MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Boyd
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, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE AND SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE TERM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATIVE TERM IN WHICH THE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING SUCH INCREASE OR DECREASE 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 or her office for every full month of his or her 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 and payments authorized by this section shall not be increased or decreased during the term of office of the representative, senator or Lieutenant Governor, and the effective date of any increase or decrease 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 or decrease 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. * * *
(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 term of office of the Lieutenant Governor or Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the effective date of any increase or decrease in the amount of salary authorized by this section shall begin on the first day of the term of office of the Lieutenant Governor or Speaker of the House of Representatives immediately following the legislative term in which the legislation authorizing such increase or decrease 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 or decrease 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 or decrease 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 or decrease in the amount of salary 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 or decrease is passed into law.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.