By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 3829
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2009;
May 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 20, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the per diem for members of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.08, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5.08. PER DIEM, EXPENSES. Members of the commission
receive per diem as provided by the General Appropriations Act [of
$10 a day,] for not more than 60 days a year, plus actual expenses,
while attending commission meetings or otherwise engaged in the
performance of their duties.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2009.
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