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Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 24 (view source)
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Note that the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1967/cm0104.pdf#page=3 CM-104] (1967), opined that: "[The 1960 amendment to this section provided] in addition to per diem and traveling expenses an annual salary for members of the Legislature, thus recognizing that official duties of members of the Legislature are performed throughout the year and are not limited to duties performed while the Legislature is in session." | Note that the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1967/cm0104.pdf#page=3 CM-104] (1967), opined that: "[The 1960 amendment to this section provided] in addition to per diem and traveling expenses an annual salary for members of the Legislature, thus recognizing that official duties of members of the Legislature are performed throughout the year and are not limited to duties performed while the Legislature is in session." | ||
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* ''Terrell v. King'', 14 S.W.2d 786, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/014_S.W.2d_786.pdf#page=6 791] (Tex. 1929) (emphasis in original) ("By the foregoing article the Legislature is forbidden to provide any greater ''compensation'' for the services of the members of the Legislature than the stated per diem and mileage. Save as measured by duration of sessions, regular or called, no warrant can be found in the Constitution for the payment of per diem compensation to members of the Legislature. . . . So much of the resolution is therefore in contravention of section 24 of article 3 as undertakes to provide that the members of the committee from the House and Senate shall receive ''as compensation'' the sum of ten dollars per day for each day they serve.") | * ''Terrell v. King'', 14 S.W.2d 786, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/014_S.W.2d_786.pdf#page=6 791] (Tex. 1929) (emphasis in original) ("By the foregoing article the Legislature is forbidden to provide any greater ''compensation'' for the services of the members of the Legislature than the stated per diem and mileage. Save as measured by duration of sessions, regular or called, no warrant can be found in the Constitution for the payment of per diem compensation to members of the Legislature. . . . So much of the resolution is therefore in contravention of section 24 of article 3 as undertakes to provide that the members of the committee from the House and Senate shall receive ''as compensation'' the sum of ten dollars per day for each day they serve.") | ||
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