A state senator in Texas says one state county’s universal basic income program that would give people $500 a month is unconstitutional. 

Republican state Sen. Paul Bettencourt sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Jan. 12 asking if the program enacted in Harris County, which includes Houston, last year in a 4-1 vote violated the gift prohibition clause in the state’s constitution, Fox News reported.

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