Title 45, Chapter 7, Section 4
( 45-7-4)
(a) The annual salary of each of the state officials listed below
shall be as follows: (1) Governor..........................................$ 60,000.00 An allowance in an amount specified in the
appropriations Act shall also be provided for the
operation of the Governor's mansion. (2) Lieutenant Governor............................... 54,920.00 (3) Adjutant general The adjutant general shall continue to receive the
pay and allowances under the same procedure as
provided by law. (4) Commissioner of Agriculture....................... 100,429.00 (5) Attorney General.................................. 114,633.00 (6) Reserved. (7) Commissioner of Insurance......................... 100,396.00 (8) Reserved. (9) Commissioner of Labor............................. 100,418.00 The above amount of salary for the Commissioner of
Labor shall include any compensation received from
the United States government and the amount of state
funds paid shall be reduced by the amount of
compensation received from the United States
government. (10) Reserved. (11) Each member of the Public Service Commission..... 96,655.00 (12) Reserved. (13) State School Superintendent...................... 102,708.00 (14) Secretary of State............................... 102,708.00 (15) Reserved. (16) Reserved. (17) Reserved. (18) Each Justice of the Supreme Court................ 139,418.00 (19) Each Judge of the Court of Appeals............... 138,556.00 (20) Each superior court judge........................ 99,862.00
Each superior court judge shall also receive any
supplement paid to such judge by the county or
counties of such judge's judicial circuit as may be
provided for by law. Each superior court judge
shall also receive reimbursement of travel expenses
as provided by law. (21) Each district attorney........................... 88,635.00 Each district attorney shall also receive any
supplement paid to such district attorney by the
county or counties of such district attorney's
judicial circuit as may be provided for by law.
Each district attorney shall also receive
reimbursement of travel expenses as provided by law. (22) Each member of the General Assembly.............. 16,200.00 (A) Reserved. (B) Each member of the General Assembly shall also receive the allowances provided by law. The amount of the daily expense allowance which each member is entitled to receive under the provisions of Code Section 28-1-8 shall be as provided in that Code section. The mileage allowance for the use of a personal car on official business shall be the same as that received by other state officials and employees. (C) In addition to any other compensation and
allowances authorized for members of the General
Assembly, each member may be reimbursed for per
diem differential and for actual expenses incurred
in the performance of duties within the state as a
member of the General Assembly in an amount not to
exceed $7,000.00 per year. Expenses reimbursable
up to such amount shall be limited to one or more
of the following purposes: lodging, meals, per
diem differential, postage, personal services,
printing and publications, rents, supplies
(including software), telecommunications,
transportation, utilities, purchasing or leasing
of equipment. If equipment purchased by a member
has a depreciated value of $100.00 or less when
such member leaves office, the equipment does not
need to be returned to the state. No
reimbursement shall be made for any postage which
is used for a political newsletter. No
reimbursement shall be paid for lodging or meals
for any day for which a member receives the daily
expense allowance as provided in this paragraph.
Such expenses shall be reimbursed upon the
submission of sworn vouchers to the legislative
fiscal office. Such sworn vouchers shall be
accompanied by a supporting document or documents
showing payment for each expense claimed or an
explanation of the absence of such documentation.
No sworn voucher or supporting document shall be
required for per diem differential.
(D) The amount of per diem differential which may
be claimed for each day under subparagraph (C) of
this paragraph shall be the difference between the
daily expense allowance authorized for members of
the General Assembly and $119.00; provided,
however, that the general appropriations Act for
any fiscal year may increase such amount of
$119.00 per day to an amount not in excess of the
federal per diem rate then in effect for the state
capital as specified by the General Services
Administration. Per diem differential shall be
paid by the legislative fiscal office to the
member upon the member's notification to the
legislative fiscal office of the days for which
the daily expense allowance was received for which
the member wishes to claim the per diem
differential, and the legislative fiscal office
shall keep a record of the days for which per diem
differential is so claimed and paid. (E) For the purposes of this paragraph, a year
shall begin on the convening date of the General
Assembly in regular session each year and end on
the day prior to the convening of the General
Assembly in the next calendar year. Any voucher
or claim for any reimbursement for any year as
defined in this paragraph shall be submitted no
later than the fifteenth of April immediately
following the end of such year. No reimbursement
shall be made on any voucher or claim submitted
after that date. Any amounts remaining in such
expense account at the end of the first year of
the two year biennium may be claimed for expenses
incurred during the second year of the two year
biennium. Any amounts remaining in any expense
account which are not so claimed by April 15 of
the year following the second year of the biennium
and any amounts claimed which are returned as
hereafter provided for in this paragraph shall
lapse and shall be remitted by the legislative
fiscal office to the general fund of the state
treasury. Any former member of the General
Assembly may be reimbursed for expenses incurred
while a member of the General Assembly upon
compliance with the provisions of this paragraph.
The Legislative Services Committee is empowered to
provide such procedures as it deems advisable to
administer the provisions of this paragraph,
including, but not limited to, definitions of the
above list of items for which reimbursement may be
made and the form of the voucher or claim which
must be submitted to the legislative fiscal
office. In the event of any disagreement as to
whether any reimbursement shall be made or any
allowance shall be paid, the Legislative Services
Committee shall make the final determination. In
the event any reimbursement is made or any
allowance is paid and it is later determined that
such reimbursement or payment was made in error,
the person to whom such reimbursement or payment
was made shall remit to the legislative fiscal
office the amount of money involved. In the event
any such person refuses to make such remittance,
the legislative fiscal office is authorized to
withhold the payment of any other moneys to which
such person is entitled until the amount of such
reimbursement or payment which was made in error
shall be realized. (23) Speaker of the House of Representatives.......... 17,800.00 The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
also receive the salary and allowances authorized as
a member of the General Assembly. Upon the taking
of office by the members of the General Assembly on
the convening day of the regular session of the
General Assembly in 1983, the annual salary of the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall become
$22,800.00. After such date, the Speaker shall also
receive as additional salary a sum equal to the
amount of salary over $30,000.00 per annum which is
received by the Lieutenant Governor as of that date
or thereafter; and the salary of the Speaker shall
be adjusted at the beginning of each term so as to
include such additional sum. (24) President Pro Tempore of the Senate.............. 4,800.00 The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall also
receive the salary and allowances authorized as a
member of the General Assembly. (25) Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of
Representatives....................................... 4,800.00 The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of
Representatives shall also receive the salary and
allowances authorized as a member of the General
Assembly. (b) As a cost-of-living adjustment except as qualified below as to members and member-officers of the General Assembly, the annual salary of each state official whose salary is established by Code Section 45-7-3, this Code section, and Code Sections 45-7-20 and 45-7-21, including members of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, may be increased by the General Assembly in the General Appropriations Act by a percentage not to exceed the average percentage of the general increase in salary as may from time to time be granted to employees of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government. However, any increase for such officials shall not include within-grade step increases for which classified employees of the state merit system are eligible. Any increase granted pursuant to this subsection shall become effective at the same time that funds are made available for the increase for such employees, except increases for members and member-officers of the General Assembly. That portion of the increase determined by the Legislative Services Committee to reflect a cost-of-living increase based upon objective economic criteria shall become effective for members and member-officers at the same time that funds are made available for the increase for such employees. The balance of the increase for members and member-officers of the General Assembly shall become effective on the convening of the next General Assembly in January of the next odd-numbered year. The Office of Planning and Budget shall calculate the average percentage increase. (c) The annual salary being received on June 30, 1980, shall be
increased by 8 percent for each state official listed in subsection
(a) of this Code section who: (1) Is not a member of the General Assembly; and (2) Is not a contributing member of a state retirement system and,
therefore, does not benefit by or participate in any program
whereunder a portion of the employee contributions to the state
retirement system are made on behalf of the employee by the
employer. |