Bill Text: MS HB167 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Salary increases for legislators; effective for term of office after term in which salary increase is given.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB167 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB167-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers; Appropriations
By: Representative Boyd
House Bill 167
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 5-1-41, 5-1-43, 5-1-45 AND 5-1-46, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION AUTHORIZED BY LAW FOR REPRESENTATIVES, SENATORS, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE AND SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE TERM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATIVE TERM IN WHICH THE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING SUCH INCREASE IS PASSED INTO LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 5-1-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
5-1-41. Beginning with the 1986 Regular Session of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, each senator and representative of the Legislature shall receive as compensation at each regular session the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and the mileage allowance provided by Section 25-3-41, for each mile of the distance by the most direct route usually traveled in coming to and returning from the place where the Legislature sits. Beginning on April 16, 1997, each senator and representative shall receive for attending each extraordinary session or called session the sum of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per day and mileage at the same rate as per regular session. In addition to the above, beginning on April 16, 1997, each senator and representative and the Lieutenant Governor shall receive the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for expenses incidental to his office for every full month of his term, except any month or major fraction thereof when the Legislature is convened in regular or extraordinary session; and payments shall be made to each senator and representative and the Lieutenant Governor by the State Treasurer between the first and tenth day of each month following the month for which the payments are due.
The compensation authorized by this section shall not be increased or decreased during the representatives' or senators' term of office, and the effective date of any increase in the amount of compensation authorized by this section shall begin on the first day of the next legislative term immediately following the legislative term in which the legislation authorizing such increase is passed into law.
SECTION 2. Section 5-1-43, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
5-1-43. (1) The salary of the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) annually, and they shall receive for attending each extraordinary or called session the same compensation and mileage as is provided for members of the Legislature. However, in the event the Lieutenant Governor serving on the effective date of Laws, 1997, Chapter 577, shall be re-elected for the term beginning in the year 2000, he shall continue to receive an annual salary of Forty Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($40,800.00).
(2) On the first day of each month, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments the compensation provided for pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The salary authorized by this section shall not be increased or decreased during the Lieutenant Governor's term of office, and the effective date of any increase in the amount of salary authorized by this section shall begin on the first day of the Lieutenant Governor's term of office immediately following the legislative term in which the legislation authorizing such increase is passed into law.
SECTION 3. Section 5-1-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
5-1-45. Beginning on June 4, 1997, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the President Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section 5-1-41.
The salary authorized by this section shall not be increased or decreased during the President Pro Tempore's term of office, and the effective date of any increase in the amount of salary authorized by this section shall begin on the first day of the President Pro Tempore's term of office immediately following the legislative term in which the legislation authorizing such increase is passed into law.
SECTION 4. Section 5-1-46, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
5-1-46. Beginning on June 4, 1997, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00). The salary provided for the Speaker Pro Tempore under this section shall be in addition to the compensation and expense allowance established for members of the Legislature under Section 5-1-41.
The salary authorized by this section shall not be increased or decreased during the Speaker Pro Tempore's term of office, and the effective date of any increase in the amount of salary or payment authorized by this section shall begin on the first day of the Speaker Pro Tempore's term of office immediately following the legislative term in which the legislation authorizing such increase is passed into law.
SECTION 5. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
