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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the |
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legislature and the lieutenant governor will not receive a state |
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salary or per diem during certain periods unless the legislature |
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has passed the state's budget and that budget is certified by the |
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comptroller. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 24, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) This subsection applies only if the Comptroller of |
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Public Accounts has not certified, as provided by Section 49a(b) of |
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this article, before the 31st day after the last day of a Regular |
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Session of the Legislature, a general appropriations act that |
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constitutes this State's budget for the succeeding State fiscal |
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biennium. Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this section |
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and Section 17(b), Article IV, of this constitution, a Member of the |
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Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor while acting as President |
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of the Senate are not entitled to receive any salary or per diem to |
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which those Officers would otherwise be entitled for the period |
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beginning on the 31st day after the last day of a Regular Session of |
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the Legislature and ending at the end of the day preceding the day |
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the Comptroller certifies a general appropriations act that |
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constitutes this State's budget for that succeeding State fiscal |
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biennium. |
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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 |
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to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017, to provide that members of the legislature |
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and the lieutenant governor will not receive a state salary or per |
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diem during certain periods unless the legislature has passed the |
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state's budget and that budget is certified by the comptroller. |
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(b) Section 24(d), Article III, of this constitution |
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applies only in relation to the certification of a general |
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appropriations act that constitutes this state's budget for a state |
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fiscal biennium beginning on or after September 1, 2019. |
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(c) This temporary provision expires September 1, 2020. |
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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 7, 2017. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that members |
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of the legislature and the lieutenant governor will not receive a |
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state salary or per diem during certain periods unless the |
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legislature has passed the state's budget and that budget is |
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certified by the comptroller." |