| 1 | 1 | | By: Middleton H.J.R. No. 8 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per diem, or |
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| 7 | 7 | | reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when the |
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| 8 | 8 | | applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 24, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this |
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| 13 | 13 | | section, a member of the legislature is not entitled to receive any |
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| 14 | 14 | | salary, per diem, or reimbursement for mileage to which the member |
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| 15 | 15 | | would otherwise be entitled for any period during which the member |
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| 16 | 16 | | is absent unexcused and the house of the legislature of which the |
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| 17 | 17 | | person is a member lacks a quorum to do business. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 19 | 19 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 21 | 21 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that members |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per |
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| 23 | 23 | | diem, or reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when |
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| 24 | 24 | | the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum." |
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