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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the manner in |
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which the lieutenant governor's compensation and reimbursement for |
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expenses are determined. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 17(b), Article IV, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b)(1) The Lieutenant Governor shall, while acting as |
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President of the Senate, receive for his or her services an annual |
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salary in an amount equal to the average of the annual salaries of |
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the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Commissioner of the General |
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Land Office, and the Attorney General, and be entitled to the same |
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reimbursement for expenses as those officers. |
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(2) During [the same compensation and mileage which
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shall be allowed to the members of the Senate, and no more unless
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the Texas Ethics Commission recommends and the voters approve a
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higher salary, in which case the salary is that amount; and during] |
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the time the Lieutenant Governor exercises the powers and authority |
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appertaining to the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor |
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shall receive in like manner the same compensation which the |
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Governor would have received had the Governor been employed in the |
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duties of that office, and no more. |
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(3) An increase in the emoluments of the office of |
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Lieutenant Governor does not make a member of the Legislature |
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ineligible to serve in the office of Lieutenant Governor. |
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SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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the Texas Constitution: |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies to |
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the constitutional amendment proposed by the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, relating to the manner in which the |
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lieutenant governor's compensation and reimbursement for expenses |
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are determined. |
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(b) The amendment takes effect January 1, 2011. |
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(c) This temporary provision expires January 2, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007. |
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The ballots shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment setting the |
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compensation of the lieutenant governor at an amount equal to the |
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average annual salary of the comptroller, the commissioner of the |
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general land office, and the attorney general, and providing that |
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the lieutenant governor is entitled to the same reimbursement for |
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expenses as those officers." |