A Texas lawmaker filed a bill Monday that would let each city and county in the state invest up to $10 million of public money in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency, without setting any rules for how those coins would be held.

House Bill 815, filed by Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Missouri City Democrat, on the first day of prefiling for the 90th Texas Legislature, carries the caption “Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to invest money in cryptocurrencies.” The introduced text, posted on the Texas Legislature’s site, is two sections long.

The bill would amend the Public Funds Investment Act, Chapter 2256 of the Texas Government Code, by adding a new Section…

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