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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due |
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to excessive absence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 201, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 201.031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.031. FORFEITURE RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE ABSENCE. |
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If a member of the legislature fails to attend legislative floor |
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sessions called to transact business, without a leave granted by a |
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majority the of the house of which the legislator is a member, a |
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vacancy occurs on: |
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(a) the date of the member's fourteenth such failure to |
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attend, during a Regular Session; or |
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(b) the date of the member's third such failure to attend, |
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during a Special Session. |
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SECTION 2. Section 201.031, Election Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a failure to attend that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |