Channel 2 Investigates: At over $312,000 a year, who does this state representative represent?HOUSTON – It appears that state Rep. Jim Murphy likes taxpayer-funded hats. Channel 2 Investigates identified him wearing a couple of them. One is for the 133rd District on Houston's west side, and the other remains unclear.
Employment contracts between Murphy and the Westchase District, a governmental agency and political subdivision of the state, show Murphy banking a fixed monthly fee of over $26,000 a month. That is a whopping $312,000 a year. The contract also lists him as a "consultant" even though the website for the Westchase District clearly says he's the general manager.
So what is the problem?
State law says, "No member of the Legislature may hold any other office or position of profit, except as a notary public."
In other words, a legislator cannot hold another taxpayer-funded job...
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