Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	By: Zaffirini S.R. No. 1
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6	6	SENATE RESOLUTION
7	7	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. CAUCUS REPORT. At a caucus held in the offices
9	9	of the senate attended by 30 members of the senate, the caucus
10	10	made the recommendations for the operation of the senate
11	11	contained in this resolution.
12	12	SECTION 2. SENATE OFFICERS. (a) Senate officers for the
13	13	89th Legislature are:
14	14	(1) Secretary of the Senate--Patsy Spaw;
15	15	(2) Calendar Clerk--Nicole Albers;
16	16	(3) Doorkeeper--Matthew Peabody;
17	17	(4) Enrolling Clerk--Patience Worrel;
18	18	(5) Journal Clerk--Lourdes Litchfield; and
19	19	(6) Sergeant-at-arms--Austin Osborn.
20	20	(b) Officers named in this section serve at the will of
21	21	the senate.
22	22	SECTION 3. PARLIAMENTARIAN AND ASSISTANT PARLIAMENTARIAN.
23	23	The parliamentarian, Karina Davis, and the assistant
24	24	parliamentarian, Colby Beuck, are named by the lieutenant
25	25	governor and serve at the will of the lieutenant governor. They
26	26	are senate officers.
27	27	SECTION 4. EMPLOYEES. (a) The lieutenant governor may
28	28	employ staff for the office of the lieutenant governor at
29	29	salaries set by the lieutenant governor.
30	30	(b) Each senator may employ staff for the senator's
31	31	office at salaries set by the senator.
32	32	(c) The chair of each committee may employ staff of the
33	33	chair's selection as needed by the committee. A committee
34	34	employee shall be compensated in amounts similar to the
35	35	compensation paid to persons in similar senate positions.
36	36	(d) The secretary of the senate may employ other staff
37	37	necessary for the operation of the senate at salaries approved by
38	38	the administration committee.
39	39	(e) The lieutenant governor, the secretary of the senate,
40	40	and each senator may use the assistance of any assistant
41	41	sergeant-at-arms or other available senate employee for any and
42	42	all services needed in and about the senate.
43	43	(f) In this resolution, "senate employee" includes an
44	44	employee of the lieutenant governor, the secretary of the senate,
45	45	a senator, a senate committee, and any other person compensated
46	46	from funds appropriated for the operation of the senate.
47	47	SECTION 5. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. (a) In
48	48	addition to the duties of the administration committee expressly
49	49	imposed by this resolution, the committee shall take actions
50	50	necessary to ensure that the administrative operations of the
51	51	senate comply with applicable law and are conducted effectively
52	52	and efficiently.
53	53	(b) The committee shall establish appropriate and
54	54	necessary controls over contracts, inventory, and property
55	55	management.
56	56	(c) The committee may delegate any of its
57	57	responsibilities to the committee chair or to the secretary of
58	58	the senate to be performed under the general supervision of the
59	59	committee.
60	60	(d) Policies adopted by the administration committee
61	61	must be consistent with the provisions of this resolution. To
62	62	the extent of a conflict between a policy and this resolution,
63	63	this resolution prevails.
64	64	(e) Policies adopted by the administration committee are
65	65	subject to the will of the senate, and a majority of the senate
66	66	may reject or modify any policy adopted by the committee.
67	67	SECTION 6. EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONNEL POLICIES. (a) The
68	68	administration committee may adopt and enforce personnel and
69	69	employment policies governing senate employees.
70	70	(b) The administration committee may not adopt a policy
71	71	that limits the salary of an employee of the lieutenant governor,
72	72	a senator, or a senate committee, except that the administration
73	73	committee may require approval by that committee of any senate
74	74	committee employee salary that is proposed to exceed $5,000 a
75	75	month.
76	76	SECTION 7. MEMBER'S EMPLOYEE LEAVE POLICY. (a) An
77	77	employee of a senator accrues vacation leave, compensatory
78	78	leave, or sick leave in accordance with policies adopted by the
79	79	senator consistent with the requirements of this section.
80	80	(b) An employee may accrue vacation leave, compensatory
81	81	leave, or sick leave only if the employee files a monthly time
82	82	record with the senate human resources office. Time records are
83	83	due not later than the 10th day of the following month.
84	84	(c) Compensatory time must be used not later than the
85	85	last day of the 24th month following the month in which the time
86	86	was accrued.
87	87	(d) An employee is not entitled to compensation for
88	88	accrued but unused compensatory time.
89	89	SECTION 8. OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT. An employee of the senate
90	90	may not be employed by and receive compensation from any other
91	91	person during the term of senate employment without the
92	92	permission of the employee's senate employer.
93	93	SECTION 9. WORK HOURS. An employee shall report to work
94	94	at the time, and work for the number of hours, set by the
95	95	employee's senate employer.
96	96	SECTION 10. LIMIT ON MONTHLY STAFF SALARY AND TRAVEL
97	97	EXPENSES. (a) The total amount of staff salaries and intrastate
98	98	staff travel expenses for each senator may not exceed $73,150 per
99	99	month.
100	100	(b) This monthly amount accrues on the first day of the
101	101	month and may not be expended prior to the month in which it
102	102	accrues, but any unexpended portion for a month may be carried
103	103	forward from one month to the next and expended until the end of
104	104	the fiscal year.
105	105	(c) An unexpended amount remaining at the end of the
106	106	fiscal year, not to exceed $20,000, may be carried forward to the
107	107	next fiscal year. The total balance of unexpended funds
108	108	accumulated may not exceed $20,000 at the end of any fiscal
109	109	biennium.
110	110	SECTION 11. SENATORS' EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AND PER
111	111	DIEM. (a) The secretary of the senate shall provide for the
112	112	reimbursement of the expenses of each senator and the payment of
113	113	each senator's per diem in accordance with law, this resolution,
114	114	and the rules of the Texas Ethics Commission.
115	115	(b) The per diem rate to be paid to each senator for the
116	116	89th Legislature is $221.
117	117	SECTION 12. OTHER SENATE EXPENSES. (a) The lieutenant
118	118	governor, the secretary of the senate, and each senator may incur
119	119	expenses for carrying out official duties, including expenses
120	120	for items such as subscriptions, stationery, postage, and
121	121	telecommunications.
122	122	(b) Expenses under this section shall be paid from the
123	123	contingent expense fund of the senate.
124	124	SECTION 13. PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES.
125	125	(a) Salaries and expenses authorized by this resolution shall
126	126	be paid from the contingent expense fund as provided by this
127	127	section.
128	128	(b) Vouchers for payment of any expense, including
129	129	salaries and travel expenses, must be signed by the chair of the
130	130	administration committee and the secretary of the senate.
131	131	(c) The administration committee shall adopt policies
132	132	regarding the presentation of timely, properly completed, and
133	133	signed vouchers.
134	134	SECTION 14. DESIGNATION FOR ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND
135	135	FUNCTIONS. (a) The administration committee shall designate a
136	136	senator or any employee to attend an official meeting of a
137	137	national governmental organization during a session of the 89th
138	138	Legislature. The person designated is entitled to reimbursement
139	139	for actual and necessary expenses.
140	140	(b) The lieutenant governor may designate a senator to
141	141	represent the senate at ceremonies and ceremonial functions. The
142	142	necessary expenses of the senator and necessary staff for this
143	143	purpose shall be paid pursuant to a budget adopted by the
144	144	administration committee.
145	145	SECTION 15. ELECTRONIC RECORDING BY MEMBER PROHIBITED.
146	146	No member of the senate may electronically record a private
147	147	conversation held within the brass rail on the senate floor
148	148	during a legislative session without the knowledge and consent of
149	149	all participants in the conversation.
150	150	SECTION 16. JOURNAL. The secretary of the senate shall
151	151	provide for the printing of not more than 250 copies of the daily
152	152	journal. Of that number:
153	153	(1) 140 shall be furnished to the house of
154	154	representatives;
155	155	(2) four shall be furnished to the Texas State
156	156	Library and Archives Commission;
157	157	(3) four shall be furnished to the Legislative
158	158	Reference Library; and
159	159	(4) the remainder shall be apportioned among the
160	160	senators and the lieutenant governor.
161	161	_______________________________
162	162	President of the Senate
163	163	I hereby certify that the
164	164	above Resolution was adopted by
165	165	the Senate on January 15, 2025,
166	166	by the following vote: Yeas 31,
167	167	Nays 0.
168	168	_______________________________
169	169	Secretary of the Senate