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Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Stay from Texas Supreme Court Stopping Harris County?s Unlawful ?Guaranteed Income? Scheme
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AUSTIN ? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has obtained a stay from the Supreme Court of Texas (?SCOTX?) stopping an unlawful ?guaranteed income? scheme by Harris County called ?Uplift Harris? that violates the Texas Constitution.
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In April 2024, Attorney General Paxton?sued?Harris County for instituting a ?guaranteed income? welfare scheme that violates the Texas Constitution. The State Constitution?forbids??any county, city, town or other political corporation or subdivision of the State ? to grant public money or thing of value in aid of, or to any individual.? The Harris handout program would select 1,928 residents to receive $500 cash payments for 18 months with ?no strings attached.? Recipients are not even required to be U.S. citizens, with various classifications of noncitizens being eligible for the handouts.?
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After a lower court denied Texas?s request for emergency relief, the OAG immediately filed an emergency motion with SCOTX. Today, having previously granted a temporary, administrative stay, the Court granted Texas?s request and ordered that ?all payments under the Uplift Harris program are prohibited pending further order of this Court.?
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?Harris County?s guaranteed income scheme is a clear and flagrant violation of the Texas Constitution,? said Attorney General Paxton. ?SCOTX has stepped in and put a stop to this abuse of power and unlawful use of taxpayer money while the case continues.?
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To read the order, click here.
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