85R972 TJB-D
 
  By: Fallon H.J.R. No. 83
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the
  legislature and the lieutenant governor will not receive a state
  salary or per diem during certain periods unless the legislature
  has passed the state's budget and that budget is certified by the
  comptroller.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 24, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  This subsection applies only if the Comptroller of
  Public Accounts has not certified, as provided by Section 49a(b) of
  this article, before the 31st day after the last day of a Regular
  Session of the Legislature, a general appropriations act that
  constitutes this State's budget for the succeeding State fiscal
  biennium. Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this section
  and Section 17(b), Article IV, of this constitution, a Member of the
  Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor while acting as President
  of the Senate are not entitled to receive any salary or per diem to
  which those Officers would otherwise be entitled for the period
  beginning on the 31st day after the last day of a Regular Session of
  the Legislature and ending at the end of the day preceding the day
  the Comptroller certifies a general appropriations act that
  constitutes this State's budget for that succeeding State fiscal
  biennium.
         SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to
  the Texas Constitution:
         TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
  to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017, to provide that members of the legislature
  and the lieutenant governor will not receive a state salary or per
  diem during certain periods unless the legislature has passed the
  state's budget and that budget is certified by the comptroller.
         (b)  Section 24(d), Article III, of this constitution
  applies only in relation to the certification of a general
  appropriations act that constitutes this state's budget for a state
  fiscal biennium beginning on or after September 1, 2019.
         (c)  This temporary provision expires September 1, 2020.
         SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that members
  of the legislature and the lieutenant governor will not receive a
  state salary or per diem during certain periods unless the
  legislature has passed the state's budget and that budget is
  certified by the comptroller."