsection and   further payment of public funds related to that activity.           (c)     A party that prevails in an action under Subsection (b)   is entitled to recover the party's reasonable attorney's fees and   costs.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 40 passed the Senate on   February 19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3; and   that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2025, by   the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 40 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 113,   Nays 30, three present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor