Legislative compensation.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0281

ENROLLED ACT NO. 117, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the legislature; modifying compensation provisions for legislators as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 28
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101(d),(e) and by creating a new subsection (f) is amended to read:

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101.

Schedule of compensation, per diem and travel expenses.

(d)

From and after January 1, 1985, each member of the legislature shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per day as salary and thirty-five cents ($.35) per mile for necessary travel to attend and return from the legislature. From and after January 9, 1995, each member of the legislature shall receive one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per day as salary in addition to the mileage rate provided for in this subsection. From and after January 3, 2005, each member of the legislature shall receive one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per day as salary in addition to the mileage rate provided for in this subsection.
From and after January 5, 2009, each member of the legislature may receive the mileage rate provided for in this subsection for the total round trip mileage from Cheyenne to the legislator's home for not more than one (1) trip each week during the period the legislature is in session, provided the legislature is in session for a period of not less than two (2) weeks and the legislator claiming the mileage reimbursement shall submit a verified claim for mileage to the legislative service office.

(e)

During the interim each member of the legislature shall be paid
the following amounts, subject to subsection (f) of this section:

(i)

T
he full daily statutory salary for
only the days during which
four (4) days per month for floor leaders and committee chairmen, six (6) days for the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, and two (2) days per month for all other members of the legislature for each month the legislature is not in session;

(ii)

The full daily statutory salary for each day
the member is engaged in work for the management council, a standing committee, interim committee, select committee or a committee authorized by law
;
.

(iii)

One-half (1/2) the full daily statutory salary for one (1) day of preparation for each day the member is engaged in work for the management council, a standing committee, interim committee, select committee or a committee authorized by law to allow the member to prepare for the interim activity;

(iv)

One-half (1/2) the full daily statutory salary for each day during which the member travels to engage in or returns from an interim activity for which he is entitled to receive salary under paragraph (ii) of this subsection;

(v)

The member shall be paid
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ull daily statutory per diem for each day during which he travels to engage in, return from or engages in an interim activity for which he is entitled to receive salary
under paragraph (ii) of this subsection,
or an activity approved by the management council or the chairman of an interim committee of which he is a member
;
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and

(vi)

The member shall be paid
S
tatutory mileage for necessary travel to attend and return from an approved interim activity.

(f)

Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, no member of the legislature shall receive a salary in any month the legislature is not in session in excess of the amount equal to the full daily statutory salary multiplied by the number of days in that month.

Section 2.
This act is effective January 5, 2009.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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