得州主计长10月29日签行政令：禁与定罪人口贩运者有资金关联的实体拿州合同与拨款
得克萨斯州特拉维斯县奥斯汀市消息：得克萨斯州主计长唐·哈芬斯10月29日在奥斯汀宣布一项行政令，禁止任何与被定罪人口贩运者有资金参与关系的实体获得得克萨斯州主计长办公室的合同或拨款。
根据行政令，每一名承包商与受拨款方都必须证明其符合得克萨斯州政府法典第2155.0061条的规定，即在过去五年内不得有因直接支持或推动人口贩运而被定罪的人员参与其资金，并确认如果证明不实，州政府可以扣留款项或立即终止协议。
哈芬斯表示，人口贩运是“纯粹的邪恶”，得州不会让一美元公共资金流向与之有关的人，政府的首要职责是保护无辜者，任何机构、非营利组织或承包商都不应因与被定罪者有资金关联而从州拨款中受益。得州法律此前已经禁止州机构接受包含此类人员资金参与的投标或授予合同，但该禁令并不适用于拨款，哈芬斯的行政令把资格证明写入主计长办公室管理的所有合同与拨款，从而堵上了这一缺口。主计长办公室表示，这项措施是纳税人优先计划的一部分，旨在加强对州资金使用的透明度与监督。
Texas Comptroller Signs Order Barring State Contracts and Grants to Entities Financially Tied to Convicted Human Traffickers
Austin, Travis County, Texas: Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced an executive order on October 29 barring any entity with a financial participation interest tied to a convicted human trafficker from receiving contracts or grants from the Texas Comptroller’s office.
Under the order, every contractor and grant recipient must certify compliance with Section 2155.0061 of the Texas Government Code — that no person convicted within the past five years of directly supporting or furthering human trafficking participates in its financing — and acknowledge that a false certification lets the state withhold payment or terminate the agreement immediately.
Huffines called human trafficking "pure evil," saying Texas will not let a single dollar of public money flow to anyone connected to it and that government’s first duty is to protect the innocent. Texas law already barred state agencies from accepting bids or awarding contracts involving such persons, but the ban did not extend to grants; the order closes that gap by writing the certification into all contracts and grants the comptroller administers. The comptroller’s office said the measure is part of its Taxpayer First initiative to strengthen transparency and oversight of state funds.
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