87S20498 TJB-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 208
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due
to unexcused absence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.074 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.074. VACANCY DUE TO UNEXCUSED ABSENCE. A member of
the legislature vacates the member's office if the member is absent
during a regular or special session of the legislature without an
excuse granted in accordance with the procedures of the house of
which the person is a member for:
(1) seven consecutive days on which that house meets
and lacks a quorum to do business; or
(2) one day on which that house meets and lacks a
quorum to do business, if the member is outside of the United States
on that day.
SECTION 2. Section 301.074, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an absence that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.