Bill Text: TX SJR8 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a member of the legislature to be in the state in order to receive a per diem during a legislative session.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-11 - Co-author authorized [SJR8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SJR8-Introduced.html
| 87S20132 TJB-D | ||
| By: Perry | S.J.R. No. 8 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a member of the | ||
| legislature to be in the state in order to receive a per diem during | ||
| a legislative session. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 24(a), Article III, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Members of the Legislature shall receive from the Public | ||
| Treasury a salary of Six Hundred Dollars ($600) per month, unless a | ||
| greater amount is recommended by the Texas Ethics Commission and | ||
| approved by the voters of this State in which case the salary is | ||
| that amount. Each member shall also receive a per diem set by the | ||
| Texas Ethics Commission for each day the member is in this State | ||
| during each Regular and Special Session of the Legislature. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a member of | ||
| the legislature to be in the state in order to receive a per diem | ||
| during a legislative session." | ||
