By: Toth H.B. No. 20
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the entitlement of a member of the legislature to
receive certain state funds following an absence without leave when
the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum to do
business.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.073 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.073. MEMBER NOT ENTITLED TO STATE FUNDS IF ABSENT
WITHOUT LEAVE WHEN QUORUM NOT PRESENT. A member of the legislature
is not entitled to receive any state funds that the member would
otherwise be entitled to receive or manage as a member of the
legislature, including funds provided to operate an office of the
member, for the one-year period beginning on any date the member is
absent without a leave of absence granted by the house of the
legislature of which the person is a member if that house lacks a
quorum to do business. This section does not apply to funds the
member is entitled to receive under the constitution.
SECTION 2. Section 301.073, 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.