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State legislators in Texas make $600 per month, or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem of $221 for every day the Legislature is in session (also including any special sessions). That adds up to $38,140 a year for a regular session (140 days), with the total pay for a two-year term being $45,340.
In addition to these committees, there are also six joint committees composed of members of both the State House and Senate: Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight; Legislative Audit Committee [13] [note 3] Legislative Budget Board [14] [note 4] Legislative Reference Library Board [15] [note 5] Sunset Advisory Commission; Texas Legislative ...
1st Texas Legislature: February 16, 1846 [2] May 13, 1846 2nd Texas Legislature: December 13, 1847 March 20, 1848 3rd Texas Legislature: 1849 4th Texas Legislature: 1851 5th Texas Legislature: 1853 6th Texas Legislature: 1855 7th Texas Legislature: 1857 8th Texas Legislature: 1859 [2] 1861 Texas Constitution of 1861 [citation needed] 9th Texas ...
The 80th Texas Legislature increased the state contribution rate to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas from 6.0% to 6.58% of employee payroll. This, coupled with investment returns of 14.4% in 2007, yielded an actuarial valuation that allowed the pension trust fund to pay the supplemental payment and still have a funding period under 31 years.
The 76th Texas Legislature met from January 12, 1999 to May 31, 1999. All members present during this session were elected in the 1998 general elections . Sessions
The Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA) is codified in chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code although it is commonly still referred to as the TCHRA. The TCHRA/chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code empowers the TWC similar to the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) with analogous responsibilities at the state level.
He listed he owed $3,000 in unpaid Houston-area tolls, $15,000 to the Texas Ethics Commission for failing to file financial disclosure forms, [23] and faced $1.3 million in debt. [ 65 ] Between 2016 and 2019, Reynolds was ordered to pay significant settlements to former clients and owed substantial fines to the Texas Ethics Commission. [ 66 ]
The son of an oil field worker and a school teacher, Sharp grew up in the small farming community of Placedo, Texas.In 1972, Sharp earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Texas A&M University in College Station, where he was a member of Squadron 6 in the Corps of Cadets and was elected class president his sophomore year, and eventually Student Body President. [1]