Bill Text: TX HJR22 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per diem, or reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HJR22 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR22-Introduced.html
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| By: Middleton | H.J.R. No. 22 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the | ||
| legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per diem, or | ||
| reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when the | ||
| applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 24, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this | ||
| section, a member of the legislature is not entitled to receive any | ||
| salary, per diem, or reimbursement for mileage to which the member | ||
| would otherwise be entitled for any period during which the member | ||
| is absent unexcused and the house of the legislature of which the | ||
| person is a member lacks a quorum to do business. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that members | ||
| of the legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per | ||
| diem, or reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when | ||
| the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum." | ||
