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'''(a) Members of the Legislature shall receive from the public treasury a salary of six hundred dollars ($600) per month, unless a greater amount is recommended by the Texas Ethics Commission and approved by the voters of this State in which case the salary is that amount. Each member shall also receive a per diem set by the Texas Ethics Commission for each day during each regular and special session of the Legislature.''' | '''(a) Members of the Legislature shall receive from the public treasury a salary of six hundred dollars ($600) per month, unless a greater amount is recommended by the Texas Ethics Commission and approved by the voters of this State in which case the salary is that amount. Each member shall also receive a per diem set by the Texas Ethics Commission for each day during each regular and special session of the Legislature.''' | ||
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* ''Terrell v. King'', 14 S.W.2d 786, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/014_SW2_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_SW2_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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|seo_description=Between 1881 and 1991, the Legislature passed twenty-five proposed amendments that would have modified this section. Only five of those were approved. | |seo_description=Between 1881 and 1991, the Legislature passed twenty-five proposed amendments that would have modified this section. Only five of those were approved. | ||