Bill Text: TX HB106 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the payment by warrant of salaries of members of the house of representatives and their staffs when a call of the house of representatives has been ordered.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB106-Introduced.html
| By: Slaton | H.B. No. 106 | |
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| relating to the payment by warrant of salaries of members of the | ||
| house of representatives and their staffs when a call of the house | ||
| of representatives has been ordered. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 659, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 659.086 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 659.086. SALARY PAYMENT BY WARRANT WHEN CALL OF HOUSE | ||
| HAS BEEN ORDERED. Notwithstanding Section 403.016 or 659.084 or | ||
| any other law, if a call of the house of representatives has been | ||
| ordered to secure and maintain a quorum, the comptroller may only | ||
| pay the net state salary of a member of the house of representatives | ||
| or an employee of a member of the house of representatives by | ||
| warrant. A warrant described by this section issued to pay a member | ||
| or the member’s employee may only be delivered to the member: | ||
| (1) in person after government-issued photo | ||
| identification has been provided; and | ||
| (2) in the office of the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
