Bill Text: TX HB270 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-13 - Filed [HB270 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB270-Introduced.html
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| By: Toth | H.B. No. 270 | |
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| 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. | ||
