H.B. 2002

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AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATOR SALARIES
2 2008 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: David Clark
5 Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill allows the Legislature to decrease or reject a legislative salary increase
10 recommended by the Legislative Compensation Commission during a special
11 legislative session in an even-numbered year.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . allows the Legislature to decrease or reject a legislative salary increase
15 recommended by the Legislative Compensation Commission during a special
16 legislative session in an even-numbered year; and
17 . makes technical changes.
18 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 This bill provides an immediate effective date.
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 36-2-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1999, Chapter 379
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 36-2-3 is amended to read:

28 36-2-3. Salaries of members set by Legislature based on recommendations of
29 Legislative Compensation Commission.
30 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the salaries of members of the Legislature
31 shall automatically be set beginning January 1st of each odd-numbered year at the amount
32 recommended by the Legislative Compensation Commission in the preceding even-numbered
33 year.
34 (b) This salary recommendation shall be based on either:
35 (i) a daily basis:
36 (A) for each calendar day for annual general sessions; and
37 (B) for each day a legislator attends veto-override and special sessions and other
38 authorized legislative meetings; or
39 (ii) an annualized salary.
40 (2) (a) The Legislature during [the] an even-numbered annual general session or
41 special session in the year [just] immediately preceding the effective date of any salary change
42 may reject or lower the salary recommendation, but may not increase the salary
43 recommendation.
44 (b) If the Legislature does not act as provided in Subsection (2)(a), they have by law
45 accepted the Legislative Compensation Commission's recommendations.
46 Section 2. Effective date.
47 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
48 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
49 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
50 the date of veto override.




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