Bill Text: TX HJR71 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to set the maximum salary of certain elected public officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR71 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HJR71-Introduced.html

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82R5205 MCK-D
By: Larson H.J.R. No. 71

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to set the maximum salary of
certain elected public officers.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 32 to read as follows:
Sec. 32. The annual salary for an elected public officer in
this state, other than a member of the judiciary, may not exceed the
average salary paid to a full-time classroom teacher in the five
school districts in this state with the largest enrollments for the
preceding school year as determined by the comptroller of public
accounts.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to set the maximum
salary for certain elected public officials in an amount equal to
the average salary paid to a full-time classroom teacher in the five
school districts in this state with the largest enrollments."