89R1167 KJE-D     By: Toth H.B. No. 2059       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to references to "taxpayer money" in state documents,   publications, and notices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter G to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER G. STATE DOCUMENT REFERENCES TO TAXPAYER MONEY          Sec. 2051.251.  REFERENCES TO TAXPAYER MONEY. (a) A state   official or state agency that, in an official document,   publication, or notice published or issued in print or on a publicly   accessible Internet web page, undertakes to refer to money   originating from taxes that is held by this state, a state agency,   or a state official and may be used only for a public purpose of this   state may not refer to that money by a term or phrase other than the   phrase "taxpayer money" except as provided by this section. The   official or agency shall use the phrase "taxpayer money" instead of   other common terms or phrases for money described by this   subsection, including:                (1)  government funds;                (2)  government money;                (3)  public funds;                (4)  public money;                (5)  state funds; and                (6)  state money.          (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a reference to money   this state holds in trust for the benefit of a person other than   this state or a governmental entity of this state.          (c)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a legislative document   or publication, including:                (1)  a bill, a resolution, an analysis of a bill or   resolution, or a description of the contents of one of those types   of documents, that is used or may be used in the legislative   process;                (2)  a state statute; and                (3)  the Texas Constitution.          (d)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a document concerning,   or a publication of, state agency rules that for reasons of legal   clarity must rely on phrasing used in state statutes or the Texas   Constitution.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.