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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.J.R. No. 21 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | legislature and the lieutenant governor will not receive a state |
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| 8 | 8 | | salary or per diem during certain periods unless the legislature |
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| 9 | 9 | | has passed the state's budget and that budget is certified by the |
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| 10 | 10 | | comptroller. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 24, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) This subsection applies only if the Comptroller of |
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| 15 | 15 | | Public Accounts has not certified, as provided by Section 49a(b) of |
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| 16 | 16 | | this article, before the 31st day after the last day of a Regular |
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| 17 | 17 | | Session of the Legislature, a general appropriations act that |
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| 18 | 18 | | constitutes this State's budget for the succeeding State fiscal |
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| 19 | 19 | | biennium. Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this section |
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| 20 | 20 | | and Section 17(b), Article IV, of this constitution, a Member of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor while acting as President |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the Senate are not entitled to receive any salary or per diem to |
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| 23 | 23 | | which those Officers would otherwise be entitled for the period |
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| 24 | 24 | | beginning on the 31st day after the last day of a Regular Session of |
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| 25 | 25 | | the Legislature and ending at the end of the day preceding the day |
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| 26 | 26 | | the Comptroller certifies a general appropriations act that |
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| 27 | 27 | | constitutes this State's budget for that succeeding State fiscal |
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| 28 | 28 | | biennium. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 31 | 31 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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| 32 | 32 | | to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, |
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| 33 | 33 | | Regular Session, 2017, to provide that members of the legislature |
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| 34 | 34 | | and the lieutenant governor will not receive a state salary or per |
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| 35 | 35 | | diem during certain periods unless the legislature has passed the |
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| 36 | 36 | | state's budget and that budget is certified by the comptroller. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Section 24(d), Article III, of this constitution |
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| 38 | 38 | | applies only in relation to the certification of a general |
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| 39 | 39 | | appropriations act that constitutes this state's budget for a state |
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| 40 | 40 | | fiscal biennium beginning on or after September 1, 2019. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) This temporary provision expires September 1, 2020. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 43 | 43 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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| 44 | 44 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 45 | 45 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that members |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the legislature and the lieutenant governor will not receive a |
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| 47 | 47 | | state salary or per diem during certain periods unless the |
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| 48 | 48 | | legislature has passed the state's budget and that budget is |
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| 49 | 49 | | certified by the comptroller." |
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