More on the Fines

More info, along with my question from below, but not a helpful answer:

Senate Republicans on Tuesday voted to begin assessing fines against their boycotting colleagues on Wednesday.

The fine, formally proposed by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, would begin at $1,000 at 4 p.m. Wednesday. It would double to $2,000 on Thursday; $4,000 on Friday and then hit a cap of $5,000 a day as long as the boycotting members did not come back. The order specifies that money must come from their personal funds, not their campaign coffers.

Sen. Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, raised one question about whether the fines could be imposed without a quorum of the Senate present to consider them. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said they could be assessed and then, noting no objections, pronounced the fines approved.

Source: statesman.com