Bill Text: TX HB905 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the compensation of certain public officials who restrict or prohibit regular business operations under a declaration of disaster.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HB905 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB905-Introduced.html
  87R613 JCG-D
 
  By: Krause H.B. No. 905
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the compensation of certain public officials who
  restrict or prohibit regular business operations under a
  declaration of disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 418.027 to read as follows:
         Sec. 418.027.  LIMITATION ON GOVERNOR'S SALARY. (a) Except
  as provided by Subsection (b), the governor's salary may not exceed
  the minimum amount provided by Section 61-a, Article III, Texas
  Constitution, during a state fiscal year in which the governor
  declares a state of disaster and under that order or proclamation
  restricts or prohibits the regular business operations of any
  private business.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to an order that requires
  the evacuation of a substantial part of the population from a
  stricken or threatened area as described by Section 418.018.
         SECTION 2.  Section 418.108, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows:
         (j)  Except as provided by Subsection (k), if the presiding
  officer of the governing body of a municipality or county or the
  chief administrative officer of a joint board declares a local
  state of disaster and under that order or proclamation restricts or
  prohibits the regular business operations of any private business,
  the municipality, county, or joint board, as applicable, shall:
               (1)  withhold the presiding officer's or chief
  administrative officer's regular compensation during the period
  that the restrictions or prohibitions are in effect; and
               (2)  reduce the officer's compensation for the
  appropriate fiscal year by the total amount withheld under
  Subdivision (1).
         (k)  Subsection (j) does not apply to an order that requires
  the evacuation of a substantial part of the population from a
  stricken or threatened area as described by Subsection (f).
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only in
  connection with an order or proclamation issued on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 418.108(j) and (k), Government Code, as
  added by this Act, do not apply to a contract regarding the
  compensation of a presiding officer or chief administrative officer
  entered into before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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