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House File 300

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Bill Introduced: H.J. 403
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Bill Text

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 2.10, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2003,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Every member of the general assembly except the
  1  4 presiding officer of the senate, the speaker of the house, the
  1  5 majority and minority floor leader of each house, and the
  1  6 president pro tempore of the senate and speaker pro tempore of
  1  7 the house, shall receive an annual a salary of twenty twenty-
  1  8 five thousand one eight hundred twenty dollars for the year
  1  9 1997 2005 and subsequent odd-numbered years, and a salary of
  1 10 fourteen thousand dollars for the year 2006 and subsequent
  1 11 even-numbered years, while serving as a member of the general
  1 12 assembly.  In addition, each such member shall receive the sum
  1 13 of eighty-six one hundred one dollars per day for expenses of
  1 14 office, except travel, for each day the general assembly is in
  1 15 session commencing with the first day of a legislative session
  1 16 and ending with the day of final adjournment of each
  1 17 legislative session as indicated by the journals of the house
  1 18 and senate, except that if the length of the first regular
  1 19 session of the general assembly exceeds one hundred ten
  1 20 calendar days and the second regular session exceeds one
  1 21 hundred sixty calendar days, the payments shall be made only
  1 22 for one hundred ten calendar days for the first session and
  1 23 one hundred sixty calendar days for the second session.
  1 24 Members from Polk county shall receive sixty-five seventy-six
  1 25 dollars per day.  Each member shall receive a two hundred
  1 26 dollar per month allowance for legislative district
  1 27 constituency postage, travel, telephone costs, and other
  1 28 expenses.  Travel expenses shall be paid at the rate
  1 29 established by section 18.117 for actual travel in going to
  1 30 and returning from the seat of government by the nearest
  1 31 traveled route for not more than one time per week during a
  1 32 legislative session.
  1 33    2.  The speaker of the house, presiding officer of the
  1 34 senate, and the majority and minority floor leader of each
  1 35 house shall each receive an annual a salary of thirty-one
  2  1 thirty-nine thousand thirty one hundred dollars for the year
  2  2 1997 2005 and subsequent odd-numbered years, and a salary of
  2  3 twenty-six thousand eight hundred fifty dollars for the year
  2  4 2006 and subsequent even-numbered years, while serving in that
  2  5 capacity.  The president pro tempore of the senate and the
  2  6 speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive an annual a
  2  7 salary of twenty-one twenty-six thousand two eight hundred
  2  8 ninety fifty dollars for the year 1997 2005 and subsequent
  2  9 odd-numbered years, and a salary of eighteen thousand four
  2 10 hundred dollars for the year 2006 and subsequent even-numbered
  2 11 years, while serving in that capacity.  Expense and travel
  2 12 allowances shall be the same for the speaker of the house and
  2 13 the presiding officer of the senate, the president pro tempore
  2 14 of the senate and the speaker pro tempore of the house, and
  2 15 the majority and minority leader of each house as provided for
  2 16 other members of the general assembly.
  2 17    Sec. 2.  Section 2.10, subsection 8, Code 2003, is amended
  2 18 by striking the subsection.
  2 19    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect upon the
  2 20 convening of the Eighty-first General Assembly in January
  2 21 2005.  
  2 22                           EXPLANATION
  2 23    This bill modifies the salary and per diem expenses paid to
  2 24 members of the general assembly.  The bill takes effect upon
  2 25 the convening of the 81st General Assembly in January 2005.
  2 26    The bill provides that members of the general assembly
  2 27 receive $25,800 for the first year of a general assembly (odd-
  2 28 numbered year) and $14,000 for the second year of a general
  2 29 assembly (even-numbered year).  Under current law, members of
  2 30 the 80th General Assembly receive an annual salary of
  2 31 $21,380.54.  In addition, for the speaker of the house,
  2 32 presiding officer of the senate, and the majority and minority
  2 33 floor leader of each house, the bill provides that they shall
  2 34 receive $39,100 for the first year of a general assembly and
  2 35 $26,850 for the second year of a general assembly instead of
  3  1 the current annual salary of $32,974.06.  Similarly, the bill
  3  2 provides that the president pro tempore of the senate and the
  3  3 speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive $26,850 for the
  3  4 first year of a general assembly and $18,400 for the second
  3  5 year of a general assembly instead of the current annual
  3  6 salary of $22,623.84.
  3  7    The bill also raises the payment for the expenses of office
  3  8 during a regular legislative session to $101 per day, from the
  3  9 current $86 per day, for members not residing in Polk county,
  3 10 $0 and $76 per day, from the current $65 per day, for members
  3 11 residing in Polk county.  However, the bill provides that
  3 12 payment is limited to 60 calendar days, instead of the current
  3 13 100 days, during the second regular session in even-numbered
  3 14 years.  
  3 15 LSB 1861HH 80
  3 16 ec/cl/14

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