<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><section number="Article VII, Section 18"><histories></histories><catchline>[Compensation of state and local officers.]</catchline><subsection number="Article VII, Section 18(1)">
The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and any other state officer as the Legislature may provide, shall receive for their services a fixed and definite compensation as provided by law.</subsection><subsection number="Article VII, Section 18(2)"><subsection number="Article VII, Section 18(2)(a)">
The compensation provided for in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="Article VII, Section 18(1)" start="0">(1)</xref> shall be in full for all services rendered by those officers in any official capacity or employment during their terms of office.</subsection><subsection number="Article VII, Section 18(2)(b)">
An officer may not receive for the performance of any official duty any fee for personal use, but all fees fixed by the Legislature for the performance by  any of them of any official duty shall be collected in advance and deposited with the appropriate treasury.</subsection><subsection number="Article VII, Section 18(2)(c)">
The Legislature may provide for the payment of actual and necessary expenses of those officers while traveling in the performance of official duties.</subsection></subsection></section>
