Bill Text: TX HB310 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a vacancy in the office of a legislator due to an absence without excuse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-04 - Filed [HB310 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB310-Introduced.html
By: Toth | H.B. No. 310 |
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relating to a vacancy in the office of a legislator due to an | ||
absence without excuse. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 301.074 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.074. VACANCY DUE TO EXCESSIVE ABSENCE. A member of | ||
the legislature vacates the member's office if the member is absent | ||
from all proceedings of the house of the legislature of which the | ||
person is a member, without a leave of absence granted by that | ||
house, for seven consecutive days on which that house meets. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 301.074, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to an absence that occurs on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |