Bill Text: TX HB270 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-13 - Filed [HB270 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB270-Introduced.html

	87S10639 TJB-D

	By: Toth	H.B. No. 270



	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.