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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott admonishes City of San Marcos for proposed Israel-Palestine resolution
The City of San Marcos has drawn the ire of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who says that a proposed resolution concerning Israel and Palestine seems "calculated" to violate Texas law.
The resolution calls for an "immediate, permanent and sustained ceasefire" and condemns the killing of civilians.
But it goes further than that—accusing Israel of "genocide", calling for an end to its "illegal occupation of [Palestinians'] land", and demanding an "arms embargo" to stop the US from funding Israel's military, claiming more than $4 million of that came from San Marcos taxpayers.
Abbott sent a letter on April 29 to Mayor Jane Hughson about the proposed resolution.
"In Texas, no governmental entity may enter into a contract worth $100,000 or more unless it includes a "written verification" that the contracting entity "does not boycott Israel" and "will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract."
TEX. GOV’T CODE § 2271.002.
A "governmental entity" includes a political subdivision, like the City of San Marcos. Id. §§ 2251.001(3), 2271.001(3).
And to "boycott Israel" means "refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations specifically with Israel …" Id. §§ 808.001(1), 2271.001(1)."
Abbott says that San Marcos's proposed resolution seems "calculated" to violate Texas law by calling for the city to "limit its commercial relations with Israel".
Abbott says that his office is already reviewing active grants with the city to determine whether it has falsely certified compliance with Texas law.
