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."