Bill Text: TX HB905 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the compensation of certain public officials who restrict or prohibit regular business operations under a declaration of disaster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HB905 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB905-Introduced.html

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87R613 JCG-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 905

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of certain public officials who
restrict or prohibit regular business operations under a
declaration of disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.027. LIMITATION ON GOVERNOR'S SALARY. (a) Except
as provided by Subsection (b), the governor's salary may not exceed
the minimum amount provided by Section 61-a, Article III, Texas
Constitution, during a state fiscal year in which the governor
declares a state of disaster and under that order or proclamation
restricts or prohibits the regular business operations of any
private business.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an order that requires
the evacuation of a substantial part of the population from a
stricken or threatened area as described by Section 418.018.
SECTION 2. Section 418.108, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows:
(j) Except as provided by Subsection (k), if the presiding
officer of the governing body of a municipality or county or the
chief administrative officer of a joint board declares a local
state of disaster and under that order or proclamation restricts or
prohibits the regular business operations of any private business,
the municipality, county, or joint board, as applicable, shall:
(1) withhold the presiding officer's or chief
administrative officer's regular compensation during the period
that the restrictions or prohibitions are in effect; and
(2) reduce the officer's compensation for the
appropriate fiscal year by the total amount withheld under
Subdivision (1).
(k) Subsection (j) does not apply to an order that requires
the evacuation of a substantial part of the population from a
stricken or threatened area as described by Subsection (f).
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only in
connection with an order or proclamation issued on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. Sections 418.108(j) and (k), Government Code, as
added by this Act, do not apply to a contract regarding the
compensation of a presiding officer or chief administrative officer
entered into before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.