Section 31. Additional Compensation of Legislators

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Additional Compensation of Legislators

For attendance at meetings of interim committees established by law to function between legislative sessions, members of the Legislature shall receive additional per diem compensation and mileage at a rate not to exceed that provided in this Constitution for regular legislative sessions.

Summary: Rewriting legislative article

Election Date: November 7, 1972

Votes For Ratification: 210637

Votes Against Ratification: 178541

Percent for Ratification: 54%

Percent Against Ratification: 46%

Notes: Session Law does not specify an effective date. This Amendment overhauled the entire Article 6

Amendment Source: 1972 SJR 1

Effective Date Source: https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2023/09/1972Gen.pdf

Extra Compensation to Officers and Contractors Forbidden

The Legislature shall have no power to grant, or authorize any county or municipal authority to grant, any extra compensation, fee or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after service has been rendered or a contract has been entered into and performed in whole or in part, nor pay or authorize the payment of any claim hereafter created against the State, or any county or municipality of the State, under any agreement or contract made without authority of law: Provided, That this section shall not apply to claims incurred by public officers in the execution of the laws of the State.

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