Section 28. Compensation of Members and Officers of the General Assembly
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Compensation and allowances
The members and officers of the General Assembly shall receive for their services the compensation and allowances prescribed by law. An increase in the compensation or allowances of members shall become effective at the beginning of the next regular session of the General Assembly following the session at which it was enacted.
Compensation of Members and Officers of the General Assembly
The members and officers of the General Assembly shall receive for their services a compensation to be established by the General Assembly. An increase in the compensation of members shall become effective at the beginning of the next regular Session of the General Assembly.
Pay of members and presiding officers of the General Assembly
The members of the General Assembly for the term for which they have been elected shall receive as a compensation for their services the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day of their session for a period not exceeding 120 days. The compensation of the presiding officers of the two houses shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for a period not exceeding 120 days. Should an extra session of the General Assembly be called, the members and presiding officers shall receive a like rate of compensation for a period not exceeding 25 days. The members and presiding officers shall also receive, while engaged in legislative duties, such subsistence and travel allowance as shall be established by law; provided, such allowances shall not exceed those established for members of State boards and commissions generally.
Pay of members and presiding officers of the General Assembly
The members of the General Assembly for the term for which they have been elected shall receive as a compensation for their services the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for each day of their session, for a period not exceeding ninety days; and should they remain longer in session they shall serve without compensation. The compensation of the presiding officers of the two houses shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for a period not exceeding ninety days. Should an extra session of the General Assembly be called, the members and presiding officers shall receive a like rate of compensation for a period not exceeding twenty-five days.
Pay of members and officers of the General Assembly
The members of the General Assembly for the term of their office shall receive a salary for their services of six hundred dollars each. The salaries of the presiding officers of the two houses shall be seven hundred dollars each: Provided, that in addition to the salaries herein provided for, should an extra session of the General Assembly be called, the members shall receive eight dollars per day each, and the presiding officers of the two houses ten dollars per day each, for every day of such extra session not exceeding twenty days; and should an extra session continue more than twenty days, the members and officers shall serve thereafter without pay.
Pay of members and officers of the general assembly
The members of the General Assembly for the term for which they have been elected, shall receive as a compensation for their services the sum of four dollars per day for each day of their session, for a period not exceeding sixty days; and should they remain longer in session, they shall serve without compensation. They shall also be entitled to receive ten cents per mile, both while coming to the seat of government and while returning home, the said distance to be computed by the nearest line or route of public travel. The compensation of the presiding officers of the two Houses, shall be six dollars per day and mileage. Should an extra session of the General Assembly be called, the members and presiding officers shall receive a like rate of compensation for the period not exceeding twenty days.