Sec. 2-9. Salary and transportation allowance for General Assembly officers and employees.
Sec. 2-9. Salary and transportation allowance for General Assembly officers
and employees. The clerk of the Senate shall receive a salary of twenty-five thousand
dollars for each regular session of the General Assembly and sixty dollars per day for
each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the assistant clerk of the
Senate, twenty-three thousand three hundred fifty dollars for each regular session of the
General Assembly and forty-eight dollars per day for each day the General Assembly
is convened in special session; the clerk of the House of Representatives, twenty-five
thousand dollars for each regular session of the General Assembly and sixty dollars per
day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the assistant
clerk of the House of Representatives, twenty-three thousand three hundred fifty dollars
for each regular session of the General Assembly and forty-eight dollars per day for
each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the chaplains of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, ten thousand dollars each for each regular
session of the General Assembly and thirty dollars per day for each day the General
Assembly is convened in special session; the messengers of the Senate and of the House
of Representatives, five thousand four hundred twenty-five dollars each for each regular
session and twenty-four dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened
in special session; which salaries shall be full payment for the performance of all services
required of said officers in the discharge of their duties, and for all assistance and all
expenses and disbursements not otherwise provided for. The Comptroller shall draw
his order on the Treasurer for transportation for said officers, and for the messengers
assigned to the speaker of the House, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the
minority and majority leaders of the House and Senate and the sergeants-at-arms and
assistant sergeants-at-arms of the House and the Senate, between their respective homes
and Hartford during the session of the General Assembly at such sum per mile as shall
from time to time be determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management.
The clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall, with the
approval and consent of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, obtain such
suitable offices and, with the approval of said committee, such office fixtures and supplies, including telephone, as may be necessary to the performance of their respective
duties. The Comptroller is directed to draw his order on the Treasurer in payment for
the same. The salaries of the clerks and employees of the General Assembly for a regular
session shall be paid as follows: In each year, one-fifth of such compensation in the
month of February and thereafter one-fifth of such compensation within each succeeding
month until such compensation is paid in full or such employee may elect in each year
to receive the compensation for such year in twelve monthly installments of substantially
equal amount. Compensation for any special session shall be payable monthly during
such session.
(1949 Rev., S. 3595; 1949, S. 1964d; November, 1955, S. N193; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 17; 9, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 138, S. 2; 370;
1969, P.A. 158, S. 1; 749, S. 3; 1972, P.A. 281, S. 40; P.A. 77-576, S. 58, 65; P.A. 78-299, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-365, S. 2, 8;
P.A. 84-345, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-470, S. 1, 4; 85-613, S. 5, 154; P.A. 86-375, S. 8, 9; P.A. 88-349, S. 2, 5; P.A. 98-227, S. 8,
9; P.A. 06-187, S. 71.)
History: 1963 acts increased salaries of clerks and assistant clerks and changed method of payment of salaries of clerks
and employees; 1969 P.A. 158 raised compensation for house and senate chaplains to $1,000 for each regular session,
effective retroactive to January 8, 1969; 1969 P.A. 749 provided that the treasurer be responsible for travel reimbursement
and that the joint committee on legislative management be the approving agency for offices and office fixtures and supplies
rather than the public works commissioner and the comptroller; 1972 act increased salaries of clerks and assistant clerks
of senate and house and revised schedule of payment, effective January 3, 1973; P.A. 77-576 increased salaries for clerks
and assistant clerks, chaplains, doorkeepers and messengers of general assembly, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-299
increased salaries for clerks and assistant clerks of house and senate, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-365 increased
salary of senate and house clerks from $9,500 for session in odd-numbered year and $7,500 for session in even-numbered
year to $9,500 for each session; increased salary of assistant clerks from $8,500 for session in odd-numbered year and
$6,500 in even-numbered year to $8,500 for each session; increased salary of chaplains from $2,000 per session to $3,000;
increased salary of messengers and doorkeepers from $1,000 per session to $2,000; P.A. 84-345 increased the salaries of
the clerks of the senate and house from $9,500 to $12,000 and the salaries of the assistant clerks of the house and senate
from $8,500 to $11,000; increased the salaries for the chaplains of the senate and house from $3,000 to $4,000 per regular
session, plus $25, instead of $15, per day of each special session; increased salaries of messengers and doorkeepers from
$2,000 to $2,500 per regular session, plus $20 per day, instead of $15, for any special session day and standardized the
payment of salaries for clerks and employees during a regular session for both odd and even-numbered years; P.A. 85-470
deleted provision re salaries of doorkeepers, added provision requiring payment of transportation allowance for messengers
assigned to speaker, president pro tempore and minority and majority leaders and sergeants-at-arms, and added provision
that amount of transportation allowance for officers, such messengers and sergeants-at-arms shall be determined by legislative management committee; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 86-375 increased salaries: Of the clerks of the
senate and house from $12,000 to $13,500; of the assistant clerks of the senate and house from $11,000 to $12,500; of the
chaplains of the senate and house from $4,000 to $5,500, and of the messengers of the senate and house from $2,500 to
$3,000; P.A. 88-349 increased salaries of: The clerks of the senate and house from $13,500 to $15,000; the assistant clerks
of the senate and house from $12,500 to $14,000; the chaplains of the senate and house from $5,500 to $6,000, and the
messengers of the senate and house from $3,000 to $3,250; P.A. 98-227 increased salaries: Of the clerks of the Senate and
House from $15,000 to $18,000 per regular session and from $50 to $60 per each day of special session, of the assistant
clerks of the Senate and House from $14,000 to $16,800 per regular session and from $40 to $48 per each day of special
session, of the chaplains of the Senate and House from $6,000 to $7,200 per regular session and from $25 to $30 per each
day of special session, and of the messengers of the Senate and House from $3,250 to $3,900 per regular session and from
$20 to $24 per each day of special session, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 06-187 increased salaries of clerks of Senate
and House of Representatives from $18,000 to $25,000, of assistant clerks of Senate and House of Representatives from
$16,800 to $23,350, of chaplains of Senate and House of Representatives from $7,200 to $10,000 and of messengers of
Senate and House of Representatives from $3,900 to $5,425 for each regular session of the General Assembly, effective
January 3, 2007.
See Sec. 2-12 re prohibition against payment of bonuses.
See Sec. 2-15 re transportation allowance.