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Old Crank

(5,138 posts)
1. Not many people can take a six month vacation every two years.
Fri Mar 29, 2024, 10:44 PM
Mar 2024

Here are numbers.

It might be good to have full time legislators who could learn more about what they are passing and have more time to pass bills with added thought and input.

Salary
State legislators in Texas make $600 per month or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem set by the Ethics Commission in Rule 50.1. The per diem in the 2021-2022 biennium was $221 for every day the Legislature is in session (regular or special). This adds up to a total of $38,140 in a year with a regular session ($7200 salary plus $30,940 per diem), and a two-year term paying a total of $45,340 ($14,400 salary plus $30,940 per diem).

Retirement Options
Legislators receive a pension after eight years of service, starting at age 60. A legislator’s pension is based not on a legislator’s salary of $600 a month, but on the current salary of a Texas state district court judge—a base salary of $140,000 per year.

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