Bill Text: TX HB470 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an elected officer's performance of official duties in exchange for remuneration.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB470 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB470-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 470 | |
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| relating to an elected officer's performance of official duties in | ||
| exchange for remuneration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 659, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 659.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 659.007. ELECTED OFFICER ACCEPTING REMUNERATION SHALL | ||
| PERFORM DUTIES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Elected officer" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 572.002. | ||
| (2) "Remuneration" includes salary, compensatory per | ||
| diem, expense per diem, reimbursement for expenses, longevity pay, | ||
| and fees. | ||
| (b) An elected officer who receives remuneration associated | ||
| with the office shall: | ||
| (1) perform all duties of the office for as long as the | ||
| officer holds the office; and | ||
| (2) be physically present on a regular basis at a | ||
| location at which official business of the jurisdiction served by | ||
| the officer is ordinarily conducted. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 21.022(4), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (4) "Official misconduct" means intentional unlawful | ||
| behavior relating to official duties by an officer entrusted with | ||
| the administration of justice or the execution of the law. The term | ||
| includes an intentional or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect of | ||
| an officer to perform a duty imposed on the officer by law and an | ||
| intentional violation of Section 180.007. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 87.011(3), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (3) "Official misconduct" means intentional, unlawful | ||
| behavior relating to official duties by an officer entrusted with | ||
| the administration of justice or the execution of the law. The term | ||
| includes an intentional or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect of | ||
| an officer to perform a duty imposed on the officer by law and an | ||
| intentional violation of Section 180.007. | ||
| SECTION 4. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 180.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 180.007. ELECTED OFFICER ACCEPTING REMUNERATION SHALL | ||
| PERFORM DUTIES. (a) In this section, "remuneration" includes | ||
| salary, compensatory per diem, expense per diem, reimbursement for | ||
| expenses, longevity pay, and fees. | ||
| (b) An elected officer of a political subdivision of this | ||
| state who receives remuneration associated with the office shall: | ||
| (1) perform all duties of the office for as long as the | ||
| officer holds the office; and | ||
| (2) be physically present on a regular basis at a | ||
| location at which official business of the jurisdiction served by | ||
| the officer is ordinarily conducted. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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 September 1, 2013. | ||
