H.B. 5004

1

SALARIES FOR LEGISLATORS
2 2002 FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Joseph G. Murray
5 This act modifies statutes governing the Legislature by reducing legislative salaries from July
6 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 and by directing that the resulting savings be deposited
7 into the General Fund. This act takes effect immediately and has retrospective operation to
8 July 1, 2002.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 63-55-236, as enacted by Chapter 164, Laws of Utah 1991
12 ENACTS:
13 36-2-2.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
15 Section 1. Section 36-2-2.1 is enacted to read:
16 36-2-2.1. Salaries of members -- July-December 2002 only.
17 (1) Notwithstanding any other requirement of this chapter, for the period beginning July
18 1, 2002 and ending December 31, 2002 only, the salary of members of the Legislature is $96 for
19 each calendar day that the legislator attends veto-override and special sessions and other authorized
20 legislative meetings.
21 (2) The Legislature, the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the Division of Finance
22 shall ensure that monies saved from this salary reduction are deposited in the General Fund.
23 Section 2. Section 63-55-236 is amended to read:
24 63-55-236. Repeal dates, Title 36.
25 (1) Section 36-2-2.1 is repealed January 1, 2003.
26 (2) Title 36, Chapter 17, Legislative Process Committee, is repealed July 1, 2005.
27 Section 3. Effective date -- Retrospective operation.

28 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
29 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
30 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
31 date of veto override, and has retrospective operation to July 1, 2002.




Legislative Review Note
as of 7-8-02 8:17 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel